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
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I Am AAPC: Yacelin Vazquez, CPC-A
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cuba, and I taught at a university there. When I emigrated
Read moreCMS Announces New ICD-10-PCS Codes for COVID-19 Treatments, Effective Aug. 1
By Sue Bowman, MJ, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented 12 new ICD-10-PCS codes
Read moreICD’s Continued Evolution and Impending Transition to ICD-11: Part 2
Part 2: Learn the key to developing a plan for ICD-11 implementation. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, countries around the world
Read moreThe ROI Evolution Continues with Advancement of Interoperability [Sponsored]
This article is published in sponsorship with Ciox. By Jonathan Arkin, Ciox SVP and Elizabeth Delahoussaye, Ciox Chief Privacy Officer
Read moreA Realistic Approach to Achieving a 1% Duplicate Record Error Rate
Patient identification and matching (PIM) is vital to delivery of safe and efficient care, and misidentification errors have been a
Read moreNew Behavior Assessment Codes for Telehealth
Here’s why you shouldn’t use these codes for physician services … ever. There’s a slew of new health behavior assessment
Read moreStreamlined Patient Access Can Revolutionize Healthcare
By Alexi Alizadeh When an existing paradigm can no longer withstand external factors, often new and unforeseen, its structure weakens
Read moreFinding Her Way: An HIM Professional Shares Her Journey to Amazon
By Lisa A. Eramo, MA A health information professional working at Amazon? Yes, that’s right. Adrianna Rota Melosky, RHIA, is
Read moreState Advocacy Leadership as an Influence Process
By Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA Leaders from AHIMA component state associations (CSAs) around the country gathered for the 2020
Read moreICD Code Classifications for COVID-19
At the time I am writing this article, the U.S. has confirmed over 4.2 million cases of COVID-19 and 144,000
Read moreThe Impact of COVID-19 on the Work Life of HIM Professionals: An IFHIMA Survey
By Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, PhD, FAIDH, FHIMAA, Marci MacDonald, CHIM On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization
Read moreTelehealth Holds Promise for Mental Health and Racial Disparities in Care
By Mary Butler For healthcare organizations to be successful right now—amidst a pandemic and nationwide protests against police brutality—they need
Read moreFive Considerations for Evaluating Remote Staff
By Elizabeth Delahoussaye, RHIA, CHPS As states begin to lift COVID-19 shelter-in-place or self-quarantine directives, our focus will naturally shift
Read moreThe Art of the Possible
Photo credit for featured image: Jeanine Smith By Sarah A. Throop, CCS-P I sit in a Telehealth Task Force conference
Read moreElectronic Public Health Reporting Now Available
By Julie A. Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA Did you know that in addition to the COVID-19 data making appearance
Read moreClinical Decision Support Helps Combat Racial Disparities in Healthcare
By Mary Butler Early research has found ample evidence that COVID-19 has been disproportionately impacting communities of color. Black COVID-19
Read morePractice Brief: Evolving Roles in Clinical Documentation Integrity: A Provider’s Guide to the Art of Documentation
Documenting in the health record, especially in electronic health records (EHRs), is becoming an increasingly challenging task for many providers
Read moreAnalytic Forces for the Ever-Important SDOH Battle
By Leigh McCormack, MS; Nathan Albers, BS; Jeremiah Lowhorn, MS; and Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CRC, CFPC The National Center
Read moreCOVID-19 Magnifies Urgent Need for Patient Identification Strategies
By Mary Butler The absence of a unique patient identifier and a national strategy for improving patient identification is negatively
Read moreThink Ahead for Telehealth Security and COVID-19
By Michael Hawkins It was announced in March that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for speed
Read morePrivacy’s and Cybersecurity’s Common Cause
By Greg Sheaffer Health information management (HIM) professionals in privacy and cybersecurity functions have some of the most difficult jobs
Read moreHealth Information Management Best Practices for Quality Health Data During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
*Editor’s Note: This paper is being published by the Journal of AHIMA on behalf of Perspectives in Health Information Management.
Read more2020 Consulting and Outsourcing Guide
The 2020 Consulting and Outsourcing Guide was published in the July 2020 Journal of AHIMA. This special advertising section is
Read moreGet Paid for COVID-19 Testing/Treatment of Uninsured
Payers are reimbursing providers for all COVID-19-related testing and treatment they are furnishing to their insured members, but what if
Read moreResponding to COVID-19 Across the Pond
By Matt Schlossberg The European Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a mix of disease suppression techniques that includes
Read moreHaving an Effective Risk Discussion with Senior Leadership
By Marti Arvin, JD, CHCC Picture the following scene. It’s the organization’s monthly board meeting and the chief information security
Read moreBeyond COVID: Building a Culture of Patient Safety Starts Now
By Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, chief executive officer “Most of us don’t change until we have to, and crisis
Read more‘A Time for Health Information Professionals to Make a Difference’
By Ginna Evans, MBA, RHIA, CPC, CRC, FAHIMA Summertime is here, but it seems like just yesterday we were fully
Read moreSneak a Peek at ICD-10-CM 2021
There are a slew of changes and only a few months before you will need to start using the new
Read moreJuly 2020 ASC Payment System Update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the July 2020 update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System
Read moreExplore 2020 Cardiovascular System Code Changes
Familiarize yourself with the 2020 CPT® code updates for the cardiovascular system using this simplified guide. During these uncertain times,
Read moreClinical Trials Have a Place for Medical Coders
Research is a big job market often overlooked by healthcare business professionals. Healthcare is changing rapidly. New technology and drugs
Read moreDon’t Dismiss Juvenile Arthritis as Growing Pains
July brings awareness to juvenile arthritis: Learn about it to ensure proper diagnosis coding. When people hear that someone has
Read moreThe Rules Are Changing: ICD’s Continued Evolution and the Impending Transition to ICD-11
Part 1: Insight into the history of ICD and how it has changed over time is key to developing a
Read moreBusiness Continuity of PHI Disclosure Management During COVID-19
Sponsored content from: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by individuals, families, companies, communities and healthcare providers
Read moreAre You Prepared for the 2021 Evaluation and Management Coding Changes?
Sponsored content from: The American Medical Association is releasing a new set of Evaluation and Management coding guidelines which will
Read moreCredibility in Times of Crisis
By Dwan Thomas Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, FAHIMA Health information management (HIM) as a profession has morphed into a
Read moreIntegrating COVID-19 into CDI and Coding Practice
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP It remains to be seen whether the past few months represent the worst
Read moreHow HIEs are Achieving Sustainability, Providing Value to Providers and Patients
By Chad Peterson Across the country, health information exchange (HIE) technology priorities are evolving rapidly as patients, providers, and payers
Read moreHow Real-Time Data Can Change the Patient Safety Game
By Genevieve Diesing In the 20 years since the publication of To Err Is Human—the landmark Institute of Medicine report
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