Quality & Regulatory

The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its topics for October and November including:

• Right middle cerebral artery infarction
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A Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are likely to see a reduction in risk scores and payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent...Read More »

​by Brandi Hutcheson, RN, MSN, CCM, CCDS

Severe protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) or code E43 continues to be ...Read More »

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6 Interdepartmental collaboration for denials...Read More »

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
I'm writing this a few weeks before Halloween, but I'm already feeling haunted. The spirit in...Read More »

​The ACDIS Regulatory Committee is submitting three proposals on the fiscal year 2022 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS...Read More »

By Monday, November 2, all patients will have immediate access to clinical notes, test results, and imaging.Read More »

​Some facilities that should have been penalized under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) weren’t and some that...Read More »

​$1.5 million. That’s the amount Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California, incorrectly billed Medicare for...Read More »