The ACDIS Podcast

Today’s guests are Tricia Ramey, PMP, MS, clinical informaticist administrator, and Tonya Motsinger, BSN, RN, MBA, the system director of CDI at OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio. Today’s show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist at HCPro and ACDIS is Middleton, Massachusetts.

During the show, Ramey and Motsinger referenced the job description for their CDI informaticist position. ACDIS members can download that job description from the ACDIS Resource Library by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/X23u30s7PCm)

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.

The ACDIS annual conference provides countless opportunities to engage personally and professionally with like-minded individuals across the healthcare spectrum. The educational offerings are unparalleled. The networking opportunities are extensive. Our exhibitors are waiting to share their national knowledge. The only necessary ingredient remaining is you. This year we are offering dedicated outpatient CDI content, a masterclass track to improve your interpersonal skills so critical to CDI success, a location with shuttle busses running to the major Disney theme parks, and more!

Learn more or register by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/rG5Y30s7Pzt)  

In the News:

“Healthfirst Health Plan, Inc., received $5.2 million in overpayments for seven high-risk diagnoses, OIG says,” from CDI Strategies (http://ow.ly/WHxt30s7PAu)  

ACDIS update:

Download the January/February 2022 edition of the CDI Journal (http://ow.ly/ihYs30s7PAC)

Today’s guest is Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS, director of CDI at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Today’s show is co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro and ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro.

Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online portal provides all of the detail, explanation, and content you have come to trust and expect from the ACDIS team but is updated in real-time to keep you at the forefront of the CDI industry!

Easily access all the query, coding, and documentation resources you love and need every day – anywhere, any time!

This new, fully customizable, easy to navigate online portal can be accessed on any device – pull it up on your phone in a meeting to make sure you have the right code, access it on the go while talking to a physician, or from your office! With the ability to add your own personal notes directly into conditions for easy reference, ACDIS PRO will become your favorite reference.

Click here to learn more or purchase access.  (http://ow.ly/Q5m830s1BMn)  

In the News:

“Find out how to prepare your audiences to respond if they find errors in their medical records” by Kerry Dooley Young in the Association of Health Care Journalists (http://ow.ly/17Bo30s6jfP)

ACDIS update:

“Maintaining ethical and compliant practices in quality reviews” by Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS, in the November/December 2021 edition of the CDI Journal (http://ow.ly/shgE30s6jcY)

The ACDIS Code of Ethics (http://ow.ly/CGag30s6jeE)

The 2022 ACDIS conference! (http://ow.ly/fX1V30s6jgk)

Today’s guests are Tami McMasters Gomez, CCDS, CDIP, BS, (MHL), CDI director at UC Davis, Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, senior healthcare performance advisor at 3M Health Information Systems, and Shirlivia Parker, MHA, RHIA, CDIP, BS, vice president of auditing, compliance, and education for coding and CDI services at Medovent Solutions. Today’s show is co-hosted by ACDIS Editor Carolyn Riel.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative software and consulting services designed for a wide range of healthcare environments. From closing the loop between clinical care and revenue integrity, to computer-assisted coding, clinical documentation integrity and performance monitoring, 3M can help you reduce cost and provide more informed care.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro.

Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online portal provides all of the detail, explanation, and content you have come to trust and expect from the ACDIS team but is updated in real-time to keep you at the forefront of the CDI industry!

Easily access all the query, coding, and documentation resources you love and need every day – anywhere, any time!

This new, fully customizable, easy to navigate online portal can be accessed on any device – pull it up on your phone in a meeting to make sure you have the right code, access it on the go while talking to a physician, or from your office! With the ability to add your own personal notes directly into conditions for easy reference, ACDIS PRO will become your favorite reference.

Click here to learn more or purchase access.  (http://ow.ly/Q5m830s1BMn)  

In the News:

ACDIS/AHIMA Compliant CDI Technology Standards position paper (http://ow.ly/kLSN30s4MVf)

ACDIS update:

ACDIS Achievement Awards nominations (http://ow.ly/RfiX30s4MVx)

Today’s guest is Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro.

Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online portal provides all of the detail, explanation, and content you have come to trust and expect from the ACDIS team but is updated in real-time to keep you at the forefront of the CDI industry!

