Local chapter update: Share your state table decoration plans with us at the ACDIS conference!

Have you heard about State Pride Day at the ACDIS conference? Like in years past, on the second full day of the 2024 event in Indianapolis, April 8–11, attendees are encouraged to dress in attire representative of their home state (such as sports gear, etc.) to more easily pick out their CDI neighbors in the crowd!

During lunch on Day 2 (April 10), local chapter leaders are also encouraged to pick a table or two to decorate with a theme of their choosing to help foster networking within your geographic region, and we want to hear about your plans! About a week or so prior to the conference, we’ll be sending conference attendees an email regarding your local chapter’s conference plans according to the state they’re from, including:

• Leaders’ names and contact information (or a person you designated as the conference chapter point person if no leaders are attending)
• State theme dress recommendations
• Plans for lunch on Day 2 (Will you be decorating a table?)
• Any after-hours events you have planned

To let us know your plans, please fill out this brief form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024confchapterplans

If you have any questions about the conference or planning your State Pride Day lunch gathering, please 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.

March:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Building Relationships with Providers While Discussing Healthcare Economics,” and will be presented by Cynthia Whichard, RN, BSN, CCDS. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Multiple Significant Trauma,” and will be presented by Janell Murray, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Diksha Sharma (dsharma55@gmail.com).
• The Greater New York ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, March 21, 2024, 2–3 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Emerging Role of the CDI Analyst,” and will be presented by Lynn-Marie Wozniak, MS, RHIT, CDIP, FAHIMA. For information, contact Annette Brotzman (annette.brotzman@rochesterregional.org).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Orienting From Afar: Virtual Orientation and Education,” and will be presented by Autumn Reiter, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, and Laura J. Werner, DC, MSN, RN, BA, BSN, CDIP, CRCR, CCS. For information, contact AnneMarie Vannurden (vannurdena@centracare.com).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Understanding Malnutrition in the CDI/Coding World,” and will be presented by Lyn Kutz, RN, CCS, CCDS, and Dorene Hughes, MSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CDIP. For information, contact Shannon Tokarski (Wisconsinacdis@gmail.com).

April:

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 19, 2024, 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., via webinar, for their second quarterly meeting. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler4@wellspan.org).

• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Building and Reinventing Pediatric CDI Program,” and will be presented by Sandra Love, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CPC, and Joy Bombay, MSN, MHA, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Alma Yap (Alma.Yap@cshs.org).
• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, April 26, 2024, at 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Danielle Martin (dmartin@mercy.com).