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

November-December 2009

Features

• Dispute Resolution: Planning for Disputed Information in EHRs and PHRs, by Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS; Ethan Katsh, JD; and Norman Sondheimer, PhD
• Plan B: A Practical Approach to Downtime Planning in Medical Practices, by Cheryl Gregg Fahrenholz, RHIA, CCS-P; Lance J. Smith, RHIT, CCS-P; Kyle Tucker, RHIA, CCS; and Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS
• Converting MS-DRGs to ICD-10-CM/PCS: Methods Used, Lessons Learned, by Rhonda Butler, CCS, CCS-P, and Janice Bonazelli, RN

In Addition

• 75 Years of HIM Education, by Shirley Eichenwald Maki, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA

Practice Brief

• Electronic Signature, Attestation, and Authorship (Updated)

Working Smart

• Fear Factor: Ambiguities in State Law Leave Some Providers Hesitant to Adopt EHRs, by Chris Dimick
• Genomics and HIM: Three Areas of Increasing Intersection, by W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD; Selma Holden, MD; and Barbara Fuller, JD, RHIA, FAHIMA
• Medical Device Deliberations: Data Issues to Consider When Purchasing and Implementing New Devices, by Beth Acker, RHIA
• Communicating Security Efforts: Informing Consumers of Data Protection Programs Helps Build Trust, by John Parmigiani

Coding Notes

• FY 2010 Changes to the Hospital IPPS, by Kathy DeVault, RHIA, CCS
• Coding in Critical Access Hospitals, by Karen M. Kostick, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P

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

October 2009

Features

• ARRA and the HIM Workforce, by Genna Rollins
• Reducing Healthcare Disparities: How HIM Workforce Diversity Helps, by Rachelle Stewart, DrPH, RHIA, FAHIMA, and Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, RHIA, CTR, CPHQ, CCS, FAHIMA
• Professional Practice Experience: Internships Open the Door to Real-World Lessons, by Chris Dimick

Practice Briefs

• Transitioning ICD-10-CM/PCS Data Management Processes
• Planning Organizational Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS

Working Smart

• Integrating ARRA, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• Tackling ARRA’s Privacy Provisions, by LaVonne R. Wieland, RHIA, CHP
• The Standards Value Chain, by Glen F. Marshall
• The Consumer View of PHRs, by Loya Kelso, MS, and Ruth Walker, RHIA, CPHQ

Coding Notes

• Differentiating Procedure Approach in ICD-10-PCS, by Ann Barta, MSA, RHIA
• CDI Opportunities for HIM Professionals, by Melanie Endicott, MBA/HCM, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, and Amy Gardner, RHIT

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

September 2009

Features

• Clinical Documentation Improvement: Gauging the Need, Starting off Right, by Genna Rollins
• ICD-10 Training in England: Greater Access to Education Should Aid US Coders with Transition, by Janis L. Huston, PhD, MEd, RHIA
• Help Wanted: Schools Struggle Placing Students in PPEs, by Chris Dimick

Practice Brief

• Understanding HACs and SREs for Quality Reporting and Reimbursement

Working Smart

• Managing Audit Trails, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• CMS’s 2009 Security Assessment Process, by Angela K. Dinh, MHA, RHIA
• Value-based Purchasing, by Mel Tully, MSN, and Mario A. Perez III, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
• ARRA FAQs, by Lou Ann Wiedemann, MS, RHIA, CPEHR

Coding Notes

• New ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes for FY 2010, by Lou Ann Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA
• Assigning E Codes, by June Bronnert, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P

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

August 2009

Features

• Physician Practice Check-Up: Assessing a Practice’s Readiness for Electronic Health Records, by Janice Crocker, MSA, RHIA, CCS, CHP, FAHIMA; Cheryl Gregg Fahrenholz, RHIA, CCS-P; Wanda Johnson, RHIT; Steve Levinson, MD; and Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS
• Preparing for ICD-10-CM in Physician Practices, by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA
• Bringing Down Denials: Successfully Managing Denials in Medical Practices, by Cheryl Gregg Fahrenholz, RHIA, CCS-P
• EHR Fast Track: Fundamentals of Rapid Implementation Planning, by Erika Gaudreau, RN, and Denise Palermo
• California’s Privacy Pileup: New State Laws Meet Even Newer Federal Regulations, by Chris Dimick

In Addition

• HIM in Physician Practices, by Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, and Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS
• The RAC Coordinator’s Role, by Shelley C. Safian, MAOM/HSM, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, CHA

Practice Brief

• Applying the Teaching Physician Guidelines

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

July 2009

Features

• Present on Admission: Where We Are Now, by Gail Garrett, RHIT
• Mortality Coding Marks 10 Years of ICD-10, by Chris Dimick
• Making the Most of External Coding Audits, by Cathy Brownfield, RHIA, CCS, and Donna M. Didier, MEd, RHIA, CCS
• Healthcare Standards Development: The Value of Nurturing Collaboration, by William Edward Hammond, PhD, Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, and Rebecca Daniels Kush, PhD

In Addition

• Classifications without Borders, by Sue Bowman, RHIA, CCS, and Rita Scichilone, MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, F-CHC

Practice Brief

• Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Exchange

Working Smart

• Documenting Data Loss, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• Amendments to FERPA Regulations, by Laurie A. Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP
• Preparing for ICD-10-CM, by Eric Rose, MD, FAAFP
• Parental Proxy Access via Web Portals, by Sheila Green-Shook, MHA, RHIA, CHP

Coding Notes

• New Guidance for Home Health Coding, by Ida Blevins, RHIA
• The Casting Conundrum, by Tanai S. Nelson, CCS, CCS-P, and Christina Benjamin, MA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P

The June cover article examines the field of information therapy: getting patients the information they need to better manage their health. The other features report on whether stimulus funds will pay off in health information consumers can use and the lean thinking philosophy for those organizations looking to more effectively manage their resources and staff in this tight economy.

