The ACDIS Podcast

With special guests Rhoda Chism, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at The Medical Center at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Laura White, MHA, a performance improvement engineer at The Medical Center Health in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

To view ACDIS' comments on the FY 2020 IPPS proposed rule as featured on In the News, please click here.

With special guest Kristi Fahy, RHIA, an account executive with DVS, a premier partner of Dolbey. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, a full-time instructor for the ACDIS CDI Boot Camps as well as a subject matter expert.

To view the Forbes.com article “There are no accurate machine learning models, only agreeable ones” as covered on In the News, please click here.

To view ACDIS' commentary to CMS on the 2020 IPPS proposed rule, please click here.

With special guests Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, physician advisor for CDI at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida, and Candace Blankenship, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

To view a summary of proposed 2020 changes to the IPPS, click here.

To view sample comment templates prepared by the ACDIS Regulatory Committee, click here.

To comment on the FY 2020 IPPS rule, visit regulations.gov.

With special guest Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, a regulatory specialist for the HCPro Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs. She is an instructor with extensive knowledge of inpatient coding guidelines as well as E/M and auditing guidelines. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts.

To read Physicians often unsure of diagnoses, underestimate error rate from Medscape.com as featured on In the News, please click here.

With guest and co-host Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Allen teaches clinical documentation improvement boot camps and serves as a subject matter expert. He is an accomplished consultant with a background in coding and documentation.

To view CMS’ Innovation Center Announces Five New Transformative Models as featured on In the News, please click here.

With special guest Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, principal of Pinson and Tang in Chattanooga, TN, and co-author of the CDI Pocket Guide. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. 

To read about the sweeping changes proposed by CMS in the 2020 IPPS proposed rule, or to comment, please click here.

To read Pinson's answers to additional ARDS questions recieved after the show, please click here.

With special guest Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, the Physician Advisor for Clinical Documentation Integrity at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida. Co-hosted by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, a full-time instructor for the CDI Boot Camps and ACDIS subject matter expert.

Click here to read More layoffs at Miami hospitals as patient admissions dwindle and operating costs rise ,as covered on In News.

To view the results of our poll on CDI professionals' workspaces, please click here.

With special guest Cassi L. Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, director of HIM and revenue integrity for UC San Diego Health, where she provides enterprisewide leadership and strategic direction for HIM, coding, charge capture, clinical documentation, and revenue integrity. Co-hosted by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI Education Specialist for ACDIS. 

To read Hospital revenue cycle trends to watch in 2019--8 thoughts as featured on In the News, click here.

To view the newly elected ACDIS advisory board members as featured on ACDIS update, click here.

With Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, the president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA.

To read AMA on track to revise E/M codes, set new documentation guidelines as covered on In the News, please visit the Part B news website.

To register for the 2019 ACDIS conference, please click here.

With special guest James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS, CEO at Enjoin in Eads, TN. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. 

To view Medicare Trims Payments to 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents as featured on In the News, please click here.

To apply to speak at the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference in November in Austin, TX, learn more here.