Quality & Regulatory

As part of the fiscal year 2019...Read More »

Using financial penalties to reduce hospital readmissions has been linked to a significant rise in post-discharge mortality for patients with...Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

People are human. This goes for clinicians, coders, and for CDI personnel. Mistakes...Read More »

The HHS draft...Read More »

Earlier this year, ACDIS formed the Regulatory Committee with the stated...Read More »

The federal government has intervened in a lawsuit against Sutter Health, taking the side of a whistleblower who claims the nonprofit health...Read More »

CMS and the OIG will conduct a two-part study to assess inpatient hospital billing due to unspecified upcoding in hospital billing—either...Read More »

by Crystal R. Stalter, CPC, CCS-P, CDIP

When we think about documentation that reflects quality, a few things come to mind. First...Read More »

In FY 2018, 57% of hospitals earned Medicare incentive payments under the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program. In FY 2019, that number will...Read More »

The AHA, the Association of American Medical Colleges, Mercy Health Muskegon, Olympic Medical Center, and York Hospital...Read More »