When AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM,Second Quarter 2017, came out last year I found myself repeating a conversation I’d had with physicians many times before. Such is the life of a CDI professional—if it were one-and-done...Read More »
Only 12% of eligible hospitals signed up for CMS’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 2 initiative and 47% of them dropped out completely within two years, according to a recent study by ...Read More »
CMS now allows teaching physicians to verify in the medical record any student documentation of E/M services, rather than re-documenting the work.Read More »
You’ve finished planning your next local chapter event. You’ve found the speakers and created an agenda. Now, you want to start advertising and getting people interested. Offering CCDS CEUs can be a great way to entice folks to participate.Read More »
In addition to amazing educational and networking opportunities, the annual ACDIS Conference offers the CDI community the opportunity to honor professionals who exemplify the documentation improvement mission in the ACDIS Achievement Awards. Read More »
Q:We’ve encountered audit takebacks and denials from a certain payer who removed codes and procedures that result in lower DRGs. Do you have any advice for fighting or preventing these types of denials?Read More »
