Local chapter update: Check out the last local events of the year for your CDI community

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.

December:

• APDIS, the Pediatric ACDIS networking group, meets Thursday, December 1, 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Updates in Challenging Pediatric Diagnoses: Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C, heart failure and immunodeficiency” and will be presented by Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD, and Sheila Snyder, MD. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Massachusetts ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 7, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Engaging Challenging Physicians: A Physician Advisor Perspective” and will be presented by Hassan Rao, MD, CPC. For information, contact Cindy Labins (cmlabins@bwh.harvard.edu).
• The Washington ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 7, at 11:30 a.m. PST, via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of the Clinical Documentation Specialist in the Management of Clinical Validation Denials.” For information, contact Susan Fleenor (susanF89@yahoo.com).
• The Idaho ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 7, at 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. PST, via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of the Clinical Documentation Specialist in the Management of Clinical Validation Denials.” For information, contact Cherie Young (cyoung@kh.org).
• The Missouri St. Louis ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 9, 2022, 4-5 p.m., via webinar. The  program is titled, “A Coder’s Perspective of CDI” and will be presented by Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC. For information, contact Stephanie Graham (stephanie.graham@optum.com).
• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Monday, December 12, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Defining the Clinical Landscape Associated with Patient Safety Indicators” and will be presented by Jessica Sime, MD. For information, contact Amanda Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com).
• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, December 15, 12–4 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “OP CDI: Taking CDI to the Next Level” and will be presented by Shirlivia Parker, RHIA, CDIP. For information, contact Susanne Warford (susanne.warford@bhsi.com).

January:

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIs chapter meets Friday, January 13, 2023, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For more information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 19, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Outpatient CDI: Taking CDI to the Next Level” and will be presented by Shirlivia Parker, MHA, RHIA, CDIP, BS-HIM. For information, contact Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas (jeneth.esquivel-salinas@eehealth.org).