Assessment of clinical measures associated with end-of-life treatment could actually improve care of the dying, according to a release regarding a...Read More »
Two new publications from AHIMA offer guidance and best practices for CDI programs. The Clinical Documentation Improvement Toolkit, released in...Read More »
The new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes, effective October 1, 2010, are now out. You can find them in a zip file on the CMS website, here:...Read More »
Nine hospitals in seven states will pay the United States more than $9.4 million combined to resolve claims that they overcharged Medicare between...Read More »
Many CDI professionals diligently perform the day-to-day tasks of documentation improvement. And there are those who carry out this duty and so...Read More »
The ACDIS CDI Work Group is pleased to present the results of its first CDI staffing survey. The results are based on approximately 85 responses...Read More »
In April, CMS held an ICD-10 conference for software vendors, billing services, and clearinghouses to discuss the ICD-10 and Version 5010...Read More »
Shortly after releasing its Clinical Documentation Improvement Toolkit in April, the American Health Information Management Association (...Read More »