Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

Many of last year’s most important healthcare issues have carried over into 2003. This article will focus on this year’s chief legislative and federal administrative issues, including infrastructure, privacy and security, and work force and education.

Building an Informati....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: January 06, 2003

January 6, 2003

Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary
Department of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000

Tommy G. Thompson
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Room 615-F, Hubert H Humphrey Building
200 Independ....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2003

AHIMA’s advocacy process continues as we move issues ahead into the new year. There are a variety of issues, appointments, budgets, and more hanging over the heads of our newly elected members of Congress, state legislatures, and federal and state administrators. Advocacy for HIM is also....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2002

Some saw the final rule on HIPAA privacy, published in August 2002, as a crowning achievement after years of efforts to secure patient privacy. Others took a more negative view, claiming that big business had finally ensured unhampered access to patient data. HIM professionals, however, should....

Author: Rode, Dan; Prophet-Bowman, Sue

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: October 03, 2002

October 3, 2002

 
Thomas A. Scully
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1206-P
PO Box 8018
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8018
 

Re: File Code CMS-1206-P<....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2002

The AHIMA Policy and Government Relations (P&GR) staff in Washington receives a number of questions concerning how a particular proposed law, legislation, or possible regulation will affect the management of an HIM department, coding section, or other functions that are typically performed by....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2002

The concept of a healthcare information infrastructure, like some of the technology it represents, has moved quickly into the spotlight this year. While no one predicts that it will be completed before the end of the year, HIM professionals should realize that the discussion on this concept, i....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2002

In May, AHIMA’s Board of Directors approved two key issue statements—one on consistency of healthcare diagnostic and procedure coding, and a second on national healthcare information infrastructure (available at www.ahima.org). These “umbrella” statements are general and ap....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: July 01, 2002

AHIMA
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E-mail: sue.prophet@ahima.org
July 1, 2002


Thomas A. Scully
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of H....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2002

While legislative activity in Congress has been slow, 2002 has proven very active for various healthcare regulations, coding standards discussions, and AHIMA. Most activity has surrounded code sets and coding standards, healthcare information infrastructure, and privacy.

Changes to....