CMS released its list of quality measures under consideration (MUC) in November and the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) begun its annual review of the list, according to a blog post from the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC).
My CDI journey began at a level one trauma and teaching hospital in New Mexico. I accepted a permanent recruitment position and relocated out west. I shifted my career role from case management into CDI Implementation. There, I reported directly to...Read More »
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) fell 91% and post-op venous thromboembolisms fell by 76%, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) recent report “...Read More »
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine reported that medical errors represent one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States and noted that medical error–related deaths resulted in more than 50,000 preventable deaths and $20 billion in associated costs annually. Since then, the...Read More »
In the latest twist of the ongoing saga of Medicare claims denials and appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Medicare must clear its backlog, which currently approaches one million claims,...Read More »
ACDIS Advisory Board member Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDI manager at Penn State Hershey Medical Center brings along her team Marcy Miles, MT, (ASCP), MBA, manager of quality and process excellence, Melissa Macguire, RN, CDI educator, and...Read More »
Out of roughly 3,000 hospitals across the country, more than 1,600 will have an increase in their base operating MS-DRG payments, according to a CMS November 1 release, regarding...Read More »
Improper hospital claims dropped from $10.45 billion to $4.42 billion from the 2014 report period (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) to the 2016 report period (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015), according...Read More »
