AHIMA Announces Results of Leadership Election
AHIMA has tabulated the result of the 2020 election. Congratulations to the newly elected leaders and all the candidates that
Read moreAHIMA has tabulated the result of the 2020 election. Congratulations to the newly elected leaders and all the candidates that
Read moreI graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cuba, and I taught at a university there. When I emigrated
Read moreBy Sue Bowman, MJ, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented 12 new ICD-10-PCS codes
Read morePart 2: Learn the key to developing a plan for ICD-11 implementation. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, countries around the world
Read moreThis article is published in sponsorship with Ciox. By Jonathan Arkin, Ciox SVP and Elizabeth Delahoussaye, Ciox Chief Privacy Officer
Read morePatient identification and matching (PIM) is vital to delivery of safe and efficient care, and misidentification errors have been a
Read moreHere’s why you shouldn’t use these codes for physician services … ever. There’s a slew of new health behavior assessment
Read moreBy Alexi Alizadeh When an existing paradigm can no longer withstand external factors, often new and unforeseen, its structure weakens
Read moreBy Lisa A. Eramo, MA A health information professional working at Amazon? Yes, that’s right. Adrianna Rota Melosky, RHIA, is
Read moreBy Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA Leaders from AHIMA component state associations (CSAs) around the country gathered for the 2020
Read moreAt the time I am writing this article, the U.S. has confirmed over 4.2 million cases of COVID-19 and 144,000
Read moreBy Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, PhD, FAIDH, FHIMAA, Marci MacDonald, CHIM On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization
Read moreBy Mary Butler For healthcare organizations to be successful right now—amidst a pandemic and nationwide protests against police brutality—they need
Read moreBy Elizabeth Delahoussaye, RHIA, CHPS As states begin to lift COVID-19 shelter-in-place or self-quarantine directives, our focus will naturally shift
Read morePhoto credit for featured image: Jeanine Smith By Sarah A. Throop, CCS-P I sit in a Telehealth Task Force conference
Read moreBy Julie A. Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA Did you know that in addition to the COVID-19 data making appearance
Read moreBy Mary Butler Early research has found ample evidence that COVID-19 has been disproportionately impacting communities of color. Black COVID-19
Read moreDocumenting in the health record, especially in electronic health records (EHRs), is becoming an increasingly challenging task for many providers
Read moreBy Leigh McCormack, MS; Nathan Albers, BS; Jeremiah Lowhorn, MS; and Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CRC, CFPC The National Center
Read moreBy Mary Butler The absence of a unique patient identifier and a national strategy for improving patient identification is negatively
Read moreBy Michael Hawkins It was announced in March that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for speed
Read moreBy Greg Sheaffer Health information management (HIM) professionals in privacy and cybersecurity functions have some of the most difficult jobs
Read more*Editor’s Note: This paper is being published by the Journal of AHIMA on behalf of Perspectives in Health Information Management.
Read moreThe 2020 Consulting and Outsourcing Guide was published in the July 2020 Journal of AHIMA. This special advertising section is
Read morePayers are reimbursing providers for all COVID-19-related testing and treatment they are furnishing to their insured members, but what if
Read moreBy Matt Schlossberg The European Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a mix of disease suppression techniques that includes
Read moreBy Marti Arvin, JD, CHCC Picture the following scene. It’s the organization’s monthly board meeting and the chief information security
Read moreThere are a slew of changes and only a few months before you will need to start using the new
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the July 2020 update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System
Read moreFamiliarize yourself with the 2020 CPT® code updates for the cardiovascular system using this simplified guide. During these uncertain times,
Read moreResearch is a big job market often overlooked by healthcare business professionals. Healthcare is changing rapidly. New technology and drugs
Read moreJuly brings awareness to juvenile arthritis: Learn about it to ensure proper diagnosis coding. When people hear that someone has
Read morePart 1: Insight into the history of ICD and how it has changed over time is key to developing a
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Read moreBy Dwan Thomas Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, FAHIMA Health information management (HIM) as a profession has morphed into a
Read moreBy Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP It remains to be seen whether the past few months represent the worst
Read moreBy Chad Peterson Across the country, health information exchange (HIE) technology priorities are evolving rapidly as patients, providers, and payers
Read moreBy Genevieve Diesing In the 20 years since the publication of To Err Is Human—the landmark Institute of Medicine report
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