Local Chapter events: April meetings offer networking opportunities

March 28, 2013

The following ACDIS local chapters have meetings coming up in April. If you are interested in participating or joining, contact the chapter leaders listed below.

Dallas, Texas: Meets Friday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at HCA North Texas Division in Irving.. The agenda includes:

Open officer position/discussion
Heart failure
Encephalopathy and brain-related severity of illness

For information, contact Joanne.dukes@hcahealthcare.com or call 972-566-5526.

Central Indiana: Meets Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m. to noon at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville. The agenda includes:

CDI Week-Terri Leap
Shadowing update-Leap/Kari Ellis/Terri Burke
Post-discharge Query Process-Leap
CCDS Study Group Update-Angie Green
National ACDIS Conference- Green
National ACDIS Website Video-Leap/Green/Susan Bradford
Combined IN-KY Meeting Update- Bradford
Code of Ethics- Leap/Green/ Bradford
Presentation-Michelle Barrett/ Leap

For information, contact Angie Green at Agreen3@ecommunity.com.

Northern Ohio: Meets Tuesday, April 16, at Cleveland Clinic. For information, contact Debroah Lee-Tyiska, RN, MA, CCM at tyiskad@ccf.org.

Phoenix, Arizona: Meets Wednesday, April 17, at 6 p.m., at Mimi's Cafe at Desert Ridge, on N.Tatum Blvd. For information, contact Gloria Richardson at 602-316-6415 or grichardson@shc.org.

Central Illinois: Meets Thursday, April 18, 12:30-3:30 p.m., at St. Alexius Medical Center. For information, email Ellen Chang at Ellen.chang@alexian.net.

ACDIS NW (Oregon): Meets Friday, April 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin. Agenda includes:

CDI: ICD-10 and beyond
Webinar regarding latest ACDIS/AHIMA query guidances
Malnutrition and the ASPEN criteria
CDI and ICD-10

For information, email Eileen Pracz at pracze@ohsu.edu.

New Jersey: Meets Friday, April 19, 12-4:30 p.m., at Reimbursement Review Associates, Inc., 385 West Ferris St. Suite D, in East Brunswick. The program “A Computer Assisted Coding Workshop Immersion for ICD-10 and CDI” begins at 1 p.m. For information, contact Deborah Gardner-Brown, at 732-238-4511 or email dgardnerbr@aol.com.

Virginia: The Virginia ACDIS meeting originally slated for January was postponed due to inclement weather and will be held on Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

Guest Speakers include Robert Gold, MD, CEO of DCBA will present a program on ICD-10 (2.0 CEUs) and Crystal Brown, CCS, RHIT will present a program titled ‘RACs – Rolling with the Punches,’ (1.0 CEU). In keeping with our tradition of community service and ‘ACDIS Gives Back,’ participants are invited to bring donations of non-perishable foods, which will support our South Hampton Roads Food Bank.

For information, contact Vivian Gannon at 757-312-6486 or email vivian.gannon@chesapeakeregional.com.

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