Local Chapter Update: End July on a CDI education high note

July

• The Suffolk County New York ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, July 22, 9:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital. Volunteers are being sought for leadership positions. For information, contactscacdis@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 Philadelphia-area Pennsylvania/New Jersey ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, August 4, at 8 a.m., at Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden. For information, contact Gina Stewart at gstewart@e4-services.com.
• 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. Click here to download the registration form. Deadline for registration is August 5. For information, contact Rita Fields at rita.fields@BHSI.COM.
• 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 New Jersey networking group meets on Friday, August 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Centrastate Medical Center in Freehold. Glenn Krauss, director of enterprise solutions at ZiRMED will present “CDI- Achieving the Potential.” To register, click here. For additional information, email Deborah Gardner-Brown at deborah@rra-inc.com.
• 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, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Maryland Hospital Association. Registration 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.
• The ACDIS NW Oregon Chapter meets bi-annually. The next meeting will take place on September 30 in Medford. For information, contact Karen Gray at Karen.Gray@salemhealth.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 atkelmore@bjc.org.