The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Service Office of Inspector General announced on Thursday, July 13, charges against 412 individuals responsible for $1.3 billion in false billing. This fraud takedown is the largest in DOJ history,...Read More »
“One of the key components for a successful CDI program is the ability to review records concurrently […] Since the documentation takes place so rapidly in the outpatient world, though, concurrent review is difficult,” said Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, director and lead nurse planner...Read More »
Q: After a video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VAT) procedure, a patient is usually receiving high flow oxygen. What circumstance might prompt a CDI specialist to query for acute respiratory failure in this situation? Read More »
Summer can be a hectic time. This often leads to a lull in productivity and education. With more and more people going on vacation, it’s easy to lean back and relax for a couple months. The ACDIS Forums, however, show a different story for the CDI community. Even with vacations, etc., the CDI...Read More »
As we did with the 10th annual ACDIS conference in May, we’ll take some time leading up to the first ever ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI to meet a few of the speakers. Today, we talked with Laurie L....Read More »
Recently, some of the members of the Local Chapter Advisory Board put together some suggestions for starting a local chapter and some tips to keep the flame alive. Here’s a few pieces of their advice.Read More »
Q:I’ve heard some conflicting advice regarding code group B95-B97, bacterial and viral infectious agents. I’ve heard that those codes don’t provide a CC or MCC as a secondary diagnosis in most cases. I’ve also heard that...Read More »
Eventually, the ACDIS Conference was going to get so big that we couldn’t give every CDI topic justice or the full coverage it deserved. Outpatient CDI was one of those topics. Enter the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI...Read More »
