As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Melinda Matthews, RN, BSN, CCDS, supervisor of inpatient CDI at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center including Brenner Children’s Hospital Winston-Salem, North Carolina, answered the following questions regarding CDI specialist’s role in ensuring accurate quality metric reporting. Matthews graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College and the University of North Carolina Greensboro and began working in CDI in 2011. A multiple time speaker at ACDIS National conferences, she also co-presented at several other related programs. Contact her at mgmatthe@wakehealth.edu.