The fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report has been released, assigning grades to 2,901 hospitals. The grades come from hospitals’ performance on over 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety. For the first time, post-...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee is tasked with reviewing regulatory policy and coding and clinical updates, commenting to agencies on behalf of ACDIS, and providing summary, interpretation, and analysis to the ACDIS membership.
The Committee has recently welcomed on a few new members. The...Read More »
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 »
The role of CDI in quality management programs is often overlooked, but unquestionably crucial to accurately reflecting a patient’s severity of illness and affect measures of length of stay, morbidity, and mortality. It’s also critical to ensure patients receive a clear and concise clinical...Read More »
Editor's note: After this article was published on the morning of June 10, 2021, UnitedHealthcare announced they would be delaying the policy based on provider feedback. Read More »
