Local Chapter Events: July and August calendars fill
July 18, 2013
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 15
Following are upcoming ACDIS local chapter meetings. If you are interested in joining a local chapter near you or attending a meeting, please contact the listed ACDIS local chapter leader.
Michigan: Meets via teleconference, Thursday, July 18, noon to 1 p.m. For dial-in information, email Sue Haley at shaley@northernhealth.org.
New York: The NYC 5 Boroughs ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, July 18, 6-7:30 p.m., at NYU Langone Medical Center (SMILOW MPR), 550 First Avenue, New York. For information, contact Wanda Mejias-Gonzalez by calling 718-302-8542 or email wmejias@wyckoffhospital.org.
Heartland, Mo.: Meets Wednesday, July 24, 9 a.m., via teleconference. Kay Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, will discuss “Advancing into the ICD-10 Future: Coding and CDI teamwork.” For information, email Dawn Witty at dawitty@sehealth.org.
Kansas City, Mo.: Meets Wednesday, July 24, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Blue Springs, MO, 2:30-4:30 PM. For information, contact Joann A. Agin, at Carondelet Health, at jagin@carondelet.com.
Pediatric ACDIS: CDI professionals working in children's hospitals are invited to join an informal teleconference on Wednesday, July 24, 12:30-1:30 p.m., to talk about recent developments and concerns. This group is currently seeking additional volunteer leadership. To volunteer or for more information, contact ACDIS Associate Director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@cdiassociation.com.
Critical Access Hospitals:CDI professionals working in critical access hospitals are invited to join an informal teleconference on Wednesday, July 24, 2-3 p.m., to talk about recent developments and concerns. This group is currently seeking additional volunteer leadership. To volunteer or for more information, contact ACDIS Associate Director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@cdiassociation.com.
North Carolina: The N.C. ACDIS Chapter summer conference takes place Friday, August 2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, in Winston Salem. The agenda includes:
- Registration and continental breakfast
- “Embracing Specificity: New Query Opportunities in ICD-10,” by Tonya Ellis Skeen, RN, MSN, Senior Healthcare Consultant, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer, J. A. Thomas & Associates
- Poster/panel discussion by Abby Steelhammer MBA/MHA, RN, Novant Health, Katherina Burleson RN-BC, CCM, CCDS, Carolinas Medical Center, and Elaine M. Shimkus RN, BSN, CCDS, Carolinas Health Care – Pineville
- NCACDIS Business Meeting
- “Partnering With Quality Assurance: The Impact of CDI on Quality Reporting,” by Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM Manager, Care Coordination Wake Forest Baptist Health
Registration required. For information, contact Brenda Harris via email Brenda.Harris@carolinashealthcare.org.
Indiana/Kentucky: Meets August, 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Baptist Health Louisville, Ky. The deadline to register is August 2. The agenda includes:
- Registration and continental breakfast
- Welcome and recognitions
- “Value-Based Purchasing and CDI,” by Doreen Ireland, J.A. Thomas
- “Engaging and Motivating the Clinician,” by Dee Schad Banet and William Templeton, MD
- Lunch
- “Impact of ICD-10-CM/PCS on CDI,” by Mary Stanfill, UASI
- Networking
- “Medicare Fraud and Abuse: The risk of inappropriate queries,” by Tracey Goessel, MD, FairCode Assoc.
The committee reserved a block of rooms at the Breckinridge Inn for chapter members and guests at a special rate of $59/night. The hotel is approximately 1.2 miles from Baptist Health and has complimentary airport shuttle.
For information, contact Rita Fields, by email rita.fields@bhsi.com or call 502-896-7874; or contact Susan Bradford at 317-776-7285 or email sbradford@riverview.org.
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