Today’s guest is Deepa Velayadikot, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, medical director of care coordination and of hospital medicine at Cooper University Hospital, and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Today’s show is part of the “Leadership with Linnea” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald is joined by one guest from the ACDIS Leadership Council ranks or a contributor from one of our ACDIS publications to discuss a topic relevant to leaders in the industry, whether or not they currently hold a traditional management title.

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.

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CEU info:

Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEUs which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication.

To receive your 0.5 CEUs, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/cdi-education-residents)

Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization’s spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form.

The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Monday, July 8, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. Note that the deadline for this week’s episode has been extended due to the Fourth of July holiday. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEUs for this week’s episode.

Today’s sponsor:

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Live Virtual Clinical Validation in CDI Boot Camp! Learn more or register for the course taking place August 26-29, 2024, by clicking here. (https://bit.ly/3W0G0QU)

ACDIS update:

ACDIS members can read and download the July/August 2024 edition of the CDI Journal focused on denials management today! (https://bit.ly/3RLIkZB)

Respond to the 2024 CDI Week Industry Survey by July 19! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024-CDI-Week-Industry-Survey)

Download the 2024 CDI Week poster! (https://bit.ly/4cyiwbi)

Apply to speak at the 2025 ACDIS conference, Physician Advisor Forum, or ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI by July 26! (https://acdis.org/25speaker)

Reminder: The ACDIS office will be closed Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5, for the Fourth of July holiday!