Local chapter and networking group leaders are invited join ACDIS Associate Editorial Director, Melissa Varnavas, and the Chapter Advisory Board on Wednesday, December 16, at 1 p.m., EST for a leadership call and open discussion.
by Ashley Vahey, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS
The CMS hierarchical condition category (CMS-HCC) methodology recognizes specific combinations of diseases as well as the effect of disease processes as related to different settings of care. For...Read More »
While CDI Strategies readers and many ACDIS members know me solely as the ACDIS Editor, I also spend a large portion of my time these days with the members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council,...Read More »
CMS has released the final rule for the Department of Health and Human Services’ risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) program. The rule...Read More »
My organization has received three denials for the diagnosis of severe calorie malnutrition based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. All three denials came from the same small insurance company. We don’t use GLIM criteria at our organization currently. Should we...Read More »