Local Chapter Updates: Find an ACDIS family in your neighborhood

ACDIS wants to remind its local chapter leadership volunteers to please complete the annual agreement form and email it to Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas as soon as possible. This form is updated by the Chapter Advisory Board annually, and leaders must sign their acknowledgement of their leadership responsibilities to be eligible for the benefits ACDIS provides to them individually as well as to their chapter members.

If you are a member of an ACDIS local chapter but have not yet completed the online membership roster form, please do so as soon as possible. Completing this form helps local chapters maintain up-to-date information on their participants. It also gives local chapter members information regarding official discount off National membership.

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@hcpro.com) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@hcpro.com).

March

• The Utah ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, March 16, to discuss CDI role in ensuring documentation accuracy for risk adjustment reimbursement. For information, email uacdis@gmail.com.
• Leaders of the Washington ACDIS Chapter will head to Spokane to join the Washington AHIMA leaders for its annual conference event March 16-18 at Red Lion at the Park. For more information, visit http://www.wshima.org/annualmeeting/.
• The California ACDIS Chapter meets via webinar Wednesday, March 22, at noon, for a presentation on hypertension from Cornel Delogramatic, MS, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, manager, CDI and medical coding operations at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. For information, email Rani V. Stoddard at stoddardrv@henrymayo.com.
• The Arizona ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, March 22, 5:30-8:00 p.m., at Mimi’s Café at Desert Ridge in Phoenix, to discuss end stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy. For information, contact Alma Yap at rnalmay@gmail.com.
• The Ohio ACDIS Chapter meets March 23, 5:15-8 p.m., at the University Hospitals’ customer service center in Highland Heights. Cost is $12 at the door. For information, contact Lisa McLuckie at lmcluckie@wchosp.org.
• The Wisconsin ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, March 23, noon to 1 p.m., via teleconference. Guest speaker Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, presents on improving quality initiatives through CDI. For information, contact Diane Draize, at Diane.Draize@ascension.org.
• The Massachusetts ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, March 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. The event is at capacity but the team is currently taking a waiting list. If you previously RSVP’d but cannot attend please notify the leadership to make room for others. For information, contact Joyce M. Williams, at JWilliams@Lifespan.org.
• The central Pennsylvania ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, March 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pinnacle Health Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg. The event includes a discussion of documentation opportunities in TAVI/TAVR and improving documentation in collaboration with surgical residency programs. For information, contact Kathy Wagner at kwagner@pinnaclehealth.org.

April

• The Nevada ACDIS Chapter holds its first meeting on Thursday, April 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m.  at Spring Valley Medical Center. Email Vicki.Davis@uhsinc.com, for questions.
• The St. Louis Missouri ACDIS Chapter meets April 19, 6:30-8 p.m., at St. Luke’s. Outside food/drink is against hospital policy, so no pot luck this time. For information, contact Michael McKelvey, michael.mckelvey@bjc.org.
• The Westchester New York CDI networking group meets Thursday, April 20, 2:30-4:30 p.m. For information email kseekircher@nwhc.net.
• The central New York CDI networking group meets Friday, April 21, 2-4 p.m., at the Pomeroy School of Nursing in Syracuse, featuring a presentation by Bobbie Massena, RN, assistant director of UM/CDI. RSVP by April 17, by email to Dawn Burr at dawnburr@crouse.org.
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, April 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, contact Lillian.Dickey@providence.org. To see the meeting flyer, click here.

Save-the-date

• The California ACDIS Chapter holds its third-annual conference Friday, September 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. For information, contact Rani V. Stoddard at stoddardrv@henrymayo.com.  
• Missouri’s three ACDIS local chapters join for a full-day conference event on October 14, at the University of Kansas Hospital. For information, contact michael.mckelvey@bjc.org.