Local chapter update: Check for local chapter events to add to your 2026 calendar!

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters! Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

January:

• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, January 10, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in person, for their first quarterly meeting. For information, contact Edna I. Betances-Harold (ebetancesharold@browardhealth.org).
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 16, 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler4@wellspan.org). 
• The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 16, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Unraveling Acute Myocardial Infarctions,” presented by Dawn Valdez, RN, CDIP, CCDS. For information, contact Kristie Perry (kristie.perry@erlanger.org). 
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 21, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “More Than a Checkbox: Why CDI and Clinical Validation Define the Future of Defensible Documentation Abstract,” presented by Kimberly Conner, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 28, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Understanding Risk Adjustment Coding: Models, Benchmarking, and Public Reporting,” presented by Penny Jefferson, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, CPHQ, ACPA-C. For information, contact Joseph Freet (jfreet@health.ucdavis.edu).

February:

• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 11, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Artificial Intelligence 101: How AI May Support CDI Goals,” presented by Keisha Downes, DMSc(c), MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS. For information, contact Alma Yap (RNalmay@gmail.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 20, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Updates on AHEAD Impact and Strategies for Documentation, Coding and Quality,” presented by Kristen Geissler, MS, MBA, PT, CPHQ. For information, contact Ellen Hayden (ellen.hayden@umm.edu).