The physician advisor role in CDI

The ACDIS Podcast

Today’s guest is Vaughn Matacale, MD, CCDS, director of the physician advisor group at ECU Health. Today’s show is part of the “Conversations with Karla” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Editorial Manager, Products and Events, Karla Kozak be joined by a guest who’s behind one of our most popular and exciting ACDIS educational offerings to share their expertise. During today’s interview, Karla references a new ACDIS white paper focusing on the role of the physician advisor, which ACDIS members can access as part of their membership benefits by clicking here. (https://bit.ly/3SONQvf) 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. Have questions about today’s show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at [e-mail]. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form! CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEUs which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEUs, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/physician-advisor-role-cdi) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization’s spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Friday, September 27, 2024, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEUs for this week’s episode. Today’s sponsor: Today’s show is brought to you by the 2025 ACDIS Physician Advisor Forum, happening May 3-4, 2025, in Kissimmee, Florida. Click here to learn more and register! (https://bit.ly/3XSu7O6) ACDIS update: Learn more and apply for the 2024/2025 ACDIS CDI Scholarship program by November 15! (https://bit.ly/47CSKl40)