The latest survey out from ACDIS probes at a number of additional questions related to CDI physician query practices.

The survey which will remain open through March 1, also asks important questions about query auditing and monitoring, resources used to craft query policies, and about respondents’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness of electronic systems.

A False Claims Act lawsuit accuses UnitedHealthcare Group of a scheme which may have allowed its subsidiaries and other insurers to improperly overcharge Medicare by “hundreds of millions — and likely billions — of dollars."

Accused of misreporting malnutrition in a January 2017 OIG audit, Vidant Medical Center, a 909 bed acute care teaching hospital, fought back with a collaborative rebuttal of the findings published alongside the original audit results.

CMS awarded roughly $100 million in aid to 11 small physician practice organizations to help meet Quality Payment Program (QPP) initiatives, according to a February 17 news release.

More than a quarter of physician practices fell short of revenue goals in 2016, according to a poll released January 17 by the Medical Group Management Association.

The codes in ICD-10-CM Chapter 13, Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue, cover diagnoses for conditions throughout the body. Due to the wide scope of conditions in the chapter, it had extensive updates for 2017.

Q: When the physician documents that the patient is acute hypoxic and acute hypercapnic, should we code both of these diagnoses?

A: The first step to answering your question would be to look up respiratory failure in the Alphabetic Index.