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

ACDIS is excited to announce our volunteers for this year’s ACDIS Chapter Advisory Committee! This committee includes 11 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 2023 Chapter Advisory Committee volunteers:

1. Leola Burke, North Carolina
2. Amy Bush, APDIS
3. Denise Deter, Arizona
4. Ella Elizee, Florida
5. Carol McNutt, Maryland
6. Keri Miller, Michigan
7. Janell Murray, Indiana
8. Angelica Naylor, Texas
9. Paula Rector, Georgia
10. Rani Stoddard, California
11. Ashley Vahey, Pennsylvania

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 Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3-4 p.m. EST, via webinar. The program is titled, “Working with Providers:  Promoting CDI-Provider Relationships to Improve Documentation,” and will be presented by Emily Densmore, MD, MS, and Carly Windt, PA-C, MPAS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 3, 2023, at 9 a.m., via webinar for its first quarterly meeting. For information, contact Paula Rector (pcrector@outlook.com).
• The Idaho/Washington ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 8, 11:30-12:30 p.m. PST/12:30-1:30 p.m. MST, via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of the Clinical Documentation Specialist in the Prevention of Clinical Validation Denials,” and will be presented by Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN. For information, contact Susan Fleenor (susanf89@yahoo.com) or Cherie Young (cyoung@kh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 15, at 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Risky Business: Introduction to Risk Adjustment,” and will be presented by Ashley Comiskey, MSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Sara Booker (sbooker.in.acdis@gmail.com).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, March 16, 2023, 1-3 p.m., via webinar. The topic will be on denials and social determinants of health. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).

April:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 20, 2023, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “CDI Jeopardy,” and will be presented by Emilie Navidad-McDermid, BSN, RN, CCDS, Dottie Fanning, BSN, RN, CCM, CCDS, and Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas, MSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, April 21, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Clinical Documentation Improvement Process for Cancer Patients with Cheryl Radin-Norman.” For information, contact Danielle Martin (dmartin@mercy.com).