Today’s guests are Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, senior enterprise director for HIM, CDI, and coding at CDI PeaceHealth based in Vancouver, Washington and Cheryl Manchenton, RN, CCDS, CPHM, is a senior inpatient consultant/project manager/quality services lead overseeing CDI at 3M Health Information Systems based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas and is a part of our “Membership with Melissa” series.

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.

Today’s show is sponsored by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems is committed to eliminating revenue cycle waste, creating time to care, and leading the shift from volume to value-based care through innovative software and services across the continuum of care. Get started today and improve your CDI team’s impact on financial and quality metrics. Learn more at www.3m.com/cdi. 

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Imagine: 2022 ACDIS Conference. Imagine the possibilities and join your CDI peers in Orlando May 2–5, 2022, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center! As we reconnect after the COVID-19 pandemic, we all need a little magic in our lives, and we all need to Imagine what might be in store for us professionally. Learn more or register by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/rG5Y30s7Pzt) 

ACDIS update:

Register for the 2022 ACDIS National Conference and be entered to win $5,000 for your CDI department! Read more on the ACDIS website. (http://ow.ly/Cb7X30sg7gs)