New networking groups needn’t worry about formalizing their leadership structure or drafting bylaws governing their efforts. ACDIS often encourages those reaching out in a particular area for the first time, to keep their efforts casual, informal, and informationally focused.Read More »
Many facilities employ CDI specialists as frontline educators for physician ICD-10 documentation training. Post-implementation, they rely on CDI staff for continuing education efforts. Any number of continued training tactics may prove successful. One such an approach incorporates documentation...Read More »
As you read last week, the theme for CDI Week 2017 will be “The Wild West: New Frontiers in CDI.” Though the theme offers numerous opportunities for fun CDI Week activities (cowboy hats and boots, anyone?), the theme also speaks volumes about the CDI industry...Read More »
More than 585,000 eligible clinicians could be excluded from the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requirements due to proposed changes to the program’s low-volume threshold, ...Read More »
Appeals cost providers roughly $118 per claim—extrapolated nationwide that amounts to as much as $8.6 billion in administrative costs necessary to recover initially denied claims, according to a new report from Change Healthcare,...Read More »
Q: If a patient is admitted for anemia related to a malignancy and is treated only for anemia, the principal diagnosis goes to the malignancy. I understand that the malignancy was the root cause of the condition making it the principal...Read More »
