According to a new national study, one in five adults have personally experienced a medical error. CDI professionals, of course, won’t be surprised that four out of the six reasons listed...Read More »
Claims-based data suggest that the incidence of sepsis is increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing, but a new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston challenges that assertion.Read More »
CMS, after repeated urging from the American Hospital Association (AHA), announced last week that they will not be updating the overall hospital quality ratings on Hospital Compare this October.Read More »
The OIG recently reviewed $51.6 million in Medicare Part B payments to acute care hospitals only to find that Medicare did not appropriately pay the hospitals for any of the reviewed outpatient services.Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Caryn Nowak, RHIT, CDIP, a clinical documentation integrity specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Angie Curry, RN, BSN, CCDS, the CDI director at Conifer Health in Frisco, Texas, a member of the...Read More »
CMS could immediately reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals, health systems, and the patients they serve, according to AHA News. The AHA is assembling a report for...Read More »
