The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) called it the largest healthcare fraud sting in history. On February 17, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 111 defendants in nine cities, including doctors, nurses, healthcare company owners and executives, and others, for alleged...Read More »
If the data is true, the population of a couple of concentrated areas in California suffer from kwashiorkor syndrome, a type of malnutrition typically seen among children in third-world countries, according to...Read More »
Q: AHIMA’s 2008 practice brief, “Managing an Effective Query Process,” appears to allow the initiation of post-bill queries as a result of an audit or other internal monitor. Historically we believed that a query completed after the initial...Read More »
ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
More than half of CDI programs employ physician advisors, but those that do typically find their efforts ineffectual, according to the 2011 Physician Advisor Benchmarking Survey. More than 300 people responded to the survey, with nearly 60% indicating that their CDI program employed a physician...Read More »
The next quarterly conference call for ACDIS members will be held on Thursday, February 24, 1-2 p.m. ET. ACDIS members have received a phone number and password via e-mail to call into the program. ACDIS quarterly conference calls are one-hour, live telephone conferences offered as a means for...Read More »
Join us on Wednesday, April 12, for a free Council member-only demo day featuring 30-minute presentations from three vendors! Attendees can choose to join one, two, or all three sessions on Wednesday to get an inside look at the CDI technology on the market.Read More »
