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Medicare improperly paid hospitals for beneficiaries who had not received 96 or more consecutive hours of mechanical ventilation, according to...Read More »

The MS-DRG 884, organic disturbances and mental retardation, received a request for a title change, in the...Read More »

Providers should already be aware they will have to report more specific ICD-10-CM codes ...Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should take steps to reduce the number of...Read More »

Of all the activities and educational offering at the 9^th Annual ACDIS Conference one of our fondest no doubt will be the connections...Read More »

by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, CDIP

The diagnosis of obesity is one of the more difficult documentation...Read More »

Sepsis, a dangerous outcome triggered by an infection, can be fast-moving, debilitating, and fatal.

Now researchers are finding that even...Read More »

Physician engagement is a lot like football, or so says Richard E. Wild, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer for the...Read More »

It’s been four years since ACDIS asked its members to offer up their thoughts about the role of the physician advisor in clinical documentation...Read More »

Physician engagement is a lot like football, or so says Richard E. Wild, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer for the...Read More »