Clinical & Coding

CMS requested input on their potential pediatric alternative payment model...Read More »

The CMS ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee is meeting next week, March 7 and March 8, to discuss proposed code changes to ICD-10-CM and...Read More »

HealthGrades, the online healthcare provider rating service, released its widely read list of...Read More »

Radiation oncology services billed to CMS had a 9.6% improper payment rate in 2015, leading to Medicare improperly pay $137 million for these...Read More »

CDI specialists depend on clinical indicators to support queries. Hospitals and physicians need clinical indicators to support the validity of...Read More »

Editor Note: Over the coming weeks, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of this year’s ACDIS...Read More »

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS
Bronchopulmonary infections, such as acute bronchitis and pneumonia, represent frequent...Read More »

by Amy Czahor, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
Recently I was reviewing a data sample investigating the root cause of DRG discrepancies between CDI...Read More »

With the criteria and definition of sepsis in flux, CDI specialists’ involvement in clarifying matters continues to grow. While the Surviving...Read More »

by Joel Moorhead, MD, PhD, CPC
This article is about bringing the patient to the center of clinical validation. A patient with an “...Read More »