The ACDIS Podcast

With special guest Jessica Risner, BSN, RN, CCDS, the director of CDI at Banner Health in Phoenix, Arizona. Today’s show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Please note that today’s live podcast experienced some technical audio difficulties, forcing us to cut the program short a bit. The recording contains the entirety of the interview, however, for listeners to enjoy. We apologize for the short run-time!

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Online: Uncovering Outpatient Opportunities.

Reserve your calendar for December 9-11! This three-day, one-of-a-kind online event offers CDI professionals a unique chance to interrogate the benefits of medical record reviews in this non-traditional healthcare setting. Join those who’ve pioneered outpatient CDI endeavors and learn from their challenges and successes. Collaborate with colleagues in the outpatient arena to identify best practices and investigate common clinical scenarios. Follow the evidence and gather tools from nearly a dozen respected industry leaders and experts in the field.

Some event facts:

Three, half-day, schedule allows attendees to participate and network in real time or listen as their schedule allows

Unique, small-group networking opportunities, plus interactive thought exchanges within our event app

Learn more or register today: http://ow.ly/Alv930rkEfa

With special guest Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, the director of CDI services for CorroHealth, based in Springfield, Missouri. 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.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is ACDIS Online: Uncovering Outpatient Opportunities.

Reserve your calendar for December 9-11! This three-day, one-of-a-kind online event offers CDI professionals a unique chance to interrogate the benefits of medical record reviews in this non-traditional healthcare setting. Join those who’ve pioneered outpatient CDI endeavors and learn from their challenges and successes. Collaborate with colleagues in the outpatient arena to identify best practices and investigate common clinical scenarios. Follow the evidence and gather tools from nearly a dozen respected industry leaders and experts in the field.

Some event facts:

Three, half-day, schedule allows attendees to participate and network in real time or listen as their schedule allows

Unique, small-group networking opportunities, plus interactive thought exchanges within our event app

Learn more or register today: http://ow.ly/Alv930rkEfa

In the News:

Price transparency rule changes, http://ow.ly/CGUw30rkEfJ

ACDIS update links:

2021 annual conference rescheduled, and speaker application period extended to January 8, http://ow.ly/XrLU30rkEg3

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:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide (https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO).

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.

Be sure to include the #1 CDI resource in your library today!

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!

Watch a short demo and learn more here: https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO

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)

With special guest Jennifer Eaton, RN, MSN, CCDS, executive director of CDI services and education at Enjoin in Eads, Tennesseee. Today’s show is co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide (https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO).

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.

Be sure to include the #1 CDI resource in your library today!

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!

Watch a short demo and learn more here: https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO

In the News:

OIG report on acute stroke coding inaccuracies, http://ow.ly/Jr5h30rga2t

ACDIS update links:

Please respond to ACDIS’ Diversity and Inclusion in CDI survey, http://ow.ly/6sKw30rga32

ACDIS is now accepting applications for the second annual ACDIS CDI Scholarship program, http://ow.ly/o6w630rga3h

With special guest Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI consultant and manager with Trust Healthcare Consulting Services, a CorroHealth Company, in Plano, Texas. Today’s show is co-hosted by Carolyn Riel, the associate editor for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide (https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO).

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.

Be sure to include the #1 CDI resource in your library today!

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!

Watch a short demo and learn more here: https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO

ACDIS update links:

“Social determinants of health for social justice,” by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, on the ACDIS Blog: http://ow.ly/Yau330rdPV8

Take ACDIS' diversity and inclusion in CDI survey: http://ow.ly/jucL30rdQpv 

Apply to speak at the 2021 ACDIS conference: http://ow.ly/h7UG30rdPWk

Respond to ACDIS’ 2021 travel survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P5GGJ36

With special guests Christopher Petrilli, MD, SFHM, an assistant professor for the department of medicine and the clinical lead of value-based management for NYU Langone Health in Manhattan, and Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, the director of HIM, coding, and CDI initiatives for NYU Langone. Today’s show is co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M is committed to driving the CDI industry forward, helping CDI teams reach new levels of performance. Clinical documentation integrity has never been more important than now. 3M’s industry-leading software and consulting experts can help empower your CDI teams to optimize their work. You can learn more at 3M.com/cdi.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide (https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO).

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.

Be sure to include the #1 CDI resource in your library today!

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!

Watch a short demo and learn more here: https://bit.ly/2SfbVeO

Finally, as we eagerly await the release of the 2021 ACDIS Pocket Guide, let’s chat about it! Have questions about the new edition? Want to know more about the updates and new material? Or just want to just hear what experts Laurie Prescott and Dr. James Manz have to say about provider engagement and the state of CDI? Come join us for a FREE 30 MINUTE Q&A SESSION with the authors of the ACDIS Pocket Guide and myself, on Tuesday, October 6.

