Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2016

This update supersedes the November 2013 practice brief, Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement.



The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines a "business associate (BA) as a person or entity that performs....

Author: Stambaugh, Robyn

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 13, 2016

A new season in my life always lends itself to reflection and realignment of goals. With a freshly finished HIM graduate program in the rear view it’s time to map out where both personal and professional intellectual curiosities will lead. As luck would have it, I have a bucket list o....

Author: Ryznar, Barbara

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 12, 2016

Understanding the cost of prescription drugs can be challenging. The recently introduced Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Spending Dashboard, an example of the principle of collecting healthcare data once and reusing it to serve the needs of multiple stakehold....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Kirby, Annessa

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: October 06, 2016

We hear so much about the amount of data available in healthcare today. But we are just beginning to understand the importance of analyzing that data to make decisions. As buzzwords like “information governance” and “data analytics” are becoming more mainstream, the analysis of data i....

Author: AHIMA; et al.

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: October 04, 2016

letter to the House Appropriations Committee in support of report language related to patient matching in the House FY17 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

Author: Delahoussaye, Elizabeth A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Health information management (HIM) professionals can pull meaningful information from privacy and security breach data to evaluate release of information (ROI) processes, uncover workflow risks, and implement corrective measures. While large scale breaches impacting millions of patients m....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Shawn Wells, RHIT, CHDA, manager of HIM data integrity at the University of Utah Healthcare, put himself on the health information management (HIM) career trajectory that HIM educators dream of using as an example.


Wells, who was also the first person in the state of Utah....

Author: Bradley, Paul

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

A year in and ICD-10 is almost approaching the point of old news.


Of course—I’m kidding! Nothing could be further from the truth. From a data analytics perspective, the impact of ICD-10 is only beginning to be realized and understood.


For one, this first year....

Author: Dooling, Julie A; Fernandes, Lorraine M.; Kirby, Annessa; Kadlec, Lesley; Landsbach, Grant; Lusk, Katherine; Munns, Megan; Noreen, Neysa; O'Connor, Michele

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

In healthcare, matching patients accurately to their medical history across multiple care sites and among various sources of data has become increasingly important as healthcare data is shared across platforms. Additionally, as clinicians need to interact with third parties and provide car....

Author: Twiggs, Mariela; Goldstein, Sara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2016

Healthcare provider organizations rely on a variety of entities to help them carry out healthcare activities and functions. If these entities create, maintain, or transmit protected health information (PHI) on behalf of a provider organization, they are considered a business associate (BA....