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Setting the Facts Straight About ICD-10: What Physicians Need to Know About the Transition
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: November 2014
While many organizations see the benefits of using ICD-10, including the ability to capture more detailed
information, others have concerns, including the costs of implementation. Despite the significant
amount of information that has been published about ICD-10 during the last 10 years, many
misconceptions persist today. The information below covers basic facts about the ICD-10
transition that are of particular interest to the physician community.
Administrative Simplification in HR 3962
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: November 15, 2009
HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act
Division A – Affordable Health Care Choices
Title I – Immediate Reforms
Section 115 – Administrative Simplification [pg 76-89]
Section 1173A – Standardize Electronic Administrative Tr....
Meaningful Use CMS Proposed Rule Overview
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 06, 2010
ARRA - HITECH Due Dates
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
AHIMA Comments on Draft NQF ICD-10-CM/PCS Code Maintenance Framework and Operational Guidance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 16, 2010
Summary of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: AHIMA regulation analysis | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: May 2017
AHIMA Comments on ONC’s Transatlantic eHealth-Health IT Cooperation Roadmap
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 2016
Autumn/Fall 2015 Public Stakeholder Consultation Guidance Questions
Guidebook for Effective Interaction with Federal and State Governments [downloadable PDF file]
Author: AHIMA Legislative Advisory Council; GRQ Inc.
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 1998
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Notice of Privacy Practices for Protected Health Information
Standard: Notice of Privacy PracticesRight to Notice
The Rule states (§164.520) that "an individual has a right to adequate notice of the uses and disclosures of PHI that may be made by the covered entity, a....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Other Requirements Relating to Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
This section of the Rule (§164.514) begins by covering the standard and specifications for de-identification of PHI. In this analysis, this item is covered in Uses and Disclosures of De-Identified Protecte....
Analysis of Senate Confidentiality Bills, 106th Congress
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 14, 1999
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Modifications
The Rule’s provision for modifications (§160.104) follow the same approach as the other HIPAA regulations. "The Secretary may adopt a modification at any time during the first year after the standard [rule] or implementation specification is initially adopted [the rule....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Resources
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Initially the reader will find only a few Web site resources available. As with other HIPAA components, this will change as the industry matures in its understanding. Since the final Rule has already created comments, the Secretary has already indicated that several technical amendments wi....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Access of Individuals to Protected Health Information
Standard: Access to PHIRight of Access
The Rule states (§164.524) that "an individual has a right of access to inspect and obtain a copy of PHI about the individual in a designated record set, for as long as the PH....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Amendment of Protected Health Information
Standard: Right to Amend
The Rule says (§164.526) that "an individual has the right to have a covered entity amend PHI or a record about the individual in a designated record set for as long as the PHI is maintained in the designate....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Consent for Use or Disclosures to Carry Out Treatment, Payment, or Health Care Operations
Standard: Consent Requirement
The Rule states (§164.506) that "a covered health care provider must obtain the individual’s consent, in accordance with this [Rule], prior to using or di....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosures for Which Consent, an Authorization, or Opportunity to Agree or Object Is Not Required
The Rule states (§164.512) that "a covered entity may use or disclose PHI without the written consent or authorization of the individual as described in Consent for Uses or Di....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Administrative Requirements
Standard: Personnel DesignationsPrivacy Officer
The Rule states (§164.530(1)(i)) that: "A covered entity must designate a privacy official who is responsible for the development and implementation of the policies and procedures of the entit....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 02, 2001
Reaction to AHIMA’s Previous Comments on the Standards for the Privacy of Individual Identifiable Health Information
Applicability
AHIMA recommended that the scope of the rule be extended to include all individually identifiable health information, including purely paper records....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosures for Which an Authorization Is Required
Standard: Authorizations for Uses and Disclosures
Authorizations Required: General Rule
The Rule states (§164.508) that except as otherwise permitted or required by [the Rule], a covered entity may not use or discl....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Definitions
Definitions play a key role in the Privacy Rule, and there are a number of definitions provided in the final rule: §160.103 (65FR82798), §160.202 (65FR82800), §164.501 (65FR82803), and §164.504 (65FR82802). Due to their detail, several of the definitions are important componen....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosures of De-Identified Protected Health Information
Standard: Uses and Disclosures to Create De-Identified Information
The Rule (§164.502(c)) states "a covered entity may use PHI to create information that is not individually identifiable health information o....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Application to Specific Entities
Essentially, the Rule (§160.102) covers the three entity groups mentioned specifically in HIPAA and in the previously published Transactions and Code Sets (TCS) rule. The "covered entities" are:
Health plans
Clearinghouses
Provide....
ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Discusses Code Proposals for FY2004
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: December 13, 2002
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on December 5-6, 2002 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochair....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Background and History
As noted at the beginning of this document, the final HIPAA privacy rule was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2000. The content of the final rule was determined on the basis of the content of and comments to the NPRM published in November....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Accounting of Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Standard: Right to an Accounting of Disclosures of PHI
The Rule states (§164.528) that "an individual has a right to receive an accounting of disclosures of PHI made by a covered entity in the six [6] years prior to....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy | AHIMA regulation analysis
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Notes
Readers will notice that some word such as "healthcare" may be written in more than one way in this analysis. Style guides often require the term "healthcare" be stated as such, however, the federal government uses the term as "health care." In this document we will be using the te....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Rights to Request Privacy Protection for Protected Health Information
Standard: Right of an Individual to Request Restriction of Uses and Disclosures of PHI
The Rule provides a standard (§164.522) that states that "a covered entity must permit an individual to request that....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosures Requiring an Opportunity for the Individual to Agree or to Object
The Rule states (§164.510) that "a covered entity may use or disclose PHI without the written consent or authorization of the individual as described in the sections..[on Consents and Au....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosure of Protected Health Information: General Rules
Standard: General
DHHS takes the approach to privacy-based on who, when, and under what circumstances protected health information (PHI) can and cannot be used. To further clarify the Rule’s intent, it has been writte....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Uses and Disclosures: Organizational Requirements
Hybrid Entities
Standard/Specification: Healthcare Component
The discussion in this part of the Rule (§164.504) notes that except for where it is specifically noted, when dealing with a hybrid entity [see Definitions], the r....
Final Rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. What the Rule Covers
Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 02, 2001
Preemption of State [and other] Law[s]
{The preemption of state law remains one of the more controversial issues with Privacy. Parties generally disagreed on three specific issues. First, various groups that include AHIMA support complete preemption to establish a uniform national standar....
Outline of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). Final Rule
Author: AHIMA Staff
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: July 2010
AHIMA Comments on the ONC 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory
Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L; Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: November 06, 2015
Letter to Karen B. DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), US Department of Health and Human Services
Summary of March 2008 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 12, 2008
Summary of December 2003 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 15, 2004
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on December 4-5, 2003 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochair....
AHIMA Comments on March 2016 ICD-10-CM code proposals
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: May 04, 2016
AHIMA’s comment letter on ICD-10-CM proposals discussed at the March 2016 ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee and being considered for implementation October 2017.
Examining ICD-10 Implementation
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy | AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: February 2015
Testimony on behalf of the American Health Information Management Association before the
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
AHIMA Comments on ICD-9-CM Procedure Code Proposals Presented at March 2010 Coordination & Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 31, 2010
Summary of September 2008 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: October 12, 2008
AHIMA Comments on October 2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code Proposals Presented at March 2010 Coordination & Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: March 31, 2010
Summary of September 2005 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: November 02, 2005
Summary of March-April 2005 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 15, 2005
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Procedure Code Modifications Presented at the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting Held March 2006
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 12, 2006
Comments on the proposed procedure code revisions recommended for implementation
Summary of October 2004 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: November 15, 2004
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on October 7-8, 2004 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochair....
Summary of April 2004 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 15, 2004
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on April 1-2, 2004 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochaired....
Summary of September 2010 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: December 02, 2010
Summary of September 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: October 12, 2006
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Diagnosis Code Modifications Presented at the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting Held March 2006
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 12, 2006
Comments on the proposed diagnosis code revisions recommended for implementation
Summary of March 2009 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 12, 2009
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