Local Chapter Update: Collaborating across the continuum

On Thursday, July 28, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, CDI and coding professionals from across the New England region will join together for a full-day educational event. On the agenda are sessions about engaging physicians in CDI, a panel discussion featuring documentation improvement from both the coding and CDI perspective, and information about leveraging analytics to enhance CDI efforts. On the planning committee for this event are leaders from the Massachusetts and Connecticut ACDIS Chapter, as well as leaders from NYHIMA and MaHIMA. They’ve spent many months planning the event and expect attendees to top 100 participants. (Register here.)

They’re not the only ones teaming up to provide advance education on the local level. In mid-July, four Hospital Corporation of America facilities join together to host the Florida ACDIS Chapter event. The full-day activity features session on orthopedics, cardiology, and pulmonology, as well as a luau theme, raffles, and other fun events.

In August, the Kentucky and Indiana ACDIS chapters join for a full-day event with seven sessions and two tracks in some slots of educational events. And beyond it’s summer meeting this July at Life Point in Brentwood, the Tennessee ACDIS Chapter will join with THIMA and the Tennessee Hospital Association for a September event in Nashville.

Just as CDI effort within the hospital setting requires collaboration, it’s clear that networking events across the country can reap the benefits of banding together to share their experiences and expertise too. Congratulations to all the amazing volunteers working so hard to make these events a success. Won’t you join them?

July

• The Washington ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, July 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Capital Medical Center in Olympia. Speakers include Joni Dion and Bonnie Peters of Berkeley Research Group, who will talk about CDI for risk adjustment clarifications and Marcie Mofield, corporate CDI director at RCCH Healthcare who will discuss physician engagement. Lunch will be provided. Admission is free. For more information, contact Susan Browne at Susan.browne@capellahealth.com.
• The St. Louis Missouri ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, July 14, 6:30-8 p.m., at Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Diedre Barnett from MedPartners/BJH will present on Type 2 MI's and new coding clinics related to Cardiology. For information, contact Michael McKelvey at mpm2239@bjc.org.
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, July 15, at LifePoint Health in Brentwood, Tennessee. For information, contact Sherri Clark SClark@mc.utmck.edu.
• The next Florida ACDIS Chapter will be co-hosted by Oak Hill Hospital, Citrus Memorial, Bayonet Point and Medical Center of Trinity on Saturday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville. For information, email Deb-dallos@smh.com.  
• The New Hampshire ACDIS Chapter meets via webinar on July 20, 1-2 p.m., to discuss E/M basics. For information, contact Suzanne Whiteford, swhitefo@cmc-nh.org.
• The next Suffolk County New York ACDIS meeting will be Friday July 22, 9:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital. Volunteers are being sought for leadership positions. For information, contact scacdis@gmail.com.
• ACDIS’ New England chapters join the NYHIMA and MaHIMA for a Northeast CDI and Coder Symposium on Thursday, July 28, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Baystate Health Educational Center, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Click here to view the complete agenda. For information, contact Walter Houlihan, at Walter.Houlihan@baystatehealth.org. To register, click here.

August

• The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, August 5, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston Salem. Registration is a two-step process: First, complete the CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM, then, enter your NC ACDIS registration fees, online, HERE. For information, email NCACDIS@gmail.com.
• The Georgia ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, August 12, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton. For information, contact Julie_bell@memorial.org.
• The Indiana and Kentucky ACDIS Chapters join for a regional event Friday, August 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Louisville (Kentucky) Marriott East. Click here to read the complete agenda. For information, contact Susan Bradford at sbradford@iuhealth.org.
• The Utah ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, August 17, at the University of Utah for a discussion with Russell Vinik, MD, Medical Director for CDI at the facility. For information, contact Molly Evans at Molly.Evans@hsc.utah.edu.
• The California ACDIS Chapter meets August 24, 9 a.m., via webinar, to discuss “Leveraging the physician value based payment modifier,” with Richard Pinson, MD, and Cynthia Tang. For information, contact Shiloh Williams at Shiloh.Williams@ecrmc.org.

Save the date: September

• The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 16, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. For information, contact Mary Hopkins at Mary.Hopkins@hcahealthcare.com.
• The Maryland ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 16, but is nearing capacity. For additional information, email Olga Firstbrook at ofirstbrook@cua.md.     
• The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter joins THIMA, and the Tennessee Hospital Association for a CDI summit on Thursday, September 22, at the THA offices in Nashville. For information, contact Sherri Clark SClark@mc.utmck.edu.
• The Maine ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, September 23, at Eastern Maine Medical Center, noon to 4 p.m. For information, email Cathy.Seluke@mainegeneral.org.

Save the date: October

• Three Missouri ACDIS chapters join together for their first state-wide full-day event on Saturday, October 15, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. For information, contact Karen Elmore at kelmore@bjc.org.