CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 29

News: OIG releases Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program FY 2020 Report

July 22, 2021
Denials & Appeals, News

During fiscal year 2020, the federal government won or negotiated more than $1.8 billion in healthcare fraud judgements and settlements, according to the OIG’s fiscal year 2020 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 29

News: Those who suffered most during the pandemic are those most plagued by medical bills

July 22, 2021
News

Medical bill problems are plaguing the people who have suffered the most during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Commonwealth Fund survey finds....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: Ohio hospital system received $4.4 million in overpayments, OIG audit finds

July 15, 2021
Denials & Appeals, News

A Medicare hospital provider compliance audit performed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Lake Hospital System in Ohio did not fully comply with Medicare billing requirements for 51 of 100 inpatient and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: FY 2022 ICD-10-CM Guidelines published

July 15, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News

The fiscal year (FY) 2022 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting were released on Monday, July 12, and include instructions for assigning...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: Pediatricians spend least time in the EHR compared to other primary care specialties, study shows

July 15, 2021
News

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that while all primary care physicians spend more time using the EHR than other medical specialty and surgical colleagues,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 27

News: Half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have lingering GI symptoms

July 8, 2021
News

Inability to gain weight persisted for months after discharge for many hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published in the Clinical...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 27

News: HHS unveils interim Final Rule on surprise billing

July 8, 2021
News, Policies & Procedures

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the first in a series of new rules designed to protect patients from...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 27

News: COVID-19 caseload surges linked to doubled mortality at hardest-hit hospitals

July 8, 2021
News

COVID-19-related inpatient deaths doubled at hospitals hit hard by surging caseloads during the pandemic, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study shows.

In a retrospective cohort study published in ...Read More »

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