Today’s guest is Kenzi Brooks, CCDS-O, CCS, CRC, CPC-A, COC-A, the outpatient CDI educator at West Virginia University Health System in Morgantown, West Virginia. 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/outpatient-cdi-education)

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, August 30, 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 Revenue Integrity Symposium, taking place September 12-13, in Oak Brook, Illinois! This year’s agenda includes a full track focused on denials management, which will be of particular interest to those in CDI. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3MeYzvi

ACDIS update:

Check if you’re eligible to join the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2024/2025 term! (https://bit.ly/3SikmWo)

Apply to be on the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2024/2025 term by September 2! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024-2025-Leadership-Council-Application)

ACDIS members can register for the August 22 Quarterly Membership Call now! (https://bit.ly/3QJsIWb)

Download the CDI Week 2024 poster and all the rest of the materials to prepare for the celebration in September! (https://bit.ly/3M5Nw7w)

Register for the free CDI Week webinar scheduled for Thursday, September 19, 1-2 p.m. eastern! (https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/959992839515101014)

Read about the updates to the CCDS-O exam coming October 1! (https://bit.ly/3ZctfVN)