Local chapter update: Spring into the new season with your local chapter!

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

March:

• The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3-4 p.m. EST, via webinar. The program is titled, “Working with Providers: Promoting CDI-Provider Relationships to Improve Documentation,” and will be presented by Emily Densmore, MD, MS, and Carly Windt, PA-C, MPAS. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Friday, March 3, 2023, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., via webinar for its first quarterly meeting. For information, contact Paula Rector (pcrector@outlook.com).
• The Idaho/Washington ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 8, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST/12:30-1:30 p.m. MST, via webinar. The program is titled, “The Role of the Clinical Documentation Specialist in the Prevention of Clinical Validation Denials,” and will be presented by Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN. For information, contact Susan Fleenor (susanf89@yahoo.com) or Cherie Young (cyoung@kh.org).
• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, March 16, 2023, 1-3 p.m., via webinar. The topic will be on denials and social determinants of health. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).
• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, March 24, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “The Matter of Mortalities: Educating Providers on ‘WHY’ Their Words Matter,” and will be presented by Kathy Hubbard, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Lisa Fuller, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Danita Arrowood (darrowood@nthrive.com).
• The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, March 30, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, "There and Back Again: Evolution of the CDI Profession and Emerging Professional Opportunities," and will be presented by Brian Murphy. For information, contact Tu-Quynh Hoang (tuhoang@utmb.edu).

April:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, April 20, 2023, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “CDI Jeopardy,” and will be presented by Emilie Navidad-McDermid, BSN, RN, CCDS, Dottie Fanning, BSN, RN, CCM, CCDS, and Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas, MSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Amy Bush (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).

• The CDI Educators Networking Group meets Friday, April 21, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Clinical Documentation Improvement Process for Cancer Patients,” and will be presented by Cheryl Radin-Norman, LPN, RHIT, CTR. For information, contact Danita Arrowood (darrowood@nthrive.com).