Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2019

By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


The more we know about patients, the easier it is to match them. Or at least that’s the theory. Clinical data, patient-generated data, biometrics, social determinants of health: all of this should make patient matching in health information exchanges (HI....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2019

By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


Telling an accurate and complete patient story through clinical documentation is a goal that transcends cultures and geographic boundaries. It’s also the primary theme at the 2019 AHIMA World Congress (AWC) Healthcare Information Summit that will take pla....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2019

By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


While clinical documentation hasn’t exactly been a strength in many of today’s financially strapped skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), this may soon change as SNFs shift to a new payment methodology—the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM)—in which these facili....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2019

By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


When Mary B. Parks, JD, RHIA, CCS, director of health information at St. Joseph’s/Candler in Savannah, GA was charged with replacing inpatient contract coders with in-house staff, she did what most directors do. She dove into a candidate search in the hope of....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2018

By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


Technology has transformed almost every industry, and health information management (HIM) is no exception. Data used to be handwritten words on a page. Now, with the rise of electronic health records (EHR), dat....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2018

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Attack of the Audits

Mounting Reviews Test HIM Policies and Patience


By Lisa A. Eramo, MA


The recent onslaught of audits in the healthcare industry, and the damage they leave in their wake, likely has many....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2017

Think about what life would be like if we could occasionally hit pause, taking a “time out” of sorts to process information before acting. Unfortunately, we don’t have that luxury—but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t reflect on the past before moving forwa....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2017

When Carolyn Rubin, CPC, CPC-I, became the director of revenue cycle management at Dallas Nephrology Associates, she had an important task on her to-do list: Relieve the workplace tension that had plagued health information management (HIM) staffers for years. Communication and collaborati....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: June 2017

In the months leading up to the ICD-10 go-live, many hospitals implemented computer-assisted coding (CAC) in the hopes that it would offset anticipated productivity losses and boost coding accuracy. Now that the industry has passed the one-year ICD-10 milestone, an important question remai....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2017

Like many new HIM graduates, Makema Hopes, RHIT, began looking for a job immediately after receiving her associate’s degree in 2011. She thought her 80-hour internship at a local hospital prepping and scanning charts would surely help her get her foot in the door with an employer and....