CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

Note from the ACDIS Editor: Denials management life rafts for murky waters

August 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

By Linnea Archibald

More than half of all respondents to the 2019 CDI Week Industry Survey (56.51%) say they’re currently involved in denials management at their organization. What’s more, more than half of those involved (65.97%) say they...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

News: WHO says burnout is an “occupational phenomenon”

August 1, 2019
News, Education

WHO said it now officially recognizes workplace burnout in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), Credentialing Resource Center...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

News: HHS ahead of schedule in court-ordered appeals backlog reduction

August 1, 2019
News, Denials & Appeals

As of July 1, HHS has reduced the Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level by nearly 20%, according to a status report from HHS.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

News: Vascular events, infections, cancers responsible for most diagnostic error harm

August 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, News

Misdiagnoses in treatments for “big three” conditions—cardiovascular events, cancers, and infections—comprise 74% of all serious harms from diagnostic errors, according to a new study published in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

Q&A: Educating providers on root operations

August 1, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Q: I’ve heard that provider education should not include lectures on the definitions associated with the root operations. What should be covered in provider education instead?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

ACDIS update: Trending discussions on the ACDIS Forum to join now

August 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The ACDIS team is here to help members, answer their questions, and provide the best possible resources for their daily work. ACDIS members, however, also help each other daily on the ACDIS Forum.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

ACDIS update: Take a moment to answer the latest ACDIS poll about physician staffing

August 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

It seems that over recent months, hospitals are increasingly finding themselves short-staffed. Add in the overwhelming provider burnout epidemic and the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32

Symposium spotlight: Win approval to attend the 2019 ACDIS Symposium with this letter

August 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI may adapt the following proposal.Read More »

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