As part of the second annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Virginia Bailey, RN, CCDS, and Kimberly A. Richert, RN, CCDS, RAC denials coordinators at Morton Plant Mease Healthcare in Dunedin, Fla., and founders of the Florida ACDIS chapter, answered the following questions regarding the CDI specialist’s role in denials management.