Local chapter update: Education is the gift that keeps on giving

ACDIS continues to team up with local chapter leaders to help them provide free educational opportunities for the chapter and networking communities across the country.

Today, ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas will host the second in a series of free lunch-and-learn webinars in collaboration with the Massachusetts, Central New York, and Hudson Valley New York ACDIS chapters along with MaHIMA and NYHIMA for the fifth annual New England CDI/Coding Summit. Today's session features Virginia (Ginny) Gleason, CCM, CPHRM, BS, senior manager of advisory services, from nThrive who will present “Importance of Clinical Validation in Denials Management.”

Tomorrow, Varnavas joins ACDIS CDI Education Director Laurie Prescott and the Kentucky ACDIS chapter leadership team for a presentation on provider engagement followed by a 30-minute panel conversation sharing lessons from the field.

If you'd like to partner with ACDIS national on an event, email Varnavas at mvarnavas@acdis.org.

Whether you would like to work with ACDIS national on creating educational sessions for your local chapter or creating them on your own, the gift of education is one that is vital to everyone in the CDI field right now. Have topic discussions through emails or calls with your chapter members. Create standing educational webinars or Q&A sessions. Let’s all stay engaged and educated! 

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. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Carolyn Riel (criel@acdis.org).

August:

• The Massachusetts, Central New York, and Hudson Valley New York ACDIS Chapters join MaHIMA and NYHIMA for a series of web-based educational sessions each Thursday in August at noon, eastern. To register, click here. The agenda includes:
  
  • August 13, Virginia (Ginny) Gleason, CCM, CPHRM, BS, senior manager of advisory services, from nThrive will present “Importance of Clinical Validation in Denials Management.”
  • August 20, Ashley Chamberland, RN, CCDS-O, enterprise manager of ambulatory CDI at Northern Light Health, Maine, presents “Ambulatory CDI: From program outset to physician engagement and beyond.”
  • August 27, clinical validation, speaker TBD.
• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 14, noon, eastern, for a panel discussion on physician engagement. For more information, contact Lisa Fuller (lisa.fuller@bhsi.com).
• The Colorado ACDIS chapter meets Tuesday, August 18, 1:30-3 p.m. To join the meeting, click here. For more information, contact Rachel Mack (rachel@iodinesoftware.com).
• The California ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, August 20, featuring Timothy Brundage of the Brundage Group. For information, contact Alma Yap (atyap@health.ucsd.edu). 
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, August 20, 12-1 p.m. via webinar. For information, contact Dan Bray (DBray@capefearvalley.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 21, via webinar. More details to follow. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, August 22, for a half-day event. More details to follow. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, August 26, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (Jera.VanDamme@EssentiaHealth.org).
• The Ohio ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, August 27, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Maria Johar (Maria.Johar@ensemblehp.com).
• The Washington ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 28, 10-11 a.m., for a presentation from Terrance Govender, MD, vice president of medical affairs for ClinIntell. For information, contact Susan Brown (susan.browne@trioshealth.org).

September:

• The Oklahoma ACDIS chapter celebrates CDI Week with a 3-day virtual event. The event takes place Monday, September 14, Tuesday, September 15, and Friday, September 18, all at 12 p.m. To register, contact Ann Donnelly (Ann.Donnelly@hillcrest.com).
• The CDI educator networking group and Arizona ACDIS chapter meet Friday, September 18, 12-1:15 p.m. PST, for a joint WebEx Lunch and Learn event with speaker Dr. Tim Brundage on the topic of HACs and PSIs. For more information, contact Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 18, via webinar for its annual conference. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 18, via webinar for their fall conference. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).

October

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 2, at UPMC Williamsport. For information contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 3, via webinar. More details to follow. For information, contact Cynthia Stefl (Cynthia.Stefl@mclaren.org).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 16, 12-1:15 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter sixth annual conference slated Friday, October 30, has been canceled. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).

November

• The CDI educator networking group meets Friday, November 6, for an event titled "New CDI Orientation Process at Banner Health." Save the date flyer to follow. For more information, contact Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.com).

December

• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 2, via webinar. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 4, 12 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (Sydni.Johnson@bannerhealth.com).