Local meetings: January/February networking events planned

January 17, 2013

New York: The New York City “5 Boroughs” ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 17, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Hospital for Special Surgery. For information, contact Wanda Mejias-Gonzalez, by phone at 646-745-0239 or email wmejiasg@gmail.com.

Michigan: Meets via phone conference Thursday, January 17, 12-1 p.m. For information, contact Patricia Nemeth PNEMETH1@hfhs.org or Sue Haley shaley@northernhealth.org.

Minnesota: Meets Wednesday, January 23, 1-2 p.m., for a group discussion on ICD-10 preparation and electronic medical record (EMR) implementation. Agenda includes:

Prompts in EMR: How can facilities embed CDI prompts in the EMR to assist the provider?
EMR CDI documentation: How are smart text phrases used: free text only? Any additional forms filled out
Directing the ‘problem list’: Does CDI or coding staff review or refer to the problem list
ICD-10 transition and education: Are there ICD-10 project leads or task teams in place to educate providers, education tools for CDI specialists and coding staff?

Physician advisors are particularly invited to attend. For information, email Barb Smith at bsmith7@fairview.org or Mark LeBlanc at mark.leblanc@hcmed.org.

Missouri: The Heartland ACDIS Chapter meets Wednesday, January 23, 9-10 a.m., at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau. Kay Piper, RHIA, will provide a presentation regarding ICD-10 implementation. For information, contact Sara Baine at 573-331-6932 or email sbaine@SEhealth.org.

Virginia: Meets Saturday, January 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center. Agenda includes:

Robert Gold, MD, CEO of DCBA Inc., will present a program on ICD-10 (2.0 CEUs)
Crystal Brown, CCS, RHIT will present a program ‘RACs – The Best Defense is a Good Offense’ (1.0 CEU)

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

Idaho: The next Idaho regional networking meeting will be held Wednesday, January 30, from 2-3:30 p.m. The group will review the CDI Week presentation “Clinical Documentation Improvement: What’s in it for the physician.” For information, contact Robin Hetzler by email at rhetzler@kmc.org or call 208-819-0706.

Missouri: The Kansas City ACDIS Chapter meets at North Kansas City Hospital on Thursday, January 31, 2:30-4:30 p.m., in the Skyview Room. For information, contact Joann Agin at jagin@carondelet.com or call 816-943-2115.

February Events
Georgia: The Southeastern Regional ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, February 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. Agenda includes:

Bonnie Epps RN, MSN, Manager, Emory University CDI department “Physician Engagement!”
Colette Morgan, MD, Hospital Medicine Dept. at Emory University “Clinical Significant: Functional Quadriplegia, acute blood loss anemia, and precipitous drop in H/H.”

RSVP by January 18 to Jamie Doster at james.doster@emoryhealthcare.org.

Wisconsin: Meets Saturday, February 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Wheaton Franciscan in Wauwatosa. Agenda includes:

Thinking like a clinician
Case study discussion
Soliciting buy-in from physicians

Registration deadline is January 25. Cost is $25; non-members $45. For information, contact Renee Hedtcke, renee.hedtcke@aurora.org; Diane Draize at diane.draize@ministryhealth.org, Joan Korn at joan.korn@wfhc.org, or Glenn Krauss glennkrauss@earthlink.net.

South Carolina: Meets Friday, February 8, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Palmetto Health in Columbia. For information, contact Rebecca “Ali” Williams, by phone at 864-560-5701 or via email at rawilliams@srhs.com.

Texas: The next Austin CDI Chapter meets February 9, 1-4 p.m., at St. David’s Medical Center. For information, contact Barbara Presley at baPresley@seton.org.

North Carolina: Meets Friday, February 15, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, and features speakers Beth Bumgarner and Sharon Easterling. For information, visit http://ncacdis.org/.

Kentucky/Indiana: Meets Thursday, February 21, 1-4 p.m. at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Ind. For information, contact Rita Fields by email rita.fields@bhsi.com or call 502-896-7874.

Florida: Meets Saturday, February 23, at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. For information, contact Clare Garrard at clare.garrard@baycare.org; John Noble at john.noble@baycare.org; or Jamie Dugan at Jamie.Dugan@bmcjax.com.

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