The ACDIS Podcast

Today’s guest is Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, FABQAURP, a physician advisor for case management, utilization, and CDI at ProHealth Care, Inc., a three-hospital health system based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Today’s show is co-hosted by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim director, both at ACDIS, based in Middleton, Massachusetts. Our intro and outro music for...

Today’s guests are Rebecca Hendren, director of programming, and Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim director, both at ACDIS, based in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative software and consulting services designed for a wide range of healthcare environment...

Today’s guests are Mary Rogers, CCS, CRC, COC, CPC, CCDS-O, supervisor of CDI, professional practices, and Patricia Swierczynski, RN, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, manager of CDI at Cooper University Health in Camden, New Jersey. Today’s show is co-hosted by Melissa Varnavas, editorial director of events and education at ACDIS based in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is supported by Nuance. Nuance CDI...

Today’s guests are Lynn Miller, DO, FACOS, director of education, and Kelly Burns, CCS, education analyst, both at Accuity in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. Today’s show is co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro and ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Imagine: 2022 ACDIS Conference. Imagine the possibilities and...

Today’s guest is Devendranath Mannuru, MD, a full-time hospital physician at Sanford Health. Today’s show is co-hosted by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro and ACDIS is Middleton, Massachusetts. During the show, Dr. Mannuru invited listeners to contact him if they are interested in networking and brainstorming ideas for getting CDI into medic...

Today’s guests are Tricia Ramey, PMP, MS, clinical informaticist administrator, and Tonya Motsinger, BSN, RN, MBA, the system director of CDI at OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio. Today’s show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist at HCPro and ACDIS is Middleton, Massachusetts. During the show, Ramey and Motsinger referenced the job description for their CDI informa...

Today’s guest is Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS, director of CDI at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Today’s show is co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro and ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro. Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online...

Today’s guests are Tami McMasters Gomez, CCDS, CDIP, BS, (MHL), CDI director at UC Davis, Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, senior healthcare performance advisor at 3M Health Information Systems, and Shirlivia Parker, MHA, RHIA, CDIP, BS, vice president of auditing, compliance, and education for coding and CDI services at Medovent Solutions. Today’s show is co-hosted by ACDIS Editor Caroly...

Today’s guest is Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro. Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online portal provides all of the detail, explanation, and content you have come to trust and expect from the ACDIS team but is updated in real-time...

Today’s guest is Leyna Belcher, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, enterprise system CDI educator for WVU Medicine in West Virginia. Today’s show is co-hosted to Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative...

Today’s guests are Susan Fantin, MSA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, VP of integrated care management at McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, CCDS, West Florida division CDI interim director at AdventHealth. Today’s show is co-hosted to Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is supported by 3M Heal...

Today’s guest is Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, the chief executive officer and physician advisor of the Brundage Group. Today’s show is co-hosted to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Please note that we had some issues during the show with Dr. Brundage's audio. We apologize for any inconvenience.  Featured solution: Today’s feature...

Today’s guests are Kory Anderson, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, medical director at Intermountain Physician Advisor Services and CDI, and Kearstin Jorgenson, MSM, CPC, COC, the system operations director for physician advisor services at Intermountain Healthcare. Today’s show is co-hosted to Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is s...

Today’s guests are Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director at ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts, Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI services at CorroHealth, and Nikki Dailey, BSN, RN, CCDS, a level 3 CDI specialist for WVU Medicine. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference. Afte...

Today’s guest is William E. Haik, MD, FACCP, CDIP, director of DRG Review Inc., a physician-directed hospital coding consulting service. Today’s co-host is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference. After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 even...

Today’s guest is Analyn Dolopo-Simon, RN, MPH, ACM, CCDS, director of CDI for UCSD in La Jolla, California. Today’s co-host is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference. After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward...

Today’s guest is Shelby Humphreys, RHIA, CCDS, the director of coding and CDI at Vidant Health based in Greenville, North Carolina. Today’s co-host is Heidi Zimmerman, RN, BSN, director for Cerner Intelligence. Today’s show is sponsored by Cerner. Cerner's health information technologies connect people and systems at more than 27,500 contracted provider facilities worldwide. Together with its clie...

Today’s guest is Yvonne Whitley, RN, BSN, CPC, CRC, CDEO, CCDS-O, manager of ambulatory CDI at Novant Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today’s co-host is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist with HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is sponsored by Curation Health. Curation Health helps providers and health plans navigate and scale from fee-for-service to...

Today’s guest is Melissa Varnavas, the editorial director of events and education at ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference. After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward to make ourselves and the CDI profession stronger than ever. Join us October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, for the...

Today’s guests are John Blevins, vice president of strategic business development for Health Fidelity in San Mateo, California, and James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS, chief executive officer of Enjoin. The show is co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national...

Today’s guests are Lee Anne Landon, BSN, CCMC, CCDS, network manager of CDI at HonorHealth in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mary Elizabeth (M.E.) VanGelder, MREd, BSN, RN, CCDS, RHIT, CDI educator at HonorHealth in Phoenix, Arizona. The show is co-hosted by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Today’s show is supported...

Today’s guests are Kory Anderson, MD, medical director, and Kearstin Jorgenson, MSM, CPC, COC, system operations director for Intermountain Physician Advisory Services. The show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist for HCPro/ACDIS. Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative s...

Today’s guest is Dave Friedenson, MD, is the chief medical officer and the compliance officer of Reventics. The show is co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist for HCPro/ACDIS. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Online: CDI Summer Retreat. A retreat is a place of privacy, safety, and security. A place where like-minded individuals can come to...

Today’s guests are Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, the president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI services for CorroHealth. The show is co-hosted by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director for HCPro/ACDIS. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Online: CDI Summer Retreat. A retr...

Today’s guests are Andrea L. Groenhagen, RN, BSN, CCDS, senior content solution designer for Chart Assist with Cerner Intelligence, and Heidi Zimmerman, RN, BSN, director at Cerner Intelligence. The show is co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Featured solution: Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Online: CDI Summer...