CMS improperly paid hospitals over $79 million for mechanical ventilation claims between 2015 and 2021, according to a recent audit report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

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The clinical documentation integrity (CDI) profession began its heyday in 2008, with the advent of the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) system that built and expanded upon the simpler system consisting of DRGs with complications and comorbidities (CCs) or major CCs (MCCs) and those without. Consulting companies recognized the opportunity to develop and market CDI […]