In 2019 and 2020, Medicare overpaid $22.5 million for physician services while beneficiaries were hospital inpatients or at skilled nursing...Read More »
From 2017 to 2021, the top 5% of doctors who conducted atherectomies (about 90 physicians) accounted for more than a third of all procedures and...Read More »
Malnutrition: The Next Chapter in Vidant’s Seven-Year Battle With the OIG
Vaughn Matacale, MD, CCDS; Anderson McCray Shackelford, JD; and Ashley Strickland, RDN, LDN, CNSC. What has happened to Vidant since 2018 when the second-level malnutrition appeals were...
What Physicians Need to Know About Complications and Patient Safety Indicators
Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, and Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP. This session will explore the coding, CDI, and provider perspectives on complications. It will also examine the...
Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS. CDI programs need to have written policies and procedures. Per the Office of Inspector General, one key aspect of compliance involves having policies and procedures in place...
