The ACDIS Podcast

With special guests Rhoda Chism, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at The Medical Center at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Laura White, MHA, a performance improvement engineer at The Medical Center Health in Bowling Green, Kentucky. To view ACDIS' comments on the FY 2020 IPPS proposed rule as featured on In the News, please click here.

With special guest Kristi Fahy, RHIA, an account executive with DVS, a premier partner of Dolbey. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, a full-time instructor for the ACDIS CDI Boot Camps as well as a subject matter expert. To view the Forbes.com article “There are no accurate machine learning models, only agreeable ones” as covered on In the News, please click here. To view ACDIS' commentary to C...

With special guests Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, physician advisor for CDI at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida, and Candace Blankenship, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. To view a summary of proposed 2020 changes to the IPPS, click here. To v...

With special guest Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, a regulatory specialist for the HCPro Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs. She is an instructor with extensive knowledge of inpatient coding guidelines as well as E/M and auditing guidelines. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. To read Phys...

With guest and co-host Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Allen teaches clinical documentation improvement boot camps and serves as a subject matter expert. He is an accomplished consultant with a background in coding and documentation. To view CMS’ Innovation Center Announces Five New Transformative Models as featured on In the News, p...

With special guest Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, principal of Pinson and Tang in Chattanooga, TN, and co-author of the CDI Pocket Guide. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA.  To read about the sweeping changes proposed by CMS in the 2020 IPPS proposed rule, or to comment, please click here. To read Pinson's answers to addit...

With special guest Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, the Physician Advisor for Clinical Documentation Integrity at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps and ACDIS subject matter expert. Click here to read More layoffs at Miami hospitals as patient admissions dwindle and opera...

With special guest Cassi L. Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, director of HIM and revenue integrity for UC San Diego Health, where she provides enterprisewide leadership and strategic direction for HIM, coding, charge capture, clinical documentation, and revenue integrity. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI Education Specialist for ACDIS.  To read Hospital revenue cycle trends to wa...

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...