The ACDIS Podcast

With Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, the president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. To read AMA on track to revise E/M codes, set new documentation guidelines as covered on In the News, please visit the Part B news website. To register for the 2019 ACDIS conference, please cl...

With special guest James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS, CEO at Enjoin in Eads, TN. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA.  To view Medicare Trims Payments to 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents as featured on In the News, please click here. To apply to speak at the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference in November...

With special guests Katy Good, RN, RBS, CCS, CCDS, Training Materials Specialist for Enjoin CDI, and Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Iodine Software. Both were contributors to the new query brief. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI Education Specialist for ACDIS. To read Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice--2019 update in its entire...

With special guests Ann Donnelly, RN, BSN, CCDS, manager of CDI for Ardent Health Services, Tulsa Region, Hillcrest Medical Center, and Darcy Watts, RN, CDI specialist with Hillcrest Medical Center. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps as well as a subject matter expert.  To download the slides presented on today'...

With special guest Abby Steelhammer, MBA, MHA, RN, director of clinical documentation excellence at Novant Health, a multi-facility system based in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina.  Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, a full-time instructor for the ACDIS CDI Boot Camps as well as a subject matter expert. To learn more about the CDI Managment Esse...

With special guests Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM, the director of clinical documentation excellence (CDE) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Yvonne Whitley RN, BSN, CPC, CRC, CDEO, the Manager for the Novant Health Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Improvement team. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education D...

With special guest James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, president of CDIMD-Physician Champions, a Nashville-based group of physicians, coders, and clinicians engaged nationwide as CDI physician advisors, ICD-10 medical informaticists, and DRG and HCC compliance advocates. Co-hosted by Melissa Varnavas, the Associate Editorial Director for ACDIS.  To view the article "CMS releases rule on the ris...