Providers could see adjustments ranging from negative 4% to positive 12% in 2019, and from negative 9% to positive 27% in 2022 from new pay-for-...Read More »
There is a lot of discussion about how to be a good CDI specialist, but as the profession grows and facilities look to hire new CDI team members,...Read More »
This white paper, written by ACDIS Advisory Board member Wendy DeVreugd, RN, BSN, PHN, FNP, CCDS, MBA, provides an overview of long-term acute care hospitals and how they differ from short-term acute care hospitals, with an emphasis on important differences in coding, reimbursement, and quality...
When it comes to dinner-party small talk, CDI professionals often struggle to find an easy sound-bite explanation to the role they play within the...Read More »
As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
Basically, HCCs predict an individual beneficiary’s healthcare expenditures relative to the average beneficiary. CMS uses the scores to adjust...Read More »
Lisa A. D. Lanier, BS, CCS, covers ensuring medical necessity for common outpatient services, including improving documentation to secure diagnoses needed to support diagnostic tests and procedures performed in the ED and clinic setting.
