Local chapter update: Chapter Advisory Board webinar for local leaders, today

The Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) provides collective leadership, expertise, and written guidance for ACDIS local chapter and networking volunteer leaders. Through individual work on specific projects, group discussion, as well as oversight and review local chapter efforts, CAB members provide defined, compliant policy as well as a growth-oriented, forward-thinking vision of the CDI profession and the role networking plays in personal and professional advancement for those working in the field.

The CAB meets monthly and holds a series of webinar discussions for local chapter volunteers. It’s next call for those who are currently volunteering with /networking groups is today, June 20, at noon, eastern.

The agenda will be informal and include:

• Local chapter activities at the national conference
  
  • How to make the most of event networking
• Recruiting speakers
  
  • Sample letters
  • Leveraging internal expertise
• Developing effective meeting agendas
  
  • Icebreakers to giveaways
• Tools for maintaining effective volunteer leadership planning meetings
  
  • Keeping meeting minutes
  • Delegating tasks
  • Rotating responsibilities

All local chapter leaders have been invited to participate, leaders should also share the registration link with any subcommittee members. Click here to register.

If you are not currently a leader but wish to find out more, visit the local chapter pages on the ACDIS website.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org). 

June:

• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 20, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.
• The Maine ACDIS chapter meets Friday, June 28 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta. The agenda includes guest speaker MedPartners’ Karen Newhouser, a past-ACDIS Advisory Board member who will discuss physician query best practices. Topics also include clinical validation and a panel discussion regarding physician engagement. For information, contact Cathy Rice (cathy.rice@mainegeneral.org).
• The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, June 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Nix Health, in San Antonio. Agenda includes discussions related to patient safety indicators, denials management, CDI/coding reconciliation processes, and coding updates. To register, click here. For information, contact event host Haaris Ali (hali1@nixhealth.com).

July:

• The CDI Educator networking group meets Thursday, July 11, 2-3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Coral Fernandez (coral.fernandez@bhsi.com).
• The Central New York ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, July 18, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Dawn Burr (dawnburr@crouse.org).
• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, July 19, 2019, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lancaster General (Burle Business Park) in Lancaster. For information, contact Brenda McCowan (mccowanbl@upmc.edu).
• The St. Louis, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, July 24, 5:30-7 p.m., at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis. For information, contact Linda Canoy (linda.canoy@bjc.org).

August:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Honor Health Shea Medical Center—Brady Conference Center in Scottsdale. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (mvangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The Florida ACDIS Chapter meets Saturday, August 3, in beautiful Cocoa Beach, at Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital. For information, contact Edna Betances-Harold, (betane@shands.ufl.edu).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets Thursday, August 8, 2-3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Coral Fernandez (coral.fernandez@bhsi.com).
• The Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS chapters meets Friday, August 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wildwood Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Susan Snyder (ssnyder@bhsi.com).

Save-the-date:

• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, September 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, September 19, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (georgia.acdis@gmail.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, September 20, for an all-day event at St. Joseph's Medical center in Towson. More details to follow. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter is planning a fall conference on September 20, in Indianapolis. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 5, at McLaren Hospitality House in Flint. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Susan Fantin (susan.fantin@comcast.net).
• Missouri's three ACDIS chapters meet Saturday, October 19, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for the fourth annual Show Me State Conference at Boone Hospital in Columbia. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The Oregon ACDIS chapter holds a joint meeting with OrHIMA Friday, October 25, at Linn Co. Fairgrounds Albany. For information, contact Bonita Quinn (bgquinn@stcharleshealthcare.org).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the University of California, Davis. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 4, 2-3 p.m. central, via webinar. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.