HHS will delay implementation of ICD-10 by one year, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. HHS announced the delay August 24 as part of the...Read More »
A date for the potential ICD-10 implementation deadline may be released soon. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is currently reviewing the...Read More »
CMS chose not to include code 428.0 (congestive heart failure, unspecified) as a CC in the IPPS Final Rule released August 1. That disappoints...Read More »
On August 27, CMS launches its Recovery Audit Prepayment Review demonstration project. Over the next three years, the agency will contract with...Read More »
CMS is expected to soon release its final timeline for ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. Although it had not done so as of press time, ACDIS members...Read More »
CMS recently redesigned its Hospital Compare website to enhance navigation capabilities for users. CDI specialists can use Hospital Compare to...Read More »
A recent Office of the Inspector General report found PacifiCare of Texas received $115 million in CMS overpayments. The OIG reviewed 100 sample...Read More »
Unplanned readmissions may by overestimated by as much as 25%, according to a study by physicians in the neurological surgery and orthopedic...Read More »
The 2012 CDI Salary Survey garnered more than 900 responses. In general, the results mirror those from previous years. (ACDIS members can read the...Read More »
Observation services increased 34% from 2007 to 2009, “from an average of 86.9 observation stay events per 1,000 inpatient admissions per month in...Read More »