Easily access all the query, coding, and documentation resources you love and need every day – anywhere, any time!

This new, fully customizable, easy to navigate online portal can be accessed on any device – pull it up on your phone in a meeting to make sure you have the right code, access it on the go while talking to a physician, or from your office! With the ability to add your own personal notes directly into conditions for easy reference, ACDIS PRO will become your favorite reference.

Click here to learn more or purchase access.  (http://ow.ly/Q5m830s1BMn)  

In the News:

“News: Leapfrog adds new measures, releases fall 2021 report,” from CDI Strategies (http://ow.ly/pLxS30s3n1e)

ACDIS update:

ACDIS paper series on risk adjustment in CDI (part 1 and part 2) (http://ow.ly/ClxI30s3n1t and http://ow.ly/ag7G30s3n1u)

Today’s guest is Leyna Belcher, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, enterprise system CDI educator for WVU Medicine in West Virginia. Today’s show is co-hosted to Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative software and consulting services designed for a wide range of healthcare environments. From closing the loop between clinical care and revenue integrity, to computer-assisted coding, clinical documentation integrity and performance monitoring, 3M can help you reduce cost and provide more informed care.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Pro.

Just like the printed ACDIS Pocket Guide, this online portal provides all of the detail, explanation, and content you have come to trust and expect from the ACDIS team but is updated in real-time to keep you at the forefront of the CDI industry!

Easily access all the query, coding, and documentation resources you love and need every day – anywhere, any time!

This new, fully customizable, easy to navigate online portal can be accessed on any device – pull it up on your phone in a meeting to make sure you have the right code, access it on the go while talking to a physician, or from your office! With the ability to add your own personal notes directly into conditions for easy reference, ACDIS PRO will become your favorite reference.

Click here to learn more or purchase access.  (http://ow.ly/Q5m830s1BMn)  

In the News:

“Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. (Contract H2663) Submitted to CMS” from the Office of the Inspector General (http://ow.ly/MJQ530s1BO8)

ACDIS update:

CDI Week 2021 Q&A: Ordering takeout | Outpatient CDI with Leyna Belcher (http://ow.ly/Uv9q30s1BN0)  

Send us a picture of your ACDIS Pocket Guide in the wild! (http://ow.ly/jMCH30s1BOj)

Today’s guests are Susan Fantin, MSA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, VP of integrated care management at McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, CCDS, West Florida division CDI interim director at AdventHealth. Today’s show is co-hosted to Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative software and consulting services designed for a wide range of healthcare environments. From closing the loop between clinical care and revenue integrity, to computer-assisted coding, clinical documentation integrity and performance monitoring, 3M can help you reduce cost and provide more informed care.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Next Steps: An ACDIS Encore.

ACDIS is proud to offer our final virtual education event for 2021: a three-day, two-track, online conference filled with educational opportunities and continuing education offerings.

Throughout an unprecedented pandemic, ACDIS and the CDI community have continuously embodied a spirit of change. Now, we welcome you to join us for Next Steps: An ACDIS Encore, November 17-19.

During this online event, participants will delve into a wide variety of emerging ways that CDI professionals have pushed their programs forward, pulled their staff through innovative waters, and propelled program outcomes beyond traditional record reviews.

Click here to learn more and register today! (http://ow.ly/SL1t30s0oYo)

In the News:

“Medicare punishes 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions,” from Kaiser Health News (http://ow.ly/nYXM30s0oYM)

ACDIS update:

Check out pictures from the 2021 ACDIS annual conference! (http://ow.ly/AYvE30s0oZy)

Today’s guest is Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, the chief executive officer and physician advisor of the Brundage Group. Today’s show is co-hosted to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Please note that we had some issues during the show with Dr. Brundage's audio. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference.

After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward to make ourselves and the CDI profession stronger than ever.

Join us October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, for the return of the ACDIS national conference. We’re offering cutting-edge education across more than 60 CDI-focused presentations in our first-ever hybrid event. Our in-person event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel features four concurrent tracks focused on coding and clinical concerns, management and professional development, regulatory changes and challenges, outpatient CDI, and much more. In a new value-added supplement this year, we’re offering online-only bonus presentations that participants can enjoy when they return home.

