The American Hospital Association (AHA) has issued a response on the recent cybersecurity attack against Change Healthcare calling on Congress to...Read More »
The new Congressional budget contains a 1.68% increase in Medicare physician pay, but many doctors say such an increase is not nearly enough, according to MedPage Today.
Members from the House of Representatives recently penned a letter to CMS urging it to implement policies that would “encourage patient with non-emergent needs to visit urgent care centers rather than emergency rooms,”...Read More »
FEATURES 5 Quality nirvana: Cosmic tips on how to achieve a five-star quality rating 10 Case study: Readmissions 15 Inpatient risk adjustment: A natural next step...Read More »
During my first year at ACDIS (almost eight years ago now—time flies!), we included a section on the CDI Week Industry Survey focused on CDI expansion into quality reviews. It wasn...Read More »
In many ways, the yogi is the perfect symbol for quality in CDI. The yogi is patient. He is slow. He focuses on the important things. He asks questions about life and death. He emphasizes—in short—quality over quantity. And, it turns out, he’s not too...Read More »
Having to do anything twice is never ideal, but the negative impact of a patient being readmitted after their initial discharge has far-reaching consequences. Inpatient hospital readmissions for the same or related care, particularly within the first 30 days, are...Read More »
