Those familiar with ACDIS’ membership offerings know about the Resource Library, filled with sample query forms, policies and procedures, educational tools, and the like. Even if you’re familiar with the Library, though, it can be easy to miss when new items are posted. Just this week in fact,...Read More »
by Julia Hammerman, RHIA, CPHQ, and Sam Champagnie
From internal reviews to external inpatient coding audits, healthcare organizations nationwide are revisiting tried-and-true audit practices with ICD-10 coding quality in mind. MS-DRG validation audits under ICD-10 have also...Read More »
Those who visit the ACDIS Forum know just how helpful and generous ACDIS members are with their time and knowledge. Often, when a member posts a resource or example on the Forum, the ACDIS leadership reaches out for permission to share with the wider ACDIS community. This week, that exact...Read More »
The effect of the meaningful use incentives and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 have been hotly contested. While some say the programs increased the rate of EHR adoption,...Read More »
Most people in the CDI world have begun to feel the effects of technology on their day-to-day work. Although there may be hiccups in implementing new technology, it does have the ability to simplify and streamline the CDI process, according to a new white paper from ACDIS in partnership with...Read More »
Any CDI specialist who’s gone through a transition from paper records to an electronic health record (EHR) system knows the new technology is far from perfect. In the latest finding, a study by the Journal of...Read More »
Healthcare organizations need to make crucial decisions based on the perceived risk of their patient populations. To do this, organizations need a complete picture of their population.Read More »
About 41% of CDI programs currently review medical records for quality improvement items, according to an online ACDIS membership poll. Although CMS implemented the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) reimbursement model as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2011, many CDI programs have only...Read More »