Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: June 2006

What’s that sound? It could be your cell phone ringing…but it’s really a reminder to update your technology skills. Here’s the connection: Your cell phone may have the latest bells and whistles, but do you know how to use them? Likewise, are you a proficient user of the....

Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2007

PEPPER data help facilities compare their Medicare payments with state and national averages. Here’s how to read yours.
Hospitals can take advantage of a report that helps them compare their Medicare reimbursement to state and national averages. What they learn can help them....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2010

A penchant for data analysis is what initially drew Virginia Mullen, RHIA, to an HIM career focusing on data quality and ultimately patient safety.

Mullen entered the world of HIM in the early 1980s, when DRGs had just made their debut and the concept of data quality had only begun....

Author: Spencer, Gregory

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2010

Healthcare organizations, just like individuals, can suffer from information overload. Increasingly tasked with linking quality data to reimbursement parameters, providers now attempt to capture every piece of possible data.

The problem is that data collection has a price tag. Someti....

Author: Kuehn, Lynn

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 26, 2010

Introduction

The U.S. healthcare system is reimbursed by federal programs using a variety of different reimbursement methodologies, mainly based on units of service and a relative weight system for those units of service. The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) is based on the Resourc....

Author: White, Susan E

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 27, 2010

Introduction

Data analysis techniques are becoming increasingly important for HIM professionals. The application of relatively simple and straightforward data analytics can identify significant opportunities for improvement in the revenue cycle. Traditional chart audits can be enhanced b....

Author: Donofrio, Monica; Wolfinger, Jennifer

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 27, 2010

Background

Healthcare reform will require that organizations take advantage of technology to provide safer, more effective care. A natural by-product of the rapid adoption of clinical technology is the vast amount of data it produces. Yet many organizations lack the infrastructure....

Author: Spencer, Carol

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 27, 2010

Measurement, as defined by Webster's Dictionary, is to regulate by a standard, an estimate of what is expected, a basis or standard of comparison, a step planned or taken as a means to an end, to choose or control with cautious restraint. This is accomplished repeatedly and systematically....

Author: Kuehn, Lynn; Hyde, Linda A.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 27, 2010

Introduction

A key component of evaluating health care performance is the use of comparisons. Comparative data can come from internal or external sources and allows the user to evaluate their outcomes or measures against another data set. This aids in determining if their organization is....

Author: Saunders, Ninfa M.

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2010