Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s Note: This update supersedes the July 2010 practice brief “Automated Coding Workflow and CAC Practice Guidance.”


Over the past decade, clinical coding has become more complex due to:


The expansion of prospective payment systems to multipl....

Author: Walsh, Tom

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: This update replaces the January 2011 practice brief “Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview.”


Managing risks is an essential step in operating any business. It’s impossible to eliminate all threats; however, healthcare organizati....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here.

Author: Walsh, Tom

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: This update supplants the March 2011 practice brief “Security Audits of Electronic Health Information (Updated).”


In a perfect world, access controls alone would ensure the privacy and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI). How....

Author: Rihanek, Theresa; Lopez, Doreen

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

This practice brief supersedes the July 2011 practice brief "Understanding Governmental Audits."


Today, armed with enhanced fraud and abuse laws, the federal government has launched new audits that organizations and providers must contend with on a regular basis. Recent additions....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

This 2013 practice brief version has been retired and is retained here for historical purposes. Read the 2016 updated version of this Practice Brief here.



The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 defines a "business....

Author: Evans, Brian

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor's note: This update supplants the May 2004 practice brief "Securing Wireless Technology for Healthcare"

Overview


Wireless local area network (WLAN) environments have evolved from simple, unmanaged stand-alone access points (APs) to organizationally managed system....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

Prior to the widespread implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), problem lists were usually maintained by physicians through a simple documentation tool in the paper record, such as a "front sheet" or by copying a diagnosis list to a specified area within the paper chart and pla....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

I. What is E-Discovery?



E-discovery is defined as the pretrial legal process used to describe the method by which parties will obtain and review electronically stored information. The 2006 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) served to place electronically stored information (....

Author: Landsbach, Grant; Just, Beth Haenke

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

In recent years health information exchange (HIE) has emerged as a trusted model for sharing patient information across hospitals and health systems to drive improved care coordination and, ultimately, quality and outcomes. The result of the convergence of advanced health information techn....