Today’s guest is Suma Chacko, RHIA, CCS, MBA, the system inpatient CDI director at Baylor Scott & White Health in the central and north Texas regions. Today’s show is a part of the “Leadership with Linnea” series. In every episode of this series, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald be 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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ACDIS update:

Apply for the ACDIS CDI Scholarship program by December 14! (http://ow.ly/pwtG50L3ARZ)

Apply to present a poster at the 2023 ACDIS national conference and nominate a colleague for an ACDIS Achievement Award! (http://ow.ly/8rkz50LT0qP)

Learn more about the upcoming changes to the ACDIS Podcast in tomorrow’s edition of CDI Strategies! (http://ow.ly/93W950LT0vp)