The ACDIS Podcast

Today’s guest is Andrew Maigur, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, CMPC, CCDS, ACPA-C, CMO and VP, care progression and documentation excellence at Premier Health in Dayton, Ohio. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? C...

Today’s guest is Danielle Hester, BSN, RN, CDIP, CDI manager at Community Health System in Fresno, California. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to sub...

Today’s guest is Renee M. Sorgi, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM, CCDS, CCS, LSSYB, an education specialist for coding and CDI at WakeMed Health. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@a...

Today’s guests are Rachel Coon, CVBA, CRC, CCDS-O, CRC, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, risk adjustment director at Summit Medical Group in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Elisa Sninchak, MBA, M.eD, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, senior director, clinical documentation excellence, at Novant Health in North and South Carolina. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay...

Today’s guest is Kelly Rice, RN, BSN, MSHI, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, CDI education specialist at ACDIS/HCPro. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit...

Today’s guest is Lynette Byerly, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist at ACDIS/HCPro. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question fo...

Today’s guest is Jenny Esper, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, a CDI specialist III-team lead at University of Michigan Health System. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.or...

Today’s guest is Michele A. Hamilton, RN, CCDS-O, CRC, ambulatory clinical documentation integrity specialist at a health system in New England. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS t...

Today’s guests are Katherine Wachs, BSN, RN, CCDS, who is a CDI specialist at Honor Health in Arizona, and Dawn Butler, BSN, RN, CCDS, who is a clinical documentation specialist network trainer at Honor Health. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions abo...

Today’s guest is Jessica Vaughn, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC, CDI education specialist for ACDIS and HCPro. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to...

Today’s guest is Karen Lane, MSN.Ed, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, clinical documentation integrity specialist III at an academic medical center in the Midwest. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact t...

Today’s guest is Laura J. Werner, DC, RN, BA, BSN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, system director, CDI, at Community Health System in Fresno, California. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at...

Today’s guests are Jeanne Johnson, MHA/INF, BSN, RN, CCDS, system director of DCI and coding at Premier Health, and Kerri Swart, MBA, BSN, RN, director of CDI, interim associate director of utilization management, at SUNY Upstate University Health. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the...

Today’s guest is Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, CDI education director for ACDIS. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a qu...

Today’s guest is Natoya Johnson, CCDS, CCS, CDI manager at Tufts Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a quest...

Today’s guest is Karen Lane, MSN.Ed, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, RN, clinical documentation integrity specialist III at an academic medical center in the Midwest. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact t...

Today’s guest is Payal Sinha, MBA, RHIA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS-O, CRCR, CRC, director coding integrity and education at Montefiore Medical Center. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact th...

Today’s guests are Jordan Trafan, BSN, MSN-Ed, RN, TCRN, clinical documentation education and compliance consultant for the Banner Health CDI team, and Marcie Johnson, RN, CCDS, the associate director of the senior review team at Banner Health in Arizona. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained fr...

Today’s guest is Priscilla Marlar, MHA, CSSBB, CPHQ, a quality improvement engineer at University of Iowa Health Care. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Wan...

Today’s guest is Amy Callinan, MSN, RN, CCDS, educator, clinical documentation integrity, at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Con...

Today’s guests are Kristin Clopton, BSN, RN, CCDS, associate director at Banner Health, and Tonya Skeen, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, associate director at Banner Health in Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Nevada, and California. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Ha...

Today’s guests are Coral Fernandez, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDI auditor/educator at Baptist Health System, and Payal Sinha, MBA, RHIA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS-O, CRCR, CRC, director of revenue integrity audit and education at Montefiore Medical Center. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the...

Today’s guests are Okemena Ewoterai, BSN, MA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, and Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS, medical director for CDI and coding at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Highe...

Today’s guest is Kelly Rice, MSHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, a clinical documentation education specialist with HCPro and ACDIS. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info...

Today’s guests are Danita Boone, RN, BSN, CCDS, associate director of CDI at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia, and Lisa Fuller, BSN, RN, CCDS, system CDI data analyst at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky. Today’s show is an excerpt from the October 2025 ACDIS CDI Leadership Council panel discussion. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and...