Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

The clock is ticking, and in only 16 months the healthcare industry will begin to use, process, and exchange ICD-10-CM/PCS (ICD-10) codes. Readiness varies throughout the industry, with some stuttering after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services delayed the ICD-10 implementation d....

Author: Jahn, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

As providers and payers grapple with the complexities of ICD-10-CM/PCS (ICD-10), many are formally collaborating with one another to learn best practices and accelerate ICD-10 implementation.


Across the country, many different types and sizes of ICD-10 collaboratives have fo....

Author: Clark, Jill S

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

During her speech at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said the healthcare industry should proceed full steam ahead on preparing to implement ICD-10-CM/PCS. The message conveyed is that CMS is 100 p....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Dooling, Julie A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2013

Health information exchange (HIE) continues to evolve and change, thanks in part to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), which has been encouraging new ways of exchanging and sharing health information that foster trust, drive efficiencies, and ultimately place the i....

Author: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA); American Nurses Association (ANA); Health Level Seven Inc. (HL7); AHIMA Foundation; Rockville Institute

Source: External web site

Publication Date: May 15, 2013

The HealthITxChange joins together a volunteer peer network of informaticists, physicians, nurses, ancillary medical staff, administrators, vendors and consultants to share lessons learned and resources for implementing EHRs in a physician office.

Author: Johnson, Marlene L.; Warner, Diana

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: May 2013

Editor's Note: This practice brief supersedes the April 1997 practice brief "Telemedical Records."



Telemedicine is a rapidly growing industry in the medical practice. Telemedicine is defined as telecommunications systems that link healthcare organizations and patients from d....

Author: Taylor, Lisa Brooks

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2013

An engaged patient more effectively communicates with providers, participates in decision-making, manages their own care, and complies with healthcare regimens. "Ensuring that each person and family are engaged as partners in their care" is one of the priorities of the National Quality Str....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2013

Metadata is the foundation on which information management systems are built. It is required to support the various uses of data, to manage the information and record lifecycle, to verify data integrity, authenticity, and reliability, and to evaluate the relative importance of data and informat....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2013

When Deborah Kohn recently logged onto her healthcare provider's patient portal to view her X-ray reports, she immediately knew something wasn't quite right. She'd undergone one X-ray of her left hand and another of her right hand. The problem?


Both X-ray reports were identi....

Author: Huey, Kim

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2013

Though it may seem contrary to popular opinion, electronic health record (EHR) products will make providers' coders more necessary and valuable than ever. Physicians who trust only EHR and computer-assisted coding software to choose the codes they bill, without any training or oversight, a....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: April 17, 2013

Objectives related to the goals of interoperability and health information exchange are of great importance to AHIMA members who generally serve as the data stewards or governors of health information in their organizations across all sectors of the industry including involvement in organized health information exchange.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: April 15, 2013

The information in this guide has been updated and is available in AHIMA's Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit.


To support and offer assistance to the Health Information Management (HIM) community, AHIMA is providing this guide to those who have been affected in a recent disast....

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2013

Healthcare claims auditors have inundated release of information staff and vendors this year with record requests, in part due to the aggressive Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) initiative. RACs review provider bills and medical records to....

Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: March 15, 2013

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2013

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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....

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2013

Do your printed health records have that tired, bored look that went out with the leisure suit? If so, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is offering a medical record makeover that can turn your files from drab to fab.


Hoping to make printed....

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....

Author: Berry, Kate

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2013

Health information exchange (HIE) has great potential to improve healthcare quality while containing costs, something the US health system is under increasing pressure from providers and the federal government to achieve. Benefits of HIE include better care coordination, assurance that pat....

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....

Author: Dougherty, Michelle

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: February 13, 2013

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2013

Health information technology systems have supported the administrative functions of healthcare for more than a decade. Historically, these healthcare administrative systems primarily focused on performing fiscal transactions or supporting key ancillary departments. Widespread use of elect....

Author: Duckert, Jane; Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2013

The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics’ (UWHC) motto of “great information, great care” has been the underlying force behind their health information technology (IT) adoption achievements since 2008. Besides attaining the highest level of the Healthcare Informat....

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: February 02, 2013