Local chapter update: Using the online membership roster

May 6, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 18

According to the ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form, chapter leadership needs to ask members to complete the online membership roster on a quarterly basis. This is the official roster which allows leaders to collect important information including whether the local chapter member is:

  • An ACDIS member
  • Interested in speaking at a local event (and the topic)
  • Available to host an event at their facility
  • Interested in volunteering to help leadership

Upon competition of the online membership roster, registrants receive a unique discount code for national membership and information on how to redeem that discount.

The online membership roster can also be used as a registration tool. Simply include the link to the roster in any promotional materials or emails to members instructing them that in order to register to attend the upcoming event they need to complete the roster by the end of business on the deadline day. Then, ask ACDIS national to pull the roster and sort by the applicable date range (from the initial date of your meeting announcement to the deadline date).

Working outside the ACDIS-approved online membership roster (i.e. Google Sheets, Google Drive, etc.) may mean additional work for one of your volunteer leadership team members as such a list will need to be maintained and regularly updated as participants change jobs or contact information. Using the ACDIS-approved online membership roster puts the responsibility on the chapter members (and not on the volunteer leadership team) to update their information regularly.

Local chapter leaders can request their roster at any time from national by simply emailing and Carolyn Riel, criel@acdis.org. Turnaround time is typically 24-48 hours.

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 CDI Educators networking group and Arizona ACDIS chapter meet Friday, May 7, 12-1:15 p.m., via webinar for a lunch-and-learn event. information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com) or Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM).
  • 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 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. More details to follow. 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: