Today’s guest is Sydni Johnson, BSN, RN, CCDS, the associate director of CDI quality and education at Banner Health in Tucson, Arizona. 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/professional-development-2023-cdi-week-industry-survey-data-preview)

The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Friday, September 15, 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:

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ACDIS update:

Register for the free CDI Week webinar on Thursday, September 21, 1-2:30 p.m. eastern! (https://ow.ly/Fb4E50PIw8t)

Download the CDI Week activity suggestions from the Furthering Education Committee! (https://ow.ly/rfTH50PIw7r)

Download the 2023 CDI Week official poster! (https://ow.ly/O9Fk50PpaaW)

ACDIS members can read the full September/October edition of the CDI Journal focused on denials management now! (https://ow.ly/vVhl50PIw9R)

Send your article ideas and drafts to the ACDIS team at [email protected]!