7 results.
Checks, Balances, and Ethics: Implementing Financial Controls for Associations
Author: Dunn, Rose T; Klaver, Jill Callahan; Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2014
Health information management (HIM) professionals are recognized for their compliance-focused activities. Coding professionals, for example, assign codes based on the available documentation and the rules that define proper code application. When hospital coders are asked to resequence a condit....
Amendments to FERPA Regulations: New Changes Attempt to Balance Safety and Privacy in Student Records
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2009
HIM professionals are familiar with the HIPAA privacy rule, the federal law that serves to safeguard protected health information. However, they may be less familiar with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 20 USC 1232g; CFR Part 99), which is also relevant to managing the pr....
Exploring Record Retention Practices Among the Nation's "Most Wired" Hospitals
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
Introduction
The importance and challenges of health record retention are not new to the HIM professional; however, the practice of health record retention has shifted into high gear in today’s fast-paced healthcare environment. The healthcare industry has embraced electronic health....
Storage Media Profiles and Health Record Retention Practice Patterns in Acute Care Hospitals
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: June 2008
Record Retention Practices among the Nation’s “Most Wired” Hospitals
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: June 2008
Raising Awareness of Medical Identity Theft: For Consumers, Prevention Starts with Guarding, Monitoring Health Information
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2008
Financial identity theft has become ubiquitous in our global society. Its consequences are familiar, and fear of its repercussions has created a widespread reliance on credit bureaus for protection. According to the Federal Trade Commission, 8.3 million Americans were reportedly affected by fi....
Redefining the Health Information Management Privacy and Security Role
Author: Rinehart-Thompson, Laurie A.; Hjort, Beth M.; Cassidy, Bonnie S.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: August 2009