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CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 26

News: Developments under ’two-midnight’ rule

December 19, 2013
News, Quality & Regulatory

The American Hospital Association threw its support behind proposed legislation that would delay enforcement of the ‘two-midnight’ rule. Originally included in the 2014 IPPS Final Rule, the regulation changes the definition of medical necessity for...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 26

News: WEDI report outlines focus for healthcare IT growth

December 19, 2013
News

It’s been more than a decade since the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) drafted its last roadmap for healthcare information technology uses. Earlier this month, the WEDI Foundation...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 26

Q&A: Pleural effusion as integral to respiratory failure

December 19, 2013
Ask ACDIS

Q: We recently had a situation where a 72 year old was admitted with large pleural effusion, fever, elevated white blood cell count, and a left shift. The provider also documented acute respiratory failure.

Although I see the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 25

Local Chapter Events: Networking events for December and January

December 5, 2013
News

The following ACDIS chapters are planning upcoming networking events. For additional information visit the Local Chapter page of the ACDIS website or visit the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 25

News: AHIMA releases White Paper on data integrity

December 5, 2013
News

As the old adage goes, “garbage in, garbage out.” Protection of healthcare data and the mapping and integrity of how that data gets used is one of the core tenets of AHIMA’s recently released White Paper...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 25

News: Pilot study finds 63% accuracy in ICD-10 coding

December 5, 2013
News

The ICD- 10 National Pilot Program began on April 12, 2012 and was completed on August 30, 2013. Volunteer AHIMA-approved ICD-10 Trainers from various facilities coded a series of de-duped medical records with an average accuracy rate of just 63%,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 25

News: Outlier payments prove costly at some facilities

December 5, 2013
News

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles receives nearly $300 million in Medicare “outlier” payments—more than any other hospital in the country, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of data provided under a Freedom of Information Act request published in its November 23 article...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 25

Q&A: Query for ’tremors’ related to alcoholism for additional specificity

December 5, 2013
Ask ACDIS

Q: An intoxicated patient comes into the emergency department with a history of alcoholism and the physician prescribes precautions for withdrawal and documents “tremors.” Can we assume that the physician means “delerium tremors” or “DTs”?...Read More »

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