Local chapter update: Welcome to our 2024 Chapter Advisory Committee!

ACDIS is excited to announce our volunteers for this year’s ACDIS Chapter Advisory Committee! This committee includes 12 volunteers from a range of backgrounds and experience helping local chapters and networking groups, who will be working as advocates for local chapters and bring their concerns to the national administration. They will also assist in developing best practice policies and procedures for local chapter governance and mentor current local chapter volunteer leadership.

Here are the 2024 Chapter Advisory Committee volunteers:

• Danita Arrowood, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, content developer at FinThrive in Alpharetta, Georgia (CDI Educators networking group)
• Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS, CDI specialist III at Cooper University Health System in Woolwich Township, New Jersey (Pediatric CDI networking group) 
• Denise Deter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI manager at Valleywise Health in Phoenix, Arizona (Arizona local chapter)
• Ella Elizee, APRN, MSN, CCDS, population health manager at USF Tampa Georgia in Florida (Florida local chapter)
• Carol McNutt, RN, CDIP, CDI manager at Lifebridge Health in Owings Mills, Maryland (Maryland local chapter)
• Keri Miller, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI manager of quality and education at the University of Miami in Florida (Michigan local chapter)
• Janell Murray, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI educator at Banner Health in Phoenix, Arizona (Indiana local chapter)
• Paula Rector, RHIT, CCDS, CDIP, CDI specialist at Grady Health in Newman, Georgia (Georgia local chapter)
• Rani Stoddard, MBA, RN, CPHQ, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, CDI supervisor at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, California (California local chapter)
• Madhu Subherwal, MBBS, MHA, CCDS, CDIP, CDI manager at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in California (California local chapter)
• Jenny Taylor, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI specialist III at St. Luke's Health System in Richfield, Idaho (Northwest [ID, WA, OR] local chapter)
• Ashley Vahey, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI director at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania local chapter) 

Volunteers were selected according to the committee’s needs in representing the diversity of chapter geography, experience level, and professional background. You can learn more about these committee members and the group’s scope of work on the ACDIS website under “Boards and Committees” in the “Membership” section of the main menu.

As always, don’t hesitate to reach out to the ACDIS team (info@acdis.org) with any questions.

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 Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 8, 2024, 11–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “BJC Clinical Guidelines & Validation Denials,” and will be presented by Karen Elmore, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Angelica Cage (angelica.cage@outlook.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 2–3:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Clinical Documentation Integrity & Coding of Newborns,” and will be presented by Glen Nielson, MSN, RN. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@uhkc.org).
• The Northwest ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., for their first quarterly meeting. For information, contact Jenny Taylor (baumertj@slhs.org).
• 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 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).