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Transitioning from NwHIN Exchange to Healtheway
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann; Dooling, Julie A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
The Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was originally defined as a “set of standards, services, and policies” by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in 2007. Further changes were established in February 2009 as a part of the Health Information....
Connect the Dots: Linking Together the Nation’s Disparate and Growing Health Information Exchanges has become a Formidable Challenge
Author: Romeo, Jim
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
Establishing a health information exchange (HIE) and building an infrastructure to support it internally and externally is a daunting task. Whether funded by federal and state grants or launched as a private sector initiative, launching a HIE often means blazing new territory and making de....
Breaking Free of Copy/Paste: OIG Work Plan Cracks Down on Risky Documentation Habit
Author: Robb, Deborah; Owens, Lori
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, evaluation and management (E/M) services accounted for $28 billion in Medicare Part B payments during a one-year period.1 And of these, 8.4 percent were billed at the wrong level-either too high or too low. Chasing these potentia....
Segmenting Data Privacy: Cross-industry Initiative Aims to Piece Out Privacy Within the Health Record
Author: Coleman, Johnathan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2013
Not all protected health information (PHI) is created equally. Some health data requires special handling according to law, organizational policies, or patient preferences. For appropriate sharing of health information to occur, a patient must trust that a provider organization will proper....
Getting from Here to There with Longitudinal Quality Metrics
Author: Derr, John F.; O’Malley, Terrence A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2013
Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment of a series reviewing the current and desired state of longitudinal care, as well as the steps healthcare stakeholders need to take to embrace this emerging quality measurement process.
E-quality measures....
Save the Stamps: Health Information Handlers Offering Electronic Record Submission for CMS Audits
Author: Galterio, Louis
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
Healthcare facilities are cutting out the middle man-the post office-by sending audit-requested medical records directly to the federal government using the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) program.
The esMD program has been growing at a fast ra....
Leaders of e-HIM: Three Grace Award Finalists Share Data Integrity, Documentation Improvement, and HIE Plans and Practices
Author: Dooling, Julie A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
In October 2012, AHIMA's Grace Whiting Myers Award was presented to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in recognition of excellence in health information management (HIM). This inaugural award focused on organizations who have demonstrated effective and innovative approaches....
Road Map to 2013: A Guide through Exciting but Unfamiliar HIM Territory and Times
Author: Rollins, Genna
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2013
The preparation for any great journey usually begins with reflection on lessons learned and research on just how those lessons can be utilized down the unpredictable road. The paradigm shift of electronic health records has caused HIM professionals to steer their work and career into promi....
ICD-10 Essential for Healthcare Registries
Author: Ruhl, Jennifer L; Zumar, Wendy
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2013
When ICD-10-CM is officially implemented, its code set will not only be used for primary care purposes but also as an invaluable secondary data source used by many types of healthcare registries in the US. A registry can be defined as “an organized system that uses observational stud....
Bringing Information Governance to the Healthcare Realm
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2012
Today, healthcare organizations are investing in information technology (IT) at unprecedented rates. And IT is generating more data-of all kinds-than ever before. What’s needed now, says Linda Kloss, RHIA, FAHIMA, is for healthcare organizations to invest in ways to manage, control, and under....
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