2025 CDI Leadership Mastermind Hot Topic Guide, Part 1: Denials, staff audits, and second-level reviews

As the saying goes, it’s lonely at the top. CDI leaders often find themselves in an isolated position without many peers at their organization who truly get it. Often, leaders must look outside their organization’s walls to collaborate with peers and trade stories and advice. The ACDIS CDI Leadership Council connects leaders nationwide for conversations about hot topics and industry trends, but a smaller subset of the Council, the Mastermind group, gives participants the opportunity for focused brainstorming and problem solving.

This multitopic report, produced in partnership with Solventum, formerly 3M Health Care, shares takeaways from the first half of the 2024/2025 CDI Leadership Council Mastermind term. These conversations cover a range of leadership topics, including DRG downgrades, CDI staff audits, and second-level reviews.

We hope that you’ll read the resource fully, but also that you can use it for focused guidance on topics central to your CDI program’s needs.