With special guests James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, president of CDIMD-Physician Champions, based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Paul R. Belton, RHIA, MHA, MBA, JD, LLM, the chief compliance and privacy office with Stanford Healthcare and Sharp Healthcare. Today’s show is co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Download the additional slides and information from the presentation “Malnutrition Audits: Time to Up Our Game” by clicking here. This presentation was referenced on the show. You can watch a recording of this presentation delivered at the Oct. 2 meeting of Tennessee ACDIS by clicking here.

Featured solution:

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The 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide is your essential CDI resource. It includes updates to clinical diagnostic standards, the Official Coding Guidelines, ICD-10-CM codes, CMS-HCCs and CDI critical thinking tips! The 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide is co-written by ACDIS’ CDI Education Director Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, CCDS-O, and a practicing physician steeped in the latest physician documentation terminology, James Manz, MD, CCDS-O.

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As a very special bonus, with every purchase of the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide, you’ll also have access to the content in an interactive, customizable ONLINE tool, which will allow you to easily access your favorite CDI information anywhere, any time!

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In the News:

Hospitals penalized inaccurately under HRRPP, JAMA study finds (http://ow.ly/jnEZ30riyui)

ACDIS update links:

“Guest post: Severe protein calorie malnutrition denial defense,” ACDIS Blog (http://ow.ly/8UpR30riyv7)

ACDIS Online: Uncovering Outpatient CDI Opportunities, an ACDIS virtual event taking place December 9-11 (http://ow.ly/pfFw30riyvx)