Claims-based data suggest that the incidence of sepsis is increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing, but a new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston challenges that assertion.Read More »
CMS, after repeated urging from the American Hospital Association (AHA), announced last week that they will not be updating the overall hospital quality ratings on Hospital Compare this October.Read More »
Due to the overwhelming success of our sold-out live event ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, ACDIS has responded with a one-of-a-kind multimedia platform to keep the education, networking, and development going—right from your home office.Read More »
The OIG recently reviewed $51.6 million in Medicare Part B payments to acute care hospitals only to find that Medicare did not appropriately pay the hospitals for any of the reviewed outpatient services.Read More »
The majority (57%) of healthcare payers and providers believe predictive analytics will save their organizations 15% or more over the next five years, according to a 2017 Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Trend...Read More »
The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists(ACDIS) is proud to sponsor the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week. This week is a time to recognize CDI specialists for the critical role they perform within the healthcare...Read More »
A lot has changed in healthcare broadly and CDI specifically since the initial rollout of ICD-10-CM/PCS in 2015. From the advent of quality initiatives, to CDI’s expansion into other settings such as outpatient, to the evolution of clinical validation reviews, it seems that every day offers a...Read More »
