Local chapter update: How to fill out a chapter request for CEUs

Besides facilitating opportunities for networking, mentorship, and community, hosting educational sessions for members is a big part of what makes ACDIS local chapters and networking groups so valuable. While organizing them, chapter leaders are encouraged to apply for the program to offer ACDIS continuing education units (CEU), which attendees can use toward their CCDS or CCDS-O recertification requirements. Leaders must apply for pre-approval 30 days before the meeting date to ensure ACDIS can review, approve, and process the request in time. 

If you haven’t applied for CEUs on behalf of your chapter before, here’s a breakdown of what you’ll need to have ready:

• Contact person for the event (should be member of the leadership team) including name, title, work phone, and email
• Program title
• Total number of CEUs requested (One CEU is provided per hour of instruction, excluding business meetings, raffles, breaks, lunches)
• Program length
• Teaching methodology (e.g., in-person, virtual seminar, etc.)
• Event date and time
• Speaker information including name, credentials, job title and organization
• Learning objectives describing knowledge or skills gained after completion
• Description of the program’s benefit for CDI professionals

Last, leaders are asked to type their name as a virtual signature that they have reviewed ACDIS’ requirements for prior approval of a continuing education program, agree to abide by them, and understand that failure to follow the requirements for prior approval may result in revocation of prior approval and prohibit future approval by ACDIS. Click here to submit a CEU application!

If you have further questions, feel free to reach out to the ACDIS team (info@acdis.org).

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.

November:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 12–1:15 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Myocardial Injury, Ischemia, and Infarction,” and will be presented by Shawn MacPhee, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP. For information, contact Dawn Butler (dbutler@honorhealth.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Version 42 Grouper APR-DRG/SOI/ROM Structure Updates,” and will be presented by Teresa Krepps, RHIT, CCS, CCDS. For information, contact Florence Blough (fblough@umm.edu).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in person, for their winter conference. For information, contact Kay Blue (Kayblue01@gmail.com).
• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Lessons Learned: How a Definition Defines Sepsis Outcomes,” and will be presented by Alexis Wells, MSN, RN, LSSYB, CCDS, and Stacie Gandee, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, LSSYB. For information, contact Amanda Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of AI in CDI: Questions and Answers,” and will be presented by Joshua Geleris, MD. For information, contact Dorothy Fanning (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Wounds,” and will be presented by Stefani Henry, BSN, RN, and Ann Dietrich, BSN, RN, RHIA. For information, contact AnneMarie Vannurden (vannurdena@centracare.com).

December:

• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, December 5, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of an Advanced CDI Program in a Clinical Validation Denial Appeals Process,” presented by Tamara Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O, Joseph Anthony Cristiano, MD, FACP, CCDS, CHCQM-PHYADV, and Joy Bombay, RN, MSN, MHA, CCDS. For information, contact Diksha Sharma (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 6, via webinar for its fourth quarterly meeting. For information, contact James Doster (james.doster@atriumhealth.org).
• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, December 5, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Hot Topics Episode 6 - Coding RDS and Respiratory Failure: Friends or Foes,” presented by Kara Lawrence-Layman, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Northwest ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 11, 3–4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Common Chronic Conditions in the Outpatient Setting,” presented by Taylor Wiggins, DNP, RN, CCDS-O. For information, contact Jenny Taylor (baumertj@slhs.org).