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What's Your ICD-10 Plan? Findings and Recommendations from Research on ICD-10 Implementation
Author: Piselli, Caroline
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2005
What’s your plan for implementing ICD-10? A new study asked this question to 500 healthcare managers and executives. Here are the highlights, with recommendations from those who have been there.
If it’s sometimes unwelcome to hear, it’s true all the same: w....
What's Your HIPAA ETA? (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2002
If you are thinking about HIPAAs privacy compliance date of April 14, 2003, think again! Privacy compliance is about ongoing learning: education, training, and awareness (ETA).
While it is true that the final privacy rule only calls for work force training on hire and when th....
What's Your EHR IQ?
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2007
HIM is becoming more automated and electronic every year. The basic skill set of the HIM professional has changed dramatically. The acronyms abound, from HL7 and CCHIT to HIEs. It can be hard to keep up with all the latest developments. Test your EHR IQ by answering the following questions....
What's Your Designated Record Set? (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret; Waymack, Pam
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2002
The HIPAA privacy rule provides individuals the right to request access to and amendment of their protected health information maintained in a designated record set (DRS). To ensure that the DRS is completely identified but excludes information that does not pertain, covered entities should ad....
What's Wrong with RFPs?: Best Practices and New Ideas for Choosing IT Vendors
Author: Bedrosian, Dan; McCoy, Michael J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2006
The RFP is a time-honored rite of vendor selection. But it has its drawbacks, and alternative strategies can offer advantages.
In the fast-changing world of health IT, vendor selection would seem to be a rare well-established procedure. But the traditional selection process has its pitfa....
What’s the Difference? SNOMED CT and ICD Systems are Suited for Different Purposes
Author: Stearns, Mike; Fuller, Jan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2014
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and SNOMED CT are similar in that both systems have alphanumeric codes associated with clinical concepts. But the systems differ in their purpose and structure, and are best used in different ways in healthcare. For starters, ICD is a cla....
What’s the Delay in the ICD-10 Delay?
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 18, 2012
Just when the Department of Health and Human Services will announce its final decision on a delay for ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance is the question on many minds lately.
While a firm announcement date has not been determined, AHIMA’s Advocacy and Policy st....
What’s Next for the Privacy Rule? HIPAA for All, or Something Quite Like It
Author: Dennis, Jill Callahan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
The privacy rule is just six, but gaps in its coverage have already widened. Now some organizations are recommending that the rule—or something like it—expand to cover any organization that handles personal health information in any form.
Six years ago....
What's Next for EHR Certification?: And What Product Certification Means for HIM
Author: Hagland, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2006
In July the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced the first certified ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) products for office-based physicians and providers. Certified products meet baseline levels of functionality, interoperability, and securi....
What’s New with Coding Non-Pressure Ulcers
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2018
Untitled Document
Many ICD-10-CM codes were added throughout code category L97, Non-pressure chronic ulcer of the lower limb, not elsewhere classified, and subcategory L98.4, Non-pressure chronic ulcer of the skin, not elsewhere classified, to provide....
What's New in Clinical Data Repositories?
Author: Soule, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2001
Clinical data repository (CDR) technology may have dropped off your radar screen, but new developments are giving a second generation of CDRs a renewed role. This article offers an overview of the latest developments and a look at how CDRs can benefit healthcare.
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What’s New in 2: Top Changes in the Stage 2 Rule
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
There are few surprises in CMS's proposed rule on stage 2 of the meaningful use program. The provisions generally reflect the recommendations of the Health IT Policy Committee made last year, and in the case of the intended change to the timeline, an announcement was made last December.
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What's in Store: Retail Giants Expand Offerings with New Health Clinics
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2019
By Mary Butler
Retail healthcare is having another “moment” with the recent announcements that both Amazon and Walmart are rolling out primary care clinics with consumer convenience in mind.
Amazon’s entry to the market, Amazon Care, is a “vir....
What’s in a Name? Breaking Down Health Information Exchange, One Definition at a Time
Author: Karl, Ellen Shakespeare
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2012
Most of us are just now getting used to the sea of acronyms associated with the initiatives enacted by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). But HIE is a difficult one. Is it a noun or a verb? This question has created some confusion in the industry, especially for those on the outside....
What’s in a Name?
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2018
It’s not at all uncommon for organizations to change their names several times before landing on one that captures their presence in the past, the present, and the future—especially if they are technology-focused. Take NCR Corp., which today sells every....
What Physicians Want in an EHR: Physician Practices have been Ignored by Health IT Vendors—Until Now
Author: Butterfield, Blair
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2012
Physician practices have made great strides in the last several years toward adopting EHRs, but even in the era of the HITECH Act and the “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program, a large percentage of practices continue to drag their feet. Cost is certainly a factor for many practices, as is t....
What Physicians Need to Know About ICD-10-PCS
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 10, 2014
When educating physicians about ICD-10-PCS, the most important factor to be pointed out is that ICD-10-PCS will NOT be replacing CPT. Physicians will still need to report their services using CPT/HCPCS codes. However, physicians need to be aware of the nuances associated with ICD-10-P....
What Non-Coders Need to Know About ICD-10
Author: Sheehan, Martina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 01, 2013
While many healthcare coders are already training arduously to master the new ICD-10-CM/PCS code set, some experts predict other sectors of healthcare may find themselves unprepared and in a pinch when the new system replaces ICD-9-CM on October 1 of next year. Who in t....
What Matters: Not Where We Are, But Where We Will Be
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2017
HIM professionals are great planners. We love a well-defined process, a policy, a workflow. These are useful tools and they help us in the routines of daily work. When we’re planning our association’s direction, the big picture strategy is no less important. Accordingly, AHIMA....
What Makes Data Meaningful? The Important Role of Data Structures
Author: Wendicke, Annemarie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Healthcare is striving for meaningful health data—something well noted in many recent industry articles and presentations. But how will the cultivation of meaningful data be accomplished in the healthcare industry’s complex environment?
Healthcare data comes from....
What Lies Ahead in 2016?
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 18, 2015
This is the last Legal e-Speaking post of 2015. I thought I would use it to predict what 2016 might bring in litigation and beyond. When looking ahead to the next year, there are many possible things that HIM professionals should keep an eye out for, but five stand out to m....
What It Means to Be Deposed
Author: Hedges, Ron
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 22, 2016
In this blog I talk about legal consequences. I usually provide current examples of what those consequences might be under a specific set of facts. Here, instead, I want to highlight a litigation-related event that readers might experience in the future—or perhaps already have: a depo....
What is Security Auditing?
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2004
The HIPAA security rule includes a requirement for audit controls and to monitor and manage ongoing security for a variety of processes. But the requirement for internal audit was changed to “information security activity review,” and there is no other specific reference to auditin....
What is Gulf War Syndrome (Part II)
Author: Prophet, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1998
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
President Clinton established the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses in May 1995 to ensure an independent, open, and comprehensive examination of health concerns related to Gulf War service....
What is Gulf War Syndrome (Part I)
Author: Prophet, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1998
In 1990 and 1991, nearly 700,000 members of the US armed forces served in the Persian Gulf. Since their return home, thousands of these veterans have reported illnesses they believe are related to their service in the Gulf. Due to the nature of these illnesses, there has been considerable deb....
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