Today’s guests are Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, director of HIM practice excellence, CDI nurse planner at AHIMA, and Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim ACDIS director and director of CDI education for HCPro. Today’s show is part of the “Talking CDI” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren discusses CDI topics with guests including members of the ACDIS Advisory Board or other experienced CDI leaders from around the country to discuss strategic topics related to the state of the industry, where CDI is going, or opportunities for advancement.

During today’s show, Combs and Prescott discuss the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice brief, which was released on Monday, October 10. You can read the practice brief by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/rZSu50L3ABa)

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 [email protected].

ACDIS update:

Respond to the 2022 CDI Salary Survey by October 31! (http://ow.ly/RTsh50L3APV)

Apply for the ACDIS CDI Scholarship program by November 30! (http://ow.ly/pwtG50L3ARZ)