Quality & Regulatory

A False Claims Act lawsuit accuses UnitedHealthcare Group of a scheme which may have allowed its subsidiaries and other insurers to improperly...Read More »

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

Auditors target multiple conditions which for clinical validation denials (CVD). Personally, I...Read More »

We hope you enjoyed the February 16 Quarterly Conference call. During this call the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed:

• Sepsis-3
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The submission deadline for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Chart-Abstracted Clinical and Web-Based Perinatal Care (PC-01...Read More »

The national health expenditure growth is expected to average 5.6% annually over 2016-2025, according to a report published by Health Affairs and...Read More »

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

Clinical validation denials (CVD) result from a review by a clinician, such as a registered...Read More »

Q: If I document a wound at Stage 3 with no CC or MCC, do I also need to assign a present on admission (POA) status?
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by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP

Even though we now have a new president of the United States who vowed to abolish the...Read More »

Nearly half of the death certificates reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2012 listed the cause of death...Read More »