Vidant Health’s seven-year battle with the OIG over malnutrition

May 10, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Advisors, Quality & Regulatory

Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald, Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren, Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Accorto, and Associate Editors Jess...

Q&A: Chronic respiratory failure criteria

May 4, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 18
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: Our team had a question regarding the criteria for chronic respiratory failure. The ACDIS Pocket Guide states the criteria “...Read More »

Guest column: Aligning coding terminology with clinical reality

May 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

by Merle Zuel, RN, CCDS
Coding professionals are bound by the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, the...Read More »

Guest column: Foray into mortality reviews

May 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

by Sarang Shah, CCDS
Most CDI programs seem to be getting involved in mortality reviews these days, and Methodist Health System’s (...Read More »

Guest column: Developing a mortality review process

May 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our...Read More »

Q&A: Querying antibiotic resistance

April 27, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 17
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: When we open sensitivity reports, there are all sorts of antibiotic resistances with organisms, some cultures have one “resistant”...Read More »

CMS-HCC Version 28 update

April 26, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Today’s guest is Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim ACDIS director and director of CDI education for HCPro. Today’s show is part of the “Talking CDI”...

Q&A: Unable to determine query

April 13, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Question: I am a little confused regarding the meaning “clinically undetermined” or “unable to determine” as a query choice. If a...Read More »

News: New bill “No UPCODE Act” eliminates incentives for Medicare Advantage to overcharge

April 13, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15
Clinical & Coding, News

Recently, two U.S. Senators introduced the...Read More »

News: FY 2024 Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS proposed rule released, focuses on patient safety and health equity

April 13, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15
Clinical & Coding, News

Earlier this week, CMS issued a proposed rule for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Medicare hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long...Read More »

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