Register for this free program here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2089905931813076493

ACDIS update links:

Submit your 2021 ACDIS Conference speaker application by Thursday, October 15: https://pheedloop.com/2021acdis/proposal/start/

Respond to ACDIS’ 2021 travel survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P5GGJ36

With special guest Joseph Girardi, CGFM, CFR, an assistant regional inspector general for audit services with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services, and co-hosted by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M is committed to driving the CDI industry forward, helping CDI teams reach new levels of performance. Clinical documentation integrity has never been more important than now. 3M’s industry-leading software and consulting experts can help empower your CDI teams to optimize their work. You can learn more at 3M.com/cdi.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Virtual Education Curtain Call: Behind the Scenes of Star-Studded CDI Programs. (http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z)

Virtual Education Curtain Call is a three-day, online, educational event focused on highlighting exceptional CDI programs. Its sessions offer insight into both clinically significant record review priorities as well as programmatic best practices and areas for innovative CDI approaches.

Thanks to ACDIS’ sponsors and exhibitors, attendees of this free event will hear from cutting-edge CDI programs about their organizational journey and have the opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas with a broad network of peers and sponsors. Attendees will gain insight from the unique expertise of industry thought leaders heading up some of the most successful CDI-related organizations in the country.

This event is open to CDI professionals working in the provider/hospital setting. Register today at http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z

In the News links:

“Positive COVID-19 test required to qualify for additional 20% payment,” from CDI Strategies (http://ow.ly/Rwcy30r90LK)    

ACDIS update links:

CDI Week 2020 kicks off next week, September 14-1! Find all the details here: http://ow.ly/4ELA30r90Md

With special guest C. Dawn Diven, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, the system enterprise director of inpatient and outpatient CDI for West Virginia University Medicine in Morgantown, and co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Today’s show is supported by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M is committed to driving the CDI industry forward, helping CDI teams reach new levels of performance. Clinical documentation integrity has never been more important than now. 3M’s industry-leading software and consulting experts can help empower your CDI teams to optimize their work. You can learn more at 3M.com/cdi.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Virtual Education Curtain Call: Behind the Scenes of Star-Studded CDI Programs. (http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z)

Virtual Education Curtain Call is a three-day, online, educational event focused on highlighting exceptional CDI programs. Its sessions offer insight into both clinically significant record review priorities as well as programmatic best practices and areas for innovative CDI approaches.

Thanks to ACDIS’ sponsors and exhibitors, attendees of this free event will hear from cutting-edge CDI programs about their organizational journey and have the opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas with a broad network of peers and sponsors. Attendees will gain insight from the unique expertise of industry thought leaders heading up some of the most successful CDI-related organizations in the country.

This event is open to CDI professionals working in the provider/hospital setting. Register today at http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z

In the News links:

“RAC resumes RAC audits, other medical review activities,” from Rev Cycle Intelligence (http://ow.ly/1zLw30r6ucK)   

ACDIS update links:

August 21 ACDIS Quarterly Conference Call (http://ow.ly/Rd0l30r6udp)

With special guest Kevin Friedman, MD, a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, and co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist at HCPro/ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is Virtual Education Curtain Call: Behind the Scenes of Star-Studded CDI Programs. (http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z)

Virtual Education Curtain Call is a three-day, online, educational event focused on highlighting exceptional CDI programs. Its sessions offer insight into both clinically significant record review priorities as well as programmatic best practices and areas for innovative CDI approaches.

Thanks to ACDIS’ sponsors and exhibitors, attendees of this free event will hear from cutting-edge CDI programs about their organizational journey and have the opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas with a broad network of peers and sponsors. Attendees will gain insight from the unique expertise of industry thought leaders heading up some of the most successful CDI-related organizations in the country.

This event is open to CDI professionals working in the provider/hospital setting. Register today at http://ow.ly/RvfK30r6p7Z

In the News links:

FAQs regarding ICD-10-CM coding for COVID-19 (https://www.codingclinicadvisor.com/sites/default/files/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions%20Regarding%20COVID-19_v10.pdf)  

ACDIS update links:

“Regulatory Committee Insight: COVID-19 in children—The CDI team’s effect” (http://ow.ly/9FA330r6p9I)

With special guests Lara Faustino, RN, BSN, CCDS, a senior CDI specialist at Lifespan Corporate Services in Providence, Rhode Island, and Aimee Van Balen, RN, BSN, CCDS, a lead CDI specialist at Lifespan Corporate Services. Co-hosted by Melissa Varnavas, the associate editorial director for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Featured solution:

Today’s featured ACDIS solution is our new book, CDI and Quality Reporting: How Healthcare Record Review Can Improve Outcomes (http://ow.ly/uj5Y30qYCQJ).

This book re-envisions CDI programs’ role in addressing documentation for quality of care measures bringing in the expert advice of past-ACDIS Advisory Board member Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS, and her colleague, Ashley Vahey, BSN, RN, CCDS. These authors have decades of experience in the CDI realm and extensive knowledge about the intricacies of government endeavors in their field. They provide case examples of how CDI can respond to changing initiatives and contribute sample policies, procedures, and queries that make this book a user-friendly, must-have addition to any CDI library. It covers not just diagnosis review and clarification, but how diagnoses affect hospital quality metrics and influence indirect revenues.

In the News links:

“News: OIG says hospitals overbilled Medicare $1 billion for severe malnutrition,” http://ow.ly/Oqru30r1uUl   

ACDIS update: 

Recognizing the 2020 ACDIS CDI Scholarship recipients, http://ow.ly/dRPm30r1uY5