It’s hard to believe that it’s already the first week of August. Not that summer is over by any means, but so far it has seemed to have flown by. Maybe it’s because we haven’t really be able to do “normal summer things,” like go to the beach with friends and stop...Read More »
CMS has updated Medicare payment rules for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and hospices.
For the fiscal year 2021 IPF Prospective Payment System Final Rule, a 2.2% payment rate update is being finalized, as well as CMS’ proposal to adopt revised...Read More »
Can you please discuss right heart failure and its relationship to pulmonary hypertension instead of diastolic heart failure. For example, established diagnosis of heart failure and methamphetamine intoxication, established diagnosis of heart and smoke inhalation or carboxyhemoglobinemia, or...Read More »
The ACDIS Leadership Council connects forward-thinking CDI leaders through personalized sharing of insights and networking experiences that forge valuable relationships, advance strategic priorities, and illuminate game-changing trends....Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee is tasked with the reviewing regulatory policy, coding, and clinical updates, commenting to agencies on behalf of ACDIS, and providing summary, interpretation, and analysis to ACDIS members.
The Committee kicked off a new initiative for 2020, in which the...Read More »
Some of the most commonly queried diagnoses become focus areas simply because different physicians have different clinical definitions for what constitutes a given condition.
To help reduce confusion, CDI professionals can bring coding, quality, and clinical teams together to conduct...Read More »
