The March cover story outlines the various audit programs and compliance initiatives that HIM departments must contend with this year. The other feature stories examine managing compliance and risk in clinics and physician practices and the status and next steps for Health Level Seven’s Electronic Health Record-System Functional Model.

Members may read all stories online in the AHIMA Body of Knowledge. Select features and practice briefs are also available publicly.

March 2010

Features

• The Year of the Audit, by Chris Dimick
• Compliance in Practice: Mitigating Risk in Clinics and Physician Practices, by Steve Emery; Jan McDavid, Esq.; and Deborah Robb, BSHA, CPC, RMAI, RPI
• A Model EHR: Status and Next Steps for an International Standard on EHR System Requirements, by Donald T. Mon, PhD

In Addition

• Information: “Healthcare’s Most Important Resource,” by Chris Dimick

Practice Brief

• Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice

Working Smart

• Access, Use, and Disclosure, by William M. Miaoulis, CISA, CISM
• Evaluating Alerts and Triggers, by Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS
• SNOMED at the Point of Service, by Robert H. Dolin
• Managing Outside Information, by Deborah Kohn, MPH, RHIA, CPHIMS, FACHE, FHIMSS

Coding Notes

• Keeping It Clean: How to Improve Claim Collection Rates, by Karen Bowden, RHIA
• ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Groups, by Ann Zeisset, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P