ScanSTAT’s Privacy Officer Elizabeth McElhiney, MHA, CHPS, CPHIMS, CRIS and Compliance Officer Lindsey Miles, RHIT, CRIS will present this very informative webinar on Information Blocking. They will discuss what is considered Information Blocking, the 8 exceptions to the Information Blocking Rule, and the best practices for creating/testing new policies and workflows to ensure compliance.  If you want a quick overview of the purpose of the 2020 ONC Final Rule and the Information Blocking provisions, this webinar is for you! 

This session will address what are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and their relationship to patient health outcomes and costs. The need to collect SDOH information to better assess patient risks and outcomes will also be discussed. The current state of ICD-10-CM coding and documentation for SDOH will be addressed as well as other efforts underway to improve standardized definitions, documentation and coding of SDOH. Steps to improve the capture of SDOH documentation and codes will be provided.

Join us to learn about the 1st quarter coding clinic updates for 2021. The speakers will discuss the changes that went into effect and this presentation will be a quick and easy way to gain knowledge about the updates!

Healthcare organizations are obviously under external requirements and scrutiny regarding the security of PHI, but those requirements only apply to PHI and are about protecting the respective individuals and not your organization.

Strategic thinking is essential in a rapid change environment and critical in leading a remote workforce. This presentation will discuss the challenges and successes of implementing new mission driven processes that support State and Organizational requirements amidst rapid change.

In this one-hour coding educational session, Melissa Zavidil, RHIT, CCS, COS, will present A Covid Carol: Reporting Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020.

MRO’s experts Rita Bowen and Angela Rose analyze the Information Blocking rule with a focus on HIPAA. Attendees will be immersed in a discussion around critical aspects of the rule and explore ways to operationalize its requirements to achieve compliance. Furthermore, they will walk away with tips and strategies to take back to their organizations to guide planning efforts for success.

Dr. Matt Brown, Associate Professor of Business Data Analytics at Arkansas Tech University, discusses the use of data analytics in healthcare.

This presentation will cover issues related to the updated E&M Guidelines for office visits/outpatient visits. Methods of calculating requirements as well as new definitions and training issues for providers will be discussed.

Our Lunch and Learn series for October will feature a presentation by the Public Health Informatics Supervisor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Arkansas Department of Health. Donald McCormick, MSHI will present a timeline of how contact tracing has developed beginning pre-Covid and as the Pandemic evolved.

The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 has created many challenges for healthcare settings.

Attorney Lynda M. Johnson and members of the HORNE Healthcare team address some of the most pressing issues and concerns for hospitals and health systems due to the uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attorney Lynda M. Johnson and members of the HORNE Healthcare team address some of the most pressing issues and concerns for hospitals and health systems due to the uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.