Local chapter update: Leverage the Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit for leadership needs

In order to support leaders, ACDIS national and the members of the Chapter Advisory Committee maintain a library of resources focused on common leadership questions which is available on the ACDIS website here (scroll down just below the interactive chapter map): https://acdis.org/chapters/new

The Toolkit is separated into three sections: Getting started, next steps, and advanced offerings and continued growth. It includes information and documents on the following concerns:

• Getting started:
  
  • First-year chapter guide, including information about finding chapter leaders, members, and speakers, hosting your first meetings, and surviving the first year
  • ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form
  • Leadership types
• Next steps
  
  • Guide to hosting your first meeting
  • Virtual meeting guide
  • Expanding participation
  • Sample meetings in a can
  • Blank PowerPoint template
  • Sample onsite volunteer duties
  • Vendor involvement
  • Soliciting and evaluating speakers
• Advanced offerings, continued growth
  
  • Leadership team building
  • Sample chapter bylaws
  • Offering ACDIS CCDS/CCDS-O continuing credits
  • Chapter newsletters

The ACDIS national team and the Chapter Advisory Committee review the documents in the Toolkit annually to identify updates and areas for greater clarity. If you have any suggestions about the Toolkit, feel free to reach out to the team at info@acdis.org.

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.

February:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 16, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Dissecting a DRG Downgrade Denial,” and will be presented by Kathy Seward, MD, and Ashwin Parekh, MD. For information, contact Dawn Butler (dbutler@honorhealth.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 16, 2024, 12–2 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Building a Resilient CDI: Second Level Review,” and will be presented by Marie Mathieu, MS, RN, NE-BC, CDIP, CCDS. For information, contact Jennifer Murphy (jmurphy1@umm.edu).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Post-Operative Acute Respiratory Failure Versus Acute Pulmonary Insufficiency after Surgery,” and will be presented by Stephen Houlahan, RN, MSN, MBA, CCS, CCDS. For information, contact Alma Yap (rnalmay@gmail.com).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Prebill Assurance: Establishing and Maintaining an Efficient and Effective Second Level Clinical Review Process,” and will be presented by Staci Josten, BSN, RN, CCDS. For information, contact Jeneth Esquivel-Salinas (jeneth.esquivel-salinas@eehealth.org).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 22, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Clinical Documentation Excellence,” and will be presented by Gerri Birg, RN, MSN, CCDS. For information, contact AnGe Clay (aclay2@hfhs.org).

March:

• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Building Relationships with Providers While Discussing Healthcare Economics,” and will be presented by Cynthia Whichard, RN, BSN, CCDS. For information, contact Emilie Navidad-McDermid (enavidad@uic.edu).