ACDIS announces several changes in eligibility requirements for candidates wishing to sit for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam. Highlights of the changes are:
Retrospective documentation experience is accepted in addition to
Physicians in 128 groups exceeded benchmarks in quality and cost efficiency and will receive an increase in their payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, according to an announcement from CMS, detailing the results from the implementation of the 2016 Value-based Payment Modifier and...Read More »
An estimated 30% of Medicare payments are now tied to alternative payment models that reward the quality of care, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. And CMS hit this milestone nearly a year ahead of schedule, based on a timeline the administration developed in January 2015...Read More »
According to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 2015 fourth quarter RACTrac survey, which included nearly 750 hospitals, shows that 81% of complex denials in the fourth quarter were due to inpatient coding errors—falling between the second quarter (79%), and third quarter (83%)...Read More »
Local chapter membership rosters will be due by the end of the month. Please remind local chapter members to update their contact information using the online membership roster. Read More »
Did you know that there are just over 60 days until the annual ACDIS conference? As you plan your itinerary, stay in the loop on speakers, sessions, special events, and more.Read More »
The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)¹ as published on February 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association represents a radical departure from the prior sepsis definitions in 1991² (...Read More »