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

June 2009

Features

• Information Therapy, by Jill Burrington-Brown, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA
• The Big Gamble, by Joshua J. Seidman, PhD
• Thinking Lean in Healthcare, by Robert James Campbell, EdD, CPEHR

In Addition

• A Call for HIM Action, by Bonnie S. Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS
• HIPAA: 43,691 Privacy Complaints and Counting

Practice Brief

• The Current State of PHRs

Working Smart

• New Records Opening to HIM Professionals, by Chris Dimick
• Enabling HIE While Protecting Privacy, by Kory Mertz
• A New EHR Standard for Behavioral Health, by Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA, CHP
• Linking Medical Librarians and PHRs, by David Sweet, MLS

Coding Notes

• Understanding National Coverage Policies, by Jane Cook, CPC; Cheryl D’Amato, RHIT, CCS; Gail Garrett, RHIT; Becky Ruhnau-Gee, MA, RHIA, CCS; Linda Hyde, MA, RHIA; and Natalie Novak, MHSA, RHIA
• ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines, by Ann Barta, MSA, RHIA

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

May 2009

Features

• Complicated Game, by Chris Dimick
• Approving RHIOs, by Gina Rollins
• Data Governance and Data Stewardship, by Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, and Michele O’Connor, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA
• Recovery and Privacy, by Dan Rode, MBA, CHPS, FHFMA

In Addition

• Testing Health Record Banking, by Chris Dimick
• A Consistent and Uniform Approach to Health Data and Its Use

Practice Brief

• Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Breaches

Working Smart

• Enterprise E-Signature, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• Sequestering EHR Data in IT Systems, by William Miaoulis
• The US Health Information Knowledgebase, by Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, and Rita A. Scichilone, MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CHC-F
• Dealing with Paper Post-Document Imaging, by Angela K. Dinh, MHA, RHIA

Coding Notes

• Five RAC Coding Targets, by Donna D. Wilson, RHIA, CCS
• Managing CPT Code Rejects, by John R. Thomas

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

April 2009

Features

• Improving the Quality of Quality Measures, by Gina Rollins
• A Next Act for Patient Safety, by Allison F. Viola, MBA, RHIA; Crystal Kallem, RHIA; and June Bronnert, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
• Data Collection and Reporting for Healthcare Disparities, by Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA; Theresa D. Jones, MHA, RHIA; Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS; and Christine Weeks, BA
• Mining for Measures, by Ruth Carol

Practice Brief

• Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS–An Academic Timeline

Working Smart

• Leading on the Legal EHR, by Kevin Heubusch
• Addressing California’s New Privacy Laws, by Cassi L. Birnbaum, RHIA, CPHQ
• Advancing Quality Measures Reporting in HIEs, by Randolph C. Barrows Jr., MD, MS
• Using Document Imaging to Strengthen Revenue Cycle, by Jill Clark, MBA, RHIA

Coding Notes

• ICD-10 Reimbursement Mappings, by Rhonda Butler, CCS, CCS-P, and Ron Mills, PhD
• Managing Coding Compliance, by Cathy Bodnar, MS, RN, CHC, and Dianne Willard, MBA, RHIA, CCS-P, CHC

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

March 2009

Features

• Improving Cash Flow in a Down Economy, by Rose Dunn, RHIA, CPA, FACHE
• HIM Breakup: Changing Times Pull HIM and Coding Apart, by Chris Dimick
• Virtual HIM: Considering the Transition to Remote Departments, by Cheryl Servais, MPH, RHIA
• Street Smart: Understanding the Context of Emergency Medical Services Communication and Documentation, by Mary Teslow, MLIS, RHIA; Susie T. Harris, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CCS; and Denise Wilfong, MHS, NREMT-P

Practice Brief

• Starting a Consulting Business (Updated)

Working Smart

• Driving Compliance through Data Governance, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• An OASIS for Access Management, by Hal Lockhart
• Integrating IT Systems Strengthens the Revenue Cycle, by Sally L. Rynberg, MSA, RHIA
• Health IT Certification Developments, by Cassi Birnbaum, RHIA, CPHQ; Terri Hall, MHA, BS, RHIT, CPC; Helayne Sweet, MS; and Lou Ann Wiedemann, MS, RHIA, CPEHR

Coding Notes

• A New Approach to Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, by Sue M. Malone, MA, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
• Key Issues in the 2009 OPPS Final Rule, by Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPC-H

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

February 2009

Features

• Sounding the Alarm, by Chris Dimick
• RAC Ready, by Kathy M. Johnson, RHIA; Allison Bloom, MBA, RHIA; Denise Morris, RHIA, CCS; and Rod Madamba, RHIA
• Untangling Privacy, by Chris Dimick

Practice Brief

• Redisclosure of Patient Health Information (Updated)

Working Smart

• Authenticating EHR Metadata, by Thomas R. McLean, MD, JD, FACS, Esq.
• Surviving a CMS Security Investigation, by Judi Hoffman, CAP, CHP, CHSS
• Maximizing e-Prescribing Success, by Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS
• Meeting the FTC’s Red Flag Requirements, by Nancy Davis, MS, RHIA

Coding Notes

• ICD-10-CM Enhancements, by Ann Zeisset, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P
• 2009 CPT Coding Update, by Anita Majerowicz, MS, RHIA