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News: FY 2021 IPPS proposed rule includes 600 code changes, 3.1% pay increase for acute care hospitals

May 14, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 20

Clinical & Coding, News

CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective...Read More »

Tip: COVID-19 antibody testing and CDI/coding professionals

May 7, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 19

ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, News

by Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O

The American Hospital Association recently published a...Read More »

News: Outpatient visits fell nearly 60% during COVID-19, research shows

May 7, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 19

News, Outpatient CDI

A Commonwealth Fund study...Read More »

News: CMS loosens requirements for COVID-19 tests, increases payments for telehealth

May 7, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 19

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Guest post: COVID-19 primer for CDI, part 2

May 4, 2020

CDI Blog - Volume 13, Issue 33

by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC

As of late April 2020 (roughly five months since the outbreak of the pandemic...Read More »

News: ONC delays implementation of interoperability final rule due to COVID-19

April 30, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)...Read More »

News: COVID-19 hospitalizations estimated to cost $14k per patient

April 30, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

A study published in Health Affairs found that one...Read More »

News: Hypertension, obesity, diabetes are top COVID-19 comorbidities, EHR data says

April 30, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

A...Read More »

COVID-19: Assessing the Impact on CDI Operations

April 30, 2020

ACDIS Guidance, News

We’re not even at the apex of the infection curve, and the COVID-19 pandemic has already made an enormous impact on the nation and the healthcare industry. Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) departments are no exception.

CDI staff were quickly shuttled home and have had to learn...

News: Provider communication across settings, practices found lacking, study suggests

April 23, 2020

CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 17

A 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey found...Read More »

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