Today’s guest is Karen Elmore, RN, BSN, CCDS, the education program manager for physicians and CDI at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, Missouri. 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.

Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at [email protected].

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 “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/denials-and-organizational-clinical-criteria)

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 Friday, January 19, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. 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:

Today’s show is brought to you by the 2024 ACDIS conference, which takes place April 8-11, 2024, in Indianapolis! Find out more and register today by clicking here! (https://ow.ly/EP4L50QoRxh)

ACDIS update:

Make sure to complete your volunteer application to serve on the ACDIS Advisory Board, Chapter Advisory Committee, and Resource Library Committee by February 2! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/January-2024-Committees)

Register for the 2024 ACDIS national conference by Monday, February 5, to get the Early Bird discount ($100 off)! (https://ow.ly/EP4L50QoRxh)

Download the free conference attendance justification letter! (https://ow.ly/840J50QoRyT)

Register for our free informational webinar about the 2024 conference on January 25! (https://ow.ly/4Kao50QoRAH)