Research corner: Poster seances and mortality reviews

November 1, 2020
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6
Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

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 »

ACDIS update: Download, use the ACDIS Regulatory Committee CMS template letter by November 1

October 29, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 49
ACDIS Update, Quality & Regulatory

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

News: Patients will soon have access to clinical notes

October 29, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 49
News, Quality & Regulatory

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

News: Hospitals penalized inaccurately under HRRP, JAMA study finds

October 29, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 49
News, Quality & Regulatory

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

FY 2022 IPPS proposal support template

October 27, 2020
Regulatory Committee
ACDIS Update, Quality & Regulatory

The ACDIS Regulatory Committee is submitting three proposals on the fiscal year (FY) 2022 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and is asking for your support. Please download the sample support template, fill in the name of your institution (with their permission) and/or submit on behalf...

News: Incorrect inpatient, outpatient billing resulted in $1.5 million in overpayments, OIG says

October 15, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 47
News, Quality & Regulatory

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

News: Modifiable health risks add $730 billion to U.S. healthcare spending

October 8, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 46
News, Quality & Regulatory

A study published in The Lancet Public Health...Read More »

News: DOJ charges defendants with $4.5 billion in telehealth fraud case

October 8, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 46
News, Quality & Regulatory

The U.S. Department...Read More »

News: AHA opposes inpatient-only list elimination, applauds star rating revamp in comments to CMS

October 8, 2020
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 46
News, Quality & Regulatory

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has submitted a...Read More »

COVID-19 code letter template

October 5, 2020
Regulatory Committee
ACDIS Update, Quality & Regulatory

This template been developed by the ACDIS Regulatory Committee to express support for the new COVID-19 codes, proposed to be adopted on January 1, 2021. ACDIS...

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