Maryland

Announcements:

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Upcoming events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 14, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “CDI's Role in the Two Midnight Rule and Denial Prevention,” presented by Theophilus Botwe, MD. For information, contact Theophilus Botwe (ellen.hayden@umm.edu).

Past events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, August 15, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled “CVS: It's Not Just a Pharmacy Anymore,” presented by Cathy Testerman, CCS, CCDS, CRC.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, June 20, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled “Reconciliation,” presented by Donna Wheeler, RN, CCDS.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, April 18, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, "Acute Tubular Necrosis: Optimizing Provider Documentation for Accurate Reimbursement and Effective Risk Adjustment," presented by Tarman Aziz, MD, CCDS. 
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, February 23, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Spinal Fusion,” presented by Heather Bose, RHIT.

2024 events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, November 15, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Version 42 Grouper APR-DRG/SOI/ROM Structure Updates,” presented by Teresa Krepps, RHIT, CCS, CCDS.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, September 20, 2024, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., via webinar for their fall conference.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, August 16, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Documentation Opportunities in Mental Health Population,” presented by Fahad Sohail, MD, CCDS.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, April 19, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “PSI Education,”  presented by Candice Goodman, RN, CCDS.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, February 16, 2024, 12–2 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Building a Resilient CDI: Second Level Review,” presented by Marie Mathieu, MS, RN, NE-BC, CDIP, CCDS.

2023 events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, November 17, 2023, 12–1 p.m., via webinar, presented by Ahmed Abuabdou, MBBS, MBA. 
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, September 15, 2023, for their state conference.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, August 18, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, "In the News: Seven Subjects CDI Specialists Need to Know, For Today and Tomorrow" presented by Brian Murphy.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, May 19, 2023, 1–2 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “Respiratory Update,” and was presented by Rebekah Douglas, BTPS, RRT, CCDS, CCS, and Kristine Kesner, RRT, CCDS, CCS.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, February 17, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program was titled, “CDI State of the Industry” and was presented by ACDIS Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren.

2022 events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, September 16, 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. via webinar for the 7th Annual Maryland ACDIS Conference.

2021 events:

• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, December 3, 12 p.m.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, October 15, 12-2 p.m.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, September 17, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., virtually for the annual conference. This was an all-day conference.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, August 20, 12-2 p.m., via webinar.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter combined event with MdHIMA and HSCRC took place Thursday, June 17, 1-5 p.m., via webinar. The topics were the HSCRC methodology, Maryland total cost of care model updates, RVU update, Maryland quality program update, case-mix data update, efficiency workgroup, and social determinants of health.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, June 18, 12 p.m., via webinar.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, April 16, 12 p.m., via webinar.
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter met Friday, February 19, 1-2 p.m., via webinar on the topic of FY 2021 ICD-10-CM codes and guidelines updates.

Materials:

• The May/June 2020 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.
• The March/April 2020 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.
• The February 2020 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.
• The June 2019 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.
• The March 2019 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.
• The January 2019 Maryland ACDIS chapter newsletter can be found here.