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CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

News: OIG found CMS edits saved millions in Medicare overpayments

October 13, 2022
Denials & Appeals, News

A recent audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that changes to CMS' system has significantly reduced Medicare overpayments to acute care hospitals for outpatient services. The OIG showed $39.3 million in overpayments had been made, particularly for services provided to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

News: Boarding of patients in emergency departments has increased, new studies say

October 13, 2022
News, Quality & Regulatory

Two new research articles published by JAMA Network Open examine the boarding of patients in emergency departments (ED) and have noted an increase in both boarding and in the number of patients who left without being seen (LWBS). Among the worst performing hospitals, 4.3% of ED patients...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

Q&A: Difference between secondary and primary diagnoses

October 13, 2022
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Sometimes I confuse the secondary diagnosis for the primary diagnosis. Do you have any tips for me to help me discern better?

A: This question touches on several concepts essentially at the core of CDI practices. I think you are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

ACDIS update: Don’t miss the query practice brief discussion on the October 26 ACDIS Podcast!

October 13, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

The 2022 update for the Guidelines for Achieving Compliant Query Practice©* brief (available for comment now until Tuesday, October 25) has been in the works for a while, but now...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

ACDIS update: Make your voice heard in the 2022 CDI Salary Survey

October 13, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

For more than 10 years, ACDIS has asked the CDI community to share about their compensation in our annual CDI Salary Survey. Whatever your role within the field, your experience will contribute to improving the accuracy of the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

ACDIS update: Progress in your career with an ACDIS CDI Scholarship

October 13, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The CDI world has always required constant education, but ACDIS is here to help. Though that education comes in many forms (including the new edition of the CDI Journal, weekly...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 46

Local chapter update: Fall in love with your local chapter this season

October 13, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

Note from the ACDIS Interim Director: New compliant query practice brief will publish October 10

October 6, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

October 10 is the scheduled release of the 2022 update to the co-authored ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©*. This practice brief supersedes all previously published versions. ACDIS and...Read More »

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