CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

News: Physicians group, neurologist agree to pay $817K, documentation partly to blame

February 21, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

Jefferson Medical Associates, a now dissolved, multi-specialty practice group in Laurel, Mississippi, and neurologist Aremmia Tanious, MD, have agreed to pay the U.S. $817,635.06 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act arising from Medicare overpayments, according to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

News: CMS issues guidance on applying the 2-midnight rule to TKA

February 21, 2019
Clinical & Coding, News

CMS recently reissued Special Edition MLN Matters 19002 to address lingering provider questions surrounding the application of the 2-midnight rule to TKA...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

Q&A: Navigating the CMS website

February 21, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’m looking at the HCC information on the CMS website and am having trouble navigating it. How can I find the current year CMS-HCC list without the count variables model (drop list)? What about the current year ICD-10-CM and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

ACDIS update: What’s your physician engagement success story?

February 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The next edition of the CDI Journal, ACDIS’ bimonthly publication, will be focused on one of the most perennial topics in CDI: physician engagement and education. And, we need your input.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

Symposium spotlight: Apply to speak at the 2019 ACDIS Outpatient CDI Symposium

February 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

ACDIS is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, to be held November 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. Click here to view and complete the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

ACDIS update: Respond to our physician engagement survey for a chance to win an ACDIS prize

February 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Year after year, ACDIS members report that their biggest challenge is physician engagement and education, according to the 2019 ACDIS membership survey, 57.43% of survey respondents cite physician engagement as one of their top three challenges.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 8

Local chapter update: Discounts for local chapter leaders

February 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

As we wrote last week in CDI Strategies, ACDIS national requires local chapter leaders to submit a signed...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 13, Issue 7

Meet a Member: CDI gave her an exciting challenge

February 18, 2020

Kati Beisel, RHIA, CCS, is the HIM administrative director at INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and she is a member of her local ACDIS chapter. She has been in the CDI field for more than 12 years.Read More »

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