CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 30

News: 2022 OPPS proposed rule released, CMS backs off eliminating inpatient-only list, and increasing price transparency penalties

July 29, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

Less than a year after CMS finalized the three-year phaseout of the inpatient-only (IPO) list to be completed by 2024, the agency is looking to reverse course, according to the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 30

News: UnitedHealth CEO says COVID-19 could permanently cut ER use

July 29, 2021
News

COVID-19 could lead to a permanent reduction in emergency department use, UnitedHealth Group executives said during a second quarter earnings call, Think Advisor reported.

As...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 30

News: Augmented intelligence to predict 30-day mortality in patients with cancer, study shows

July 29, 2021
News

Leveraging socioeconomic and clinical data via augmented intelligence could predict 30-day mortality risks in patients with cancer, according to a study in Future Medicine.

In predicting patients’ end of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 29

News: OIG releases Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program FY 2020 Report

July 22, 2021
Denials & Appeals, News

During fiscal year 2020, the federal government won or negotiated more than $1.8 billion in healthcare fraud judgements and settlements, according to the OIG’s fiscal year 2020 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 29

News: Those who suffered most during the pandemic are those most plagued by medical bills

July 22, 2021
News

Medical bill problems are plaguing the people who have suffered the most during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Commonwealth Fund survey finds....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: Ohio hospital system received $4.4 million in overpayments, OIG audit finds

July 15, 2021
Denials & Appeals, News

A Medicare hospital provider compliance audit performed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Lake Hospital System in Ohio did not fully comply with Medicare billing requirements for 51 of 100 inpatient and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: FY 2022 ICD-10-CM Guidelines published

July 15, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News

The fiscal year (FY) 2022 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting were released on Monday, July 12, and include instructions for assigning...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 28

News: Pediatricians spend least time in the EHR compared to other primary care specialties, study shows

July 15, 2021
News

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that while all primary care physicians spend more time using the EHR than other medical specialty and surgical colleagues,...Read More »

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