Click here to learn more and register today! (http://ow.ly/7l3b30rLACx)

In the News:

Coder vs. CDI podcast from former ACDIS CDI education specialist, Allen Frady! (http://ow.ly/YCke30rXHp1)

ACDIS update:

2021 CDI Salary Survey open now! (http://ow.ly/z7wM30rWW76)

Today’s guests are Kory Anderson, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, medical director at Intermountain Physician Advisor Services and CDI, and Kearstin Jorgenson, MSM, CPC, COC, the system operations director for physician advisor services at Intermountain Healthcare. Today’s show is co-hosted to Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems, now with M*Modal, delivers innovative software and consulting services designed for a wide range of healthcare environments. From closing the loop between clinical care and revenue integrity, to computer-assisted coding, clinical documentation integrity and performance monitoring, 3M can help you reduce cost and provide more informed care.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference.

After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward to make ourselves and the CDI profession stronger than ever.

Join us October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, for the return of the ACDIS national conference. We’re offering cutting-edge education across more than 60 CDI-focused presentations in our first-ever hybrid event. Our in-person event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel features four concurrent tracks focused on coding and clinical concerns, management and professional development, regulatory changes and challenges, outpatient CDI, and much more. In a new value-added supplement this year, we’re offering online-only bonus presentations that participants can enjoy when they return home.

Click here to learn more and register today! (http://ow.ly/7l3b30rLACx)

In the News:

“Kaiser Permanente researchers push the envelope with AI and NLP,” from Healthcare IT News (http://ow.ly/6ptz30rWW3N)

“Large-scale identification of aortic stenosis and its severity using natural language processing on electronic health records” from the Heart Rhythm Society (http://ow.ly/kmrD30rWW6Y)

ACDIS update:

2021 CDI Salary Survey open now! (http://ow.ly/z7wM30rWW76)

Today’s guests are Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director at ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts, Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI services at CorroHealth, and Nikki Dailey, BSN, RN, CCDS, a level 3 CDI specialist for WVU Medicine.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference.

After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward to make ourselves and the CDI profession stronger than ever.

Join us October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, for the return of the ACDIS national conference. We’re offering cutting-edge education across more than 60 CDI-focused presentations in our first-ever hybrid event. Our in-person event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel features four concurrent tracks focused on coding and clinical concerns, management and professional development, regulatory changes and challenges, outpatient CDI, and much more. In a new value-added supplement this year, we’re offering online-only bonus presentations that participants can enjoy when they return home.

Click here to learn more and register today! (http://ow.ly/7l3b30rLACx)

In the News:

“Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized with COVID-19 Experienced a Wide Range of Serious, Complex Conditions,” from the Office of Inspector General (http://ow.ly/eJZO30rVBmx)

ACDIS update:

The 2022 ACDIS Pocket Guide is set to publish next month! (http://ow.ly/gF9t30rVBmF)

Today’s guest is William E. Haik, MD, FACCP, CDIP, director of DRG Review Inc., a physician-directed hospital coding consulting service. Today’s co-host is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS national conference.

After a year in which we had to cancel our 2020 event, ACDIS is stepping forward to make ourselves and the CDI profession stronger than ever.

Join us October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, for the return of the ACDIS national conference. We’re offering cutting-edge education across more than 60 CDI-focused presentations in our first-ever hybrid event. Our in-person event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel features four concurrent tracks focused on coding and clinical concerns, management and professional development, regulatory changes and challenges, outpatient CDI, and much more. In a new value-added supplement this year, we’re offering online-only bonus presentations that participants can enjoy when they return home.

Click here to learn more and register today! (http://ow.ly/7l3b30rLACx)

In the News:

“UnitedHealthcare loses Medicare Advantage overpayment suit” from HealthcareDive (http://ow.ly/K3Ub30rTpGd)

“CMS rule restored requiring insurers to return Medicare Advantage overpayments” from CDI Strategies (http://ow.ly/5zK230rTpGh)

ACDIS update:

CDI Week 2021 kicks off next week and runs September 13-17! (http://ow.ly/Ujkc30rTpGo)