News: OIG makes recommendations to improve Recovery Auditor oversight

September 12, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 19
News, Quality & Regulatory

Although Recovery Auditors have identified more than a billion dollars in inappropriate payments, CMS needs to do more to improve its oversight of...Read More »

News: GAO calls on CMS to increase consistency among contractors

September 12, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 19
News, Quality & Regulatory

Recovery Auditors conducted almost five times as many reviews as all other...Read More »

News: CMS runs HAC data, reports available by hospital in September

August 29, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 18
News, Quality & Regulatory

By the end of September, hospitals will be able to view results for eight hospital-acquired condition...Read More »

Disconnect between staff and compliance practices

August 9, 2013
CDI Blog - Volume 6, Issue 34
Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

It has been three years since ACDIS last surveyed its membership about physician query practices. In 2010, 382 CDI professionals participated....Read More »

CMS finalizes two-midnight inpatient presumption as part of 2014 IPPS final rule

August 2, 2013
CDI Blog - Volume 6, Issue 32
Quality & Regulatory

CMS finalized a major change to its inpatient admission guidelines as part of the 2014 IPPS final rule,...Read More »

News: Hospital Compare could use star rating system

August 1, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 16
News, Quality & Regulatory

Ever choose a restaurant or movie based on how many “stars” it receives from...Read More »

News: CMS/ONC address EHR documentation concerns

August 1, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 16
News, Quality & Regulatory

Documentation in the EHR can have a significant impact both from data...Read More »

News: OPPS proposal introduces packaging, bundling similar to DRG system

July 18, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 15
News, Quality & Regulatory

By Kimberly Hoy, JD

The Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule put on display by CMS on July 8. In it, CMS...Read More »

News: FY 2014 IPPS proposed rule emphasizes physician rationale for admission

June 6, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 13
News, Quality & Regulatory

In its FY 2014 IPPS proposed rule, CMS not only redefines inpatient...Read More »

2013 Conference, Track 3: Gaining Consensus on PSI Documentation: It's Not Impossible!

May 31, 2013
Conference Materials
Quality & Regulatory, Education

Attached is the PowerPoint presentation “Gaining Consensus on PSI Documentation—It’s Not Impossible!”, by Qiaoyan Hu, MS, senior statistical analyst at the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC); Gene Peterson, MD, PhD, MHA...

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