Local chapter update: Ask ACDIS national for your chapter rosters

June 3, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 22

Planning a local chapter event soon? Looking to send out a newsletter? Want to better connect with your local chapter members? ACDIS can help.

If you have information you’d like to send out to your local chapter members, reach out to ACDIS Editor Carolyn Riel (criel@acdis.org) and ask for your local chapter roster.

Local chapter rosters include all the names and contact information of those who have filled out the ACDIS online membership roster and selected your local chapter. Use the contact information to reach out, send newsletters, or inform membership of upcoming events.

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.

June:

  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, June 3, 3-4:30 p.m., for the quarterly meeting. The topic will be CDI opportunities in the NICU in a presentation titled “Oh Baby!” by presenters from OHSU. For information, contact Amy Bush (amy-bush@cooperhealth.edu).
  • The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 4. The topics will be “Revenue cycle from 30,000 feet,” “Surviving the Pandemic & Beyond: Mental Healthcare for Healthcare Professionals,” “Accountable Care Organizations,” and “Career Enhancement with Credentials: Panel Discussion.” For information, contact Pauline O’Dowd (podowd@hcg.com).
  • The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 9, 2 p.m., via webinar. The topic is UHDDS and social determinants. All ACDIS local chapter members are welcome to join. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).
  • The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, June 10, 12-1:30 p.m. For information, contact Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas (JenethEsquivel.Salinas@amitahealth.org)
  • The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, June 17, 2-3 p.m., via webinar. The topic is “Documentation to Reduce Denials,” by Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, chief executive officer, medical director of the Brundage Group. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
  • The Maryland ACDIS chapter combined event with MdHIMA and HSCRC takes place Thursday, June 17, 1-5 p.m., via webinar. The topics will be 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. For information, contact Deb McClain (dlmcclain@frederick.health).
  • The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 18, 12 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Deb McClain (dlmcclain@frederick.health).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 23, 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).
  • The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, June 23, 12 p.m., via webinar. The topic is complication of care, presented by Dr. Richard Pinson. For information, contact Nancy Coney (nsconey@gmail.com).
  • The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 25, 12-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Denice Shelton (denice_shelton@bshsi.org).

July:

  • The Ohio ACDIS chapter meets Friday, July 16, 12-1 p.m. EDT, via webinar. The topic is the state of the CDI industry presented by Melissa Varnavas. For information, contact Kathryn Vermillion (kathryn.vermillion@ensemblehp.com).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, July 23, 9:30 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).

August:

September:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 8, 2-3:30 p.m. Details to follow. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).

December:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 1, 2-3:30 p.m. Details to follow. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).