3 Takeaways From My Tenth ACDIS – The Progression of the Industry
The Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) profession is relatively new. By my unverified accounts, it began in the late 1980s, shortly after Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) were used for hospital reimbursement. It took another 20 years to gain traction and become a professional industry, with ACDIS formally launching in 2007. In healthcare, change is constant, and like many other business functions, CDI continues to evolve. I consider myself and Harmony Healthcare as proud members of the CDI community, and we left Indianapolis feeling grateful and a bit nostalgic. The industry’s progress is highlighted every year at the national show, and after…
Harmony Saves Understaffed Client by $1M by Resolving 10,000 Backlogged Cases Ahead of Deadline
A top five Healthcare organization was facing legal and financial repercussions as a deadline approached to complete required submission of cases to the state. Amid a staffing shortage, the client needed significant support from Oncology Data Specialists to submit 10,000 backlogged cases immediately to avoid legal fees and a loss of more than one million dollars in grant funding. Challenge A large Northeastern healthcare system with an academic medical center and dedicated cancer center was facing a large-scale issue that proved too overwhelming to resolve on their own. The client was scrambling to fill backlogged cases in the middle of…
WEBINAR: April 2024 ICD-10-CM/PCS Code Updates
Join us for this one-hour educational experience and come away with a greater understanding of April’s 2024 ICD-10-CM/PCS code updates. Note changes in ICD-10-CM affecting reimbursement ICD-10-PCS guideline changes focusing on brachytherapy coding Updates to the ICD-10-PCS Index Identify ICD-10-PCS changes addressing coding for hand-assisted laparoscopic procedures Changes applied in real-world scenarios Explore new ICD-10-PCS codes being released and gain a deeper understanding of the procedures