In a special edition of the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy hosted four CDI leaders on how their organizations and CDI departments are handling the current COVID-19 pandemic.
While the live show experienced technical difficulties and had to be discontinued...Read More »
The ACDIS leadership team is closely monitoring the events unfolding with COVID-19 as we know you are too. Many of you are planning your events; spring has traditionally been a busy time for our local chapters.
Please know first and foremost that your health, safety, and well-being are...Read More »
According to an audit from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a 253-bed hospital in Topeka, Kansas, received millions in overpayments because of incorrectly billing Medicare.
The OIG audit report states that Saint Francis Health Center...Read More »
CMS has issued frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The document was published after CMS received a number of questions from providers regarding...Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized two interoperability rules to give patients direct access to their healthcare data, reported HealthLeaders Media.
The two rules, issued by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology...Read More »
The CDC released official diagnosis coding guidance for encounters and deaths related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), effective February 20, 2020.
COVID-19 infections cause a range of illness severity, from no symptoms to severe illness and potentially death. Coronavirus...Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a set of strategies to lower the EHR burdens on clinicians to help them “focus their attention on patients rather than paperwork.”
The report, required by the 21st Century Cures Act, was developed by the Office of the...Read More »
Cigna announced in its first quarter 2020 Network News that it will be adopting Sepsis-3 criteria. The news item says that the change will take place immediately and it’s “part of [their] effort to promote the accurate diagnosis and treatment of sepsis, and use the appropriate billing and coding...Read More »
