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Guidelines for Physician Office Query Practice
Author: Bryant, Gloryanne H.; Mogbo, Chinedum
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: July 2018
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Guidelines for Physician Office Query Practice
Documentation in the health record is a basic but critical component to every patient encounter, patient service, and setting. The provider is key to delivering detailed information reg....
Documentation and Coding Practices for Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Categories
Author: Watson, Monica M
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 2018
Documentation and Coding Practices for Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Categories
Risk adjustment is a statistical process that considers the underlying health status and health spending of patients when examining their healthcare outcomes....
Practice Brief: A Summary of the AHIMA CDI and Coding Collaboration in Denials Management Toolkit
Author: Combs, Tammy
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: March 2018
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A Summary of the AHIMA CDI and Coding Collaboration in Denials Management Toolkit
Healthcare insurance payment structures in the United States have processes in place to monitor for appropriate payments to submitted insurance cla....
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix A Checklist: Questions to Consider Before Participating in an HIE
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: January 2018
What is each provider’s responsibility for providing accurate and complete data?
What is each provider’s responsibility for updating inaccurate or incomplete data?
What role does the HIE play in facilitating or assisting with the updating of patient data?
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix C AHIMA Sample Patient Statement of Disagreement
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: December 2017
Patient Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
City:__________....
Managing Amendments in an HIE Environment. Appendix B AHIMA Sample Patient Request to Amend the Health Record
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: December 2017
Patient Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
City:__________....
CDI Expanding Beyond the Hospital Walls through Standards
Author: Ewoterai, Okemena; Lusk, Katherine; Orlova, Anna; Young, Donna
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2017
The proverbial comparison of “apples and oranges” is a well-known metaphor in casual conversation and discussion. When talking about expanding clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs in today’s environment of electronic health records (EHRs) and information governanc....
Clinical Terminology: Expanding Career Pathways for HIM Professionals - Retired
Author: Hyde, Lynda; Casto, Anne B.; Koehler, Melissa; Lockwood, Famey; Peterson, Kathleen
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
Healthcare is an evolving world where data is central to all aspects of care. It is an information-intensive environment where data analysis is used to make decisions about the quality and safety of patient care, public health programs, and healthcare reform. At the core....
Impact of Physician Engagement on Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs (AHIMA Practice Brief)
Author: Combs, Tammy; Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2017
Physician engagement seems to be the buzzword in healthcare these days. Hospital administrators charged with various clinical improvement initiatives have come to realize that physician engagement is an essential element of success. While physician engagement in clinical documentation improveme....
Evolution of DRGs (2017 Update)
Author: Comfort, Angie; Rugg, Donna; Ward, Maria
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2017
Editor’s Note: This update replaces the 2010 Practice Brief “The Evolution of DRGs.”
In the early 1970s Yale University developed diagnosis related groups (DRGs) to describe all types of patient care in an acute care hospital. The Yale system encompassed the Medi....
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