Back in the day (oh, about nine years or so ago), I found myself tucked into my office late into a Thursday evening skimming the tome that was the...Read More »
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about hospitals billing for Kwashiorkor, a form of severe protein malnutrition typically found in third-...Read More »
Recovery auditors collectively identified and corrected more than a million claims for improper payments, resulting in $2.57 billion dollars being...Read More »
This sample was reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Resource Library Committee in 2023. The committee noted that if you use this resource, the basic format needs to be adjusted to the specificities of your organization.
Karen Chase, MS, BSN, RN, CCDS, assistant director of clinical...
The MS-DRG shift driven by the switch to ICD-10 will impact diagnoses throughout ICD-10-CM, says Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CDIP,...Read More »
Many CDI programs are shifting their focus to include some sort of quality review. One of those initiatives is Hospital Value-Based Purchasing. ...Read More »
A federal judge, finding in favor of hospitals, rejected CMS’s arguments that it met all legal requirements for rulemaking when the organization...Read More »