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Advancing HIM's Key Issues
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
In 2002 AHIMA’s Board of Directors outlined four key HIM issues: consistency of coding, the HIM work force, the national health information network (NHIN), and privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information. This article discusses this year’s developments on these is....
Testimony Summer: AHIMA Testifies on Key HIM Issues in Three Government Hearings
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2005
One of the principal ways the US government gathers information is testimony from public hearings. Testimony at federal hearings provides input to the committee or work group itself as well as the industry and public at large. This summer AHIMA was invited to testify on issues that directly af....
Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2006 Payment Rates; Proposed Rule (70 Federal Register 42674)
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: September 16, 2005
September 16, 2005
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1501-P
PO Box 8016
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8018
Re: File Code CMS-1501-P
Medicare Prog....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient PPS for Calendar Year 2006
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: September 16, 2005
September 16, 2005
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1501-P
PO Box 8016
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8018
Re: File Code CMS-1501-P
Medicare Pro....
Building Trust into the NHIN: Key Legislation Can Ensure the Privacy of Personal Health Information
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2005
We have seen considerable progress this year to spearhead IT implementation in healthcare organizations, with the goals of a standard electronic health record and a national health information network in the coming years. Many believe these developments will improve the quality, effectiveness,....
Testimony of the American Health Information Management Association to the Privacy and Confidentiality Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: August 16, 2005
August 16, 2005
Opening Comments
Chairman Rothstein, members of the Privacy and Confidentiality Subcommittee, and ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am Dan Rode, vice president of policy and government relations for the American Health Information Management Association (....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2006
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: July 13, 2005
July 13, 2005
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1290-P
PO Box 8010
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8010
Dear Dr. McClellan:
The purpose of this let....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year 2006
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: July 08, 2005
July 8, 2005
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1282-P
PO Box 8016
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8016
Dear Dr. McClellan:
The purpose of this let....
Outlining Healthcare's Future One Day at a Time: HHS Secretary Announces His Priorities with a 500-day Plan
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2005
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt is known to approach his long-term goals with 500-day action plans. Leavitt used this approach at the Environmental Protection Agency to create short-term strategies to meet larger visions.
It was little surprise, t....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IP-PPS) and fiscal year 2006 Rates
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: June 15, 2005
June 15, 2005
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1500-P
PO Box 8011
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
Dear Dr. McClellan:
The purpose of this let....
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