Accused of misreporting malnutrition in a January 2017 OIG audit, Vidant Medical Center, a 909 bed acute care teaching hospital, fought back with a collaborative rebuttal of the findings published alongside the original audit results.Read More »
CMS awarded roughly $100 million in aid to 11 small physician practice organizations to help meet Quality Payment Program (QPP) initiatives, according to a February 17 news...Read More »
Unfortunately, the January/February edition of ACDIS’ CDI Journal has been delayed but not to worry, we expect to publish it shortly and know members will appreciate insights regarding CDI priorities for 2017, analysis of changes in physician query policies and procedures, tips for...Read More »
The national health expenditure growth is expected to average 5.6% annually over 2016-2025, according to a report published by Health Affairs and authored by CMS’ Office of the Actuary,...Read More »
The submission deadline for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Chart-Abstracted Clinical and Web-Based Perinatal Care (PC-01) Measures, as well as the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Cancer-Specific Treatment (CST) Measures, has been extended to Friday,...Read More »
Since the advent of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, CDI professionals have known that physician copy and paste errors pose a threat to accurate documentation. Consequently, these errors can also negatively affect patient safety as well, according to a...Read More »
A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study showed insufficient documentation caused the most improper payments for facet joint injections, according to the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter.Read More »
