CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

Note from the Certification Coordinator: Do you know your recertification due date?

April 11, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Penny Richards

I received an email from a CCDS holder recently whose certification was about to expire. She said she had not received any email reminders from us. I confirmed her email address is the same one I have in the CCDS database.

So, why didn’t she get our...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

News: CMS must assess, strengthen documentation requirements and medical reviews to address $23 billion in improper payments, GAO says

April 11, 2019
Denials & Appeals, News, Quality & Regulatory

Insufficient documentation led to approximately $23 billion in improper Medicare payments in FY 2017, the GAO said in a March 27 report. GAO recommended that CMS assess and strengthen documentation requirements and medical reviews to more...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

News: AMA, UnitedHealthcare to develop new ICD-10 codes to address social determinants of health

April 11, 2019
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

The AMA and UnitedHealthcare announced a collaboration to better address social determinants of health by standardizing how this data is collected and processed through the creation of nearly...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

News: Maryland hospital reduced sepsis mortality by 65%

April 11, 2019
Clinical & Coding, News

A sepsis surveillance and treatment initiative at Frederick Memorial Hospital has slashed the facility’s mortality rate for the deadly infection by 65% from 2012 to 2016.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

Q&A: Coding antibiotic resistance

April 11, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who was on oral Bactrim after a fracture who may have been non-compliant with his therapy but who indicates that he’s fully adherent to his medications. He was admitted for IV antibiotics, was given IV vancomycin,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

Journal excerpt: Developing an outpatient CDI tracking tool

April 11, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

Unlike the inpatient CDI world, there aren’t many outpatient tracking tools premade and available through vendors, so newly minted programs are often left to develop and rollout homegrown solutions. Developing an outpatient CDI tracking tool can be a long, arduous, and sometimes overwhelming...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

ACDIS update: When it comes to finding a workspace, 43% of CDI professionals have dedicated hospital space

April 11, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Awhile back, ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald got two emails asking where CDI professionals physically work in the hospital from two separate members. On the same day. Within a two-hour span. When this happens, the ACDIS team takes notice and tries to get to the bottom of the question. In this...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15

Conference conversations: Speakers share how their facility survives sepsis

April 8, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Expert ACDIS 2019 conference speakers Rhoda Chism, RN, CCDS, and Laura White, MHA, provide an inside look on how their organization dealt with the various sepsis clinical definitions, challenging CDI professionals to think outside the box to improve their processes and results.Read More »

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