Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2014

Courts don’t remain civil on their own. It takes well-crafted procedural rules, enforced by knowledgeable attorneys and judges, to keep the American legal system humming along in an orderly fashion. Aiding with the civility of the law is the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Federal Rules....

Author: State of Montana

Source: Government (State)

Publication Date: June 2014

Website hosted by the Montana Secretary of State for searching the rules and Administrative Register of the State of Montana.

Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: May 02, 2014

AHIMA comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Author: Alzu'bi, Amal; Zhou, Leming; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2014

Abstract


In recent years, the term personalized medicine has received more and more attention in the field of healthcare. The increasing use of this term is closely related to the astonishing advancement in DNA sequencing technologies and other high-throughput biotechnologies. A l....

Author: Moghaddasi, Hamid; Hosseini, Azamol-sadat; Sajjadi, Samad; Nikookalam, Maryam

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2014

Abstract


Introduction: Laws, regulations, and guidelines are necessary external stimuli that influence the management of health data. They serve as external mechanisms for the reinforcement and quality improvement of health information. Despite their inevitable significance, such....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh; Greene, Adam H

Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: March 2014

This article concludes a three-part series discussing the most commonly asked questions regarding compliance requirements surrounding the final HITECH Omnibus Rule, released in January 2013. It highlights the updated requirements and provides answers to questions regarding decedent protected health information (PHI), the release of immunization records to schools, and the enhanced request for restrictions requirements.

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: March 01, 2014

Health information management (HIM) professionals are too often witness to an array of fraudulent activities, whether its fraud via “upcoding,” improper disclosure of protected health information (PHI), or other breach activities.


Since reporting noncomplia....

Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2014

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee, a public forum on ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS code updates, met in September 2013. Meetings of this committee are co-chaired by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Coding proposals are presented at these meetings and the public is given the opportunity to comment. No final decisions regarding the adoption of code proposals are made at the meetings, but are made by the director of NCHS and the administrator of CMS.

Author: Lojewski, Tedi

Source: CodeWrite | AHIMA newsletter article

Publication Date: February 2014

The National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) approved 15 new "readmission" patient discharge status codes (81–95) for use with inpatient discharges, effective October 1, 2013. Following up on the November 2013 CodeWrite article on this topic, this article looks at three common myths....

Author: Hofman, Judi; Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2014

This practice brief provides a general overview of the laws and regulations impacting the timely and appropriate release of PHI.