The ACDIS Podcast

With special guest Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS, medical director of the Brundage Group and former ACDIS advisory board member, and co-host Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Practicing social distancing is a must during the COVID-19 outbreak. But that doesn’t mean education and networking must stop. In fact,...

With special guest Christopher Petrilli, MD, SFHM, assistant professor for the department of medicine and the clinical lead of value-based management at NYU Langone Health in Manhattan, and co-host Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Practicing social distancing is a must during the COVID-19 outbreak. But that...

With special guest Deborah Jones, MSN, RN, the director of CDI at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a large academic medical center affiliated with Harvard Medical school in Boston, and co-host Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Resources mentioned during the show: U.S. News & World Report 2019-2020 Best Hospita...

With special guests James Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS, the chief medical officer at Enjoin in Eads, Tennesee, and Shannon Wyatt, a clinical informatics analyst II at Enjoin, and co-host Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. ACDIS update link: The third and final case study in the ACDIS Advisory Board’s Provider Engagement Series

With special guest Cesar Limjoco, MD, the chief medical officer of T-Medicus LLC, and co-host Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Resources mentioned during the show: “Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and severe sepsis/system inflammatory response syndrome/multiorgan dysfunction syndrome/macrophag...

With special guests Angie Comfort, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CICA, senior director of CDI and coding operations for LifePoint Health in Brentwood, Tennessee, and Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. In the news links: COVID-19 ICD-10-CM code coming April 1 ACDIS update links: 2020 ACDIS conference postponement announcement Certific...

With special guests Kerry Seerkircher, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, director of CDI at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, Julie Foley, MSN, RN, CDIP, CCDS, director of documentation excellence at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, Michelle Knuckles, RHIT, manager of inpatient coding and CDI at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, and Julie Salomon, BSN, RN, 360e chief p...

With special guest Beth Wolf, MD, CPC, CCDS, medical director of HIM at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina. The show is co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. In the news links: “EMR nudge decreases inappropriate hospital c. difficile testing” from Healio ACDIS update links: 202...

With special guest Vicki Galyean, RN, BSN, CCDS, clinical documentation excellence (CDE) team leader, and Gina Fones-DiCrocco, MEd, CPC, CRCR, director of coding quality review and education at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. In the...

With special guest Adelaide La Rosa, RN, BSN, CCDS, CHS vice president for HIM, CDI, DRG appeals, and EMPI for Catholic Health Services of Long Island, and co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. In the news links: “Preeminent hospitals penalized over rates of patients’ injuries” from Kaiser Health News ACDIS update link...

With special guests Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts, and Shannon McCall, RHIA, CPC, CCS, CCS-P, CPC-I, CCDS, CCDS-O, CEMC, CRC, director of coding and HIM for Simplify Compliance, ACDIS’ parent company. In the news links: Sepsis likely to blame for 20% of worldwide deaths, study shows ACDIS update links: CDI for Outpatient Boot...

With special guest Justin Satterfield, founder and president of Norwood Staffing Solutions. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. In the news links: AMA checklist for transition to E/M office visit changes ACDIS call for board & committee volunteers ACDIS membership survey Featured product: Today’s fe...

With special guest Cesar Limjoco, MD, the chief medical officer of T-Medicus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps and subject matter expert for ACDIS. In the news links: Risk Adjustment Data Validation (HHS-RADV) White Paper from CMS "RADV audits to intensify in 2020, OIG says," from CDI Strategies

This episode--part 3 of a 3-part clinical series, sponsored by 3M--covered common diagnosis questions sent in from listeners of the ACDIS Podcast. With special guest Dawn R. Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, the CDI manager of education at Ardent Health Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot C...

With special guest Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, manager of clinical documentation integrity for Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. To read “How one ACO leveraged universal truths of value-based contracting for success" as featured on In the News, please visit the HFMA webs...

With special guest Analyn Dolopo-Simon, ACM, CCDS, the CDI Program Director for UCSD Health in San Diego, CA. Co-hosted by Melissa Varnavas, Associate Editorial Director for ACDIS. To view "CMS will pay hospitals $1.9 billion in bonuses for inpatient care" as reported on In the News, please visit the Modern Healthcare website: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/payment/cms-will-pay-hospitals-19-bill...

With special guest Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. She is the developer and lead instructor for the ACDIS boot camp line and an ACDIS subject matter expert. Prescott is a former CDI manager and a nursing manager with experience in med/surg, ICU, PACU, and endoscopy. She is also co-author of our upcoming indispensable CDI reference,...

With special guest Paul Evans, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CCS-P, a clinical documentation integrity specialist with Sutter West Bay Area in San Francisco. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for HCPro and ACDIS. Our thanks to 3M Health Information Systems for their support of the program, the first of a three-part clinical series. To download a copy of...

With special guests Haaris Ali, MD, CDIP, the regional director of CDI for Prospect Holdings, and Cesar Limjoco, MD, the chief medical officer of T-Medicus. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for HCPro and ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. To view CDC Tally of Vaping-Related Injuries Now at 805 (since revised upwards to 1,080, with 18 deaths...

With special guests Valerie A. Bica, RN, BSN, CPN, the lead CDI specialist at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and Joan Oliver, MHA, BSN, RN, ACM, CCDS, a CDI specialist covering the cardiothoracic and CCU teams at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps as well as...

With special guest Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, the manager of CDI for Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps as well as a subject matter expert. To read "Tell Congress to pass the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act and close the 'observation status gap'" as featured on In the News, pl...

With special guests Yvonne Whitley RN, BSN, CPC, CRC, CDEO, CCDS-O, manager of the ambulatory CDI team at Novant Health in North Carolina, and Jessica M. Vaughn MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC, the manager of outpatient clinical documentation excellence at Wake Forest Baptist Health, an academic organization in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Co-hosted by Melissa Varnavas, the associate editorial direct...

With special guest James Manz, MD, a consultant in spine and neurological surgery with the Mayo Clinic Health System in northwest Wisconsin. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. To read a summary of the 2020 OPPS proposed rule and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule as discussed on In the New...

With special guest Dawn R. Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, the CDI manager of education at Ardent Health Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Click here to view the Medscape article ‘Big Three’ Diseases Account for Most Diagnostic Error Harm as featured on In the News. Learn...

With special guests Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, system director of CDI and coding at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky, and Regene’ Collier, RN-BC, BSN, COS-C, HCS-D, the home health coding/CDI specialist manager at Baptist Health System. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. To read CEO outlines plan to save Hahnem...