AHIMA, ACMCS Collaborate on Coding Meeting
In an unprecedented move that helps address the United States' impending universal transition to ICD-10, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American College of...
View ArticleAHIMA Appoints Lynne Thomas Gordon as Chief Executive Officer
The American Health Information Management Association's Board of Directors announced Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, FACHE, will take office as the new chief executive of the 61,000-member leader of...
View ArticleAHIMA Pushes for HIM Workforce to Be Included in Jobs Bill
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) announced its "HIM Jobs for America" Initiative at the association's 83rd annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, in what the...
View ArticleHealthcare: Buses, Taxis & Limos
(Editor's note: The following guest blog is written by Adrianne O'Brien, editor of Executive Insight .) I'm blogging from the Lone Star State today, here in San Antonio for CHIME's Fall CIO Forum....
View ArticleNCRA Welcomes Newly Certified CTRs
National Cancer Registrars Association's Council on Certification is proud to announce the recent addition of newly certified professionals. In September, 120 candidates successfully completed a...
View ArticleAHIMA Disappointed With AMA Vote to Oppose ICD-10-CM
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) indicated its disappointment with the American Medical Association's House of Delegates vote to oppose ICD-10-CM implementation scheduled...
View ArticleAHIOS Annual Meeting Addressed Current State of HIPAA
The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS), an organization committed to promoting excellence in the handling and dissemination of confidential, patient-identifiable...
View ArticleICD-10 Déjà Vu
(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by M. Christine Kalish MBA, CMPE, Executive Consultant, Beacon Partners.) Recently the American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution at their 2011...
View ArticleTwo AHIMA Certification Programs Granted NCCA Accreditation
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) proudly announced that the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) granted accreditation to AHIMA's Certified Coding Specialist...
View ArticlePhysician groups asks CMS to re-evaluate deadlines
A press release issued by the American Medical Association states that the AMA and state and national medical specialty societies sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
View ArticleInspector General Daniel Levinson Answers "Ask the IG" in Keynote Address
Inspector General Daniel Levinson outlined important compliance issues for health care providers before the Health Care Compliance Association April 30. His keynote speech is now posted in video, audio...
View ArticleImportance of HIE in Disaster Management
(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Julie A. Dooling, RHIT, a director of HIM Solutions for the American Health Information Management Association.) We live in a world where data and...
View ArticleSurviving Documentation Challenges When Disaster Strikes
(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Susan M. Lucci, RHIT, CHPS, CMT, AHDI-F, who is president of Privacy Officer Services LLC and an at-large director on the AHDI National Leadership Board....
View ArticleHIMSS 2013: Tips and Can't Miss Events From a Veteran Attendee
In anticipation of the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held March 3 to 7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, ADVANCE interviewed Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA,...
View ArticleFuture HIM Professional Builds Connections, Advocates at AHIMA Hill Day 2013
(This guest blog was written by Kayla M. Zirbes of The College of Saint Scholastica. Zirbes is an AHIMA student advisory council member and AHIMA Hill Day 2013 participant.) As a member of the American...
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