Local Chapter Update: Summer education sessions offered

An email was sent to local chapter leaders on June 20, with a number of reminders and chapter business requests. If you are a chapter leader and did not receive that email please contact ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@acdis.org.

Here is a list of upcoming local events:

July

• The St. Louis Missouri ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, July 14, 6:30-8 p.m., at Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Diedre Barnett from MedPartners/BJH will present on Type 2 MIs and new Coding Clinics related to cardiology. For information, contact Michael McKelvey at mpm2239@bjc.org.
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, July 15, at LifePoint Health in Brentwood, Tennessee. For information, contact Sherri Clark SClark@mc.utmck.edu.
• The Florida ACDIS Chapter meets Saturday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville and will be co-hosted by Oak Hill, Citrus Memorial, Bayonet Point, and Medical Center of Trinity on. For information, email Deb-dallos@smh.com.  
• The New Hampshire ACDIS Chapter meets via webinar on Wednesday, July 20, 1-2 p.m., to discuss E/M basics. For information, contact Suzanne Whiteford, swhitefo@cmc-nh.org.
• The Suffolk County New York ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, July 22, 9:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital. Volunteers are being sought for leadership positions. For information, contact scacdis@gmail.com.
• ACDIS’ New England chapters join the NYHIMA and MaHIMA for a Northeast CDI and Coder Symposium on Thursday, July 28, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Baystate Health Educational Center, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Click here to view the complete agenda. For information, contact Walter Houlihan, at Walter.Houlihan@baystatehealth.org. To register, click here.

August

• The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, August 5, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston Salem. Registration is a two-step process: First, complete the conference registration form, then, enter your NC ACDIS registration fees, online, here. For information, email NCACDIS@gmail.com.
• The Georgia ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, August 12, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton. For information, contact Julie_bell@memorial.org.
• The Indiana and Kentucky ACDIS Chapters join for a regional event Friday, August 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Louisville (Kentucky) Marriott East. Click here to read the complete agenda. For information, contact Susan Bradford at sbradford@iuhealth.org.
• The Utah ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, August 17, at the University of Utah for a discussion with Russell Vinik, MD, Medical Director for CDI at the facility. For information, contact Molly Evans atMolly.Evans@hsc.utah.edu.
• The California ACDIS Chapter meets August 24, 9 a.m., via webinar, to discuss “Leveraging the physician value based payment modifier,” with Richard Pinson, MD, and Cynthia Tang. For information, contact Shiloh Williams at Shiloh.Williams@ecrmc.org.

Save the date: September

• The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 16, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. For information, contact Mary Hopkins at Mary.Hopkins@hcahealthcare.com.
• The Maryland ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 16, but is nearing capacity. For additional information, email Olga Firstbrook at ofirstbrook@cua.md.     
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter joins THIMA, and the Tennessee Hospital Association for a CDI summit on Thursday, September 22, at the THA offices in Nashville. For information, contact Sherri Clark SClark@mc.utmck.edu.
• The Maine ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 23, at Eastern Maine Medical Center, noon to 4 p.m. For information, email Cathy.Seluke@mainegeneral.org.

Save the date: October

• Three Missouri ACDIS chapters join together for their first state-wide full-day event on Saturday, October 15, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. For information, contact Karen Elmore atkelmore@bjc.org.