News: Shorter primary care visits correlate with lower-quality care, study says

March 16, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 11
News, Quality & Regulatory

Shorter primary care visit time is associated with some inappropriate prescribing decisions, according to a new ...Read More »

News: Medicare Advantage patients less likely to be hospitalized than Medicare members, study says

March 9, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 10
News, Quality & Regulatory

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have a lower risk of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) than traditional...Read More »

News: Not-for-profit hospices outperform for-profit in care experiences, study finds

March 2, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 9
News, Quality & Regulatory

In a new...Read More »

Regulatory committee insight: Leveraging the Regulatory Committee’s quality map

March 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by Susan Wallace, MEd, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRC, FAHIMA
Inpatient CDI specialists and coders serve an integral role in hospital...Read More »

Guest column: Proving CDI’s, coding’s impact on mortality measures

March 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2
CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by JoAnne Mullins, DNP, MSN, RN, CCDS
Quality is a hot topic with healthcare organizations and has been discussed at ACDIS annual...Read More »

Guest column: The delicate task of mortality reviews

March 1, 2023
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2
CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by Cathy Farraher Nakhoul, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
Mortality reviews are never fun because you are reviewing the chart of a human...Read More »

eCQM Overview

February 16, 2023
Regulatory Committee
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

Beginning in Calendar Year (CY) 2013, hospitals were provided the opportunity to voluntarily submit data for eCQMs. These quality measures were developed specifically to allow an electronic health record (EHR) system, certified to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...

News: 2023 America’s 100 Best Hospitals list released

January 26, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 4
News, Quality & Regulatory

With the start of the new year, Healthgrades has released their...Read More »

News: Quality requirements under SDoH health measure mandatory in 2024

January 19, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

According to an RACmonitor ‘Monitor Mondays’ listener survey,...Read More »

CDI mortality reviews, ACDIS updates from the team

January 18, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald, Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Accorto, and Associate Editor Jess Fluegel. Today’s show provides a glimpse...

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