Local chapter update: Include topics and speaker details in your meeting descriptions

May 13, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 19

While the ACDIS weekly newsletter CDI Strategies is a great place to inform your local chapter and networking group members of upcoming meetings, it is also helpful to provide them with details of what the meeting will entail.

Provide ACDIS national with the date, time, and format of your upcoming meetings so we can post them in the newsletter as well as on your local chapter pages on the ACDIS website. However, also providing us with more specific information allows your members to know a little bit more about the session they will be attending.

Be sure to let us know the topic of your meeting, presentation titles, or speaker information as well as any CEUs being offered. We can give all of that information in the list below, allowing your members to get all of the information they need.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

May:

  • The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, May 13, 12 p.m., via webinar on the topic of OIG malnutrition audits and COVID-19 CDI and coding updates. For information, contact Susan Fantin (Susan.Fantin@mclaren.org).
  • The St. Louis, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Friday, May 14, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Pam Bulfer (pamela.bulfer@ssmhealth.com).
  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, May 19, 11 a.m., via webinar on the topic of documentation to reduce denials. For information, contact Madhulika Subherwal (madhulika.subherwal@tmmc.com), Pamela Stance (pamela.stence@sharp.com), or Janna Kalish (janna.kalish@sharp.com).
  • The CDI Educators networking group meets Thursday, May 20, 11 a.m., via webinar for “ACDIS Code of Ethics.” For information, contact Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM).
  • The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, May 21, 11 a.m., via webinar for “Potential CDI Opportunities Outside Acute Care,” with Sreenath Meegada, MD, MPH, FACP, CCDS. For information, contact TXACDIS@gmail.com.
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, May 26, 2:15 p.m., via webinar on the topic of the anatomy of an OIG investigation. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).  

June:

  • The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 4. For information, contact Pauline O’Dowd (podowd@hcg.com).
  • The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 9, 3 p.m., via webinar. The topic is UHDDS and social determinants. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 23, 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org). 

July:

  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, July 23, 9:30 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).

August: