Local chapter update: New process for applying for CEUs

April 7, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 14

If you attended the leadership call last month, you’ll know that we have a new process for submitting requests from the ACDIS leadership team. If you missed the call, you can find more information about the new process here.

Included in this request form is the ability to apply for continuing education units (CEUs) for your events. In the past, local chapters have needed to fill out and submit a form to ACDIS Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas for their CEU applications.

Note: Please send your meeting information at least 30-days in advance of your upcoming meeting. Due to the volume of requests we many not be able to process your application if it is not sent in a timely manner.

Now, leaders need simply to use the request form to apply. This form requires all the same information as was needed in the previous process, the only different is it will be filled virtually though the request form.

For questions or comments on the new leadership request form, contact ACDIS Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas (acdis-inquiries@simplifycompliance.com).

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.

April:

  • The CDI Educators networking group meets Friday, April 8, 1 p.m., via webinar for an open forum on the topic of virtual training. For information, contact Nadine Casillas (Nadine.Casillas@bannerhealth.com). 
  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 13, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).
  • The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 14, 3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Alicia Renee Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).
  • The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 22, 12 p.m., via webinar for a lunch and learn. The topic is CVA/stroke documentation and specificity. For information, contact Sarah Booker (sara.masters@ascension.org).
  • The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 22, 12-1:30 p.m., via webinar. The topic is patient safety indicators presented by Christel Kemble. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com).
  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The topic is Ethics in CDI. Chapter members may click here to register. For information, contact Alma Yap (atyap@health.ucsd.edu).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 27. The topic is searching for underlying cause, why is symptom etiology coding is so difficult presented by Leigh Poland, RHIA, CCS, executive director for education at AGS health. For information, contact Angelia Balius (angela.balius@parknicollet.com).
  • The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 29, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. The topic is how to write queries physicians understand. For information, contact Amanda M. Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com) or Sherry Stiltner (Sherry.Stiltner@EnsembleHP.com).
  • The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 29, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “What’s the Risk? Understanding Risk Adjustment Across the Healthcare Continuum” presented by Jessica Vaughn with Norwood Staffing. For information, contact Kristie Perry (Kristie.Perry@erlanger.org).

June:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, June 2, 3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@CooperHealth.edu).
  • The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 24, at the Forum Events Center in Fishers, Indiana for their in-person summer conference. For information, contact Sarah Booker (sara.masters@ascension.org).

August:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, August 10, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).

November:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 9, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).