Today’s guest is Kathy Dorich, MSN, RN, CCDS, CPHQ, director of Illinois CDI operations for Advocate Health and the recipient of the 2024 CDI Professional of the Year ACDIS Achievement Award, which was presented in a special ceremony at the 2024 ACDIS national conference in Indianapolis. Today’s show is part of the “Conversations with Karla” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Kozak is joined by a guest who’s behind one of our most popular and exciting ACDIS educational offerings to share their expertise.

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].

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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/quality-deep-dive-psis-and-hacs)

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, April 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. Because of the ACDIS conference this week and associated travel, the ACDIS team has extended the deadline for this episode.

Today’s sponsor:

Today’s show is brought to you by the 2024 ACDIS Outpatient Pocket Guide. Learn more and order your copy by clicking here. (https://bit.ly/43GQ441)

ACDIS update:

The ACDIS office will be closed until Monday, April 15, due to the ACDIS conference and associated travel. Feel free to email the team at [email protected], but please note that responses may be delayed this week!

Read about the 2024 ACDIS Achievement Award winners and offer your congratulations! (https://bit.ly/4cHoCqQ)