CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: CMS clarifies “special status” selection process for Quality Payment Program

August 3, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

Which types of clinicians will get “special status” from CMS for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) data submissions this year? CMS recently updated its website with a tool (available online) providers can use to check to see whether they are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: Documentation of radiologist-referrer consults lack detail

August 3, 2017
CDI Expansion, News, Quality & Regulatory

Researchers at NYU Langone found that many informal consultations between referrers and radiologists were captured incompletely or inadequately in the electronic health record (EHR), according to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: ICD-10 coding not reaching full potential, experts say

August 3, 2017
Clinical & Coding, News

Although the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS was fairly smooth, two years later billing and coding experts say that, in most cases, the codes are not being put to their intended use.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Q&A: Finding sepsis where there is none

August 3, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: We recently reviewed a troubling case related to sepsis core extractions which revealed that the patient did not have sepsis and the physicians did not document sepsis as there was no bacterial infection. The CDI specialist, however...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Membership update: Free webinar focuses on CDI training for hospital residents

August 2, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Finding the time to train residents around their busy rotations can be difficult for CDI managers and residency program coordinators. In this free 60-minute webinar, Laurie Prescott shares her best practices and teaching strategies for hospital residents.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Local chapter updates: List of Upcoming Events

August 3, 2017
CDI Expansion, Education

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 33

Book excerpt: What is a readmission?

February 14, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

Readmissions occur when a patient needs to return to the hospital for additional care within 30-days of their initial stay.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 33

Note from the Instructor: Enjoy the twists and turns of CDI

July 27, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP

I have been looking forward to the month of August for a while now. It is a great month, filled with summer activities and the birthday of my oldest daughter, but this year is particularly special because I see it as a “full circle”...Read More »

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