2025 OrHIMA Fall Institute
Overview
Melissa Haycock-Palmer
The average age of an HIM professional is 50 years old. Our profession is and will be facing a shortage within the next few years. As a result of this shortage, it has an impact on the individual to be able to retire or find new opportunities for growth. This shortage will also place a strain on our teams and organizations. So how do we build the next generation of HIM professionals to keep our industry and organizations strong? This presentation will be a discussion on what we can do as individuals, teams and organizations to promote our vital role in health care.
Learning Objectives:
- Recruit and mentor students, peers and colleagues to develop and strengthen professional workforce.
- Respect the inherent dignity and worth of every person.
1 CEU — Organizational Management and Leadership
Darrin Challacombe
Elizabeth McElhiney
Managing sensitive health data requires more than awareness—it demands precision, vigilance, and a deep understanding of regulatory nuance. With evolving standards like 42 CFR Part 2 and the unique handling requirements for psychotherapy notes, HI professionals are on the front lines of compliance and data integrity.
Learning Objectives:
In this session, we’ll explore:
- The five primary categories of sensitive health information
- How to assess whether your facility maintains these data types
- The specific electronic medical record configurations and safeguards required, ensuring proper protection and regulatory alignment
1 CEU — Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
Crystal Clack
AI-driven healthcare is rapidly taking hold and shaping the landscape of our systems in the US. It is essential to ensure AI remains unbiased, safe, and guarded. As health information management professionals, we can leverage our knowledge of privacy, security, and health information systems while protecting our patients. In this presentation, we will take a high-level overview of AI and terminology, give examples of different AI applications, address the challenges and importance of evoking the ethics surrounding the responsible use of AI, and a case study examining the use of AI in a healthcare setting.
Learning Objectives:
- The Current Problem
- Basics of AI Applications in Healthcare
- Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Responsible AI Use
- Case Study
- Looking Ahead
1 CEU — Evolving Topics
Candice Neisen
Revenue leakage remains one of the most pressing challenges for healthcare finance leaders, with inaccurate patient identification and duplicate records emerging as costly yet often overlooked culprits. These errors not only drain millions in lost revenue and denied claims each year but also erode clinical quality, disrupt operations, and undermine investments in advanced revenue cycle management (RCM) technologies. This session will explore how a clean Master Person Index (MPI) serves as the foundation for revenue integrity, enabling hospitals to maximize reimbursement, protect care coordination, and realize the full value of emerging technologies.
Learning Objectives:
Understand how patient misidentification drives denied claims and revenue leakage.
Recognize the impact of incomplete patient data on quality metrics and value-based care.
Learn practical strategies for cleaning up and preventing future duplicate records.
1 CEU — Revenue Cycle
Sallie Bissette Jara
Risk is everywhere and sometimes hard to identify and manage. This presentation will walk through what types of data will be helpful and how to use it to mitigate risk in our departments and/or organizations.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn about types of data and how to use them to mitigate risk within their organization.
1 CEU — Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use
Leigh Poland
Behavioral health documentation is often vague, inconsistent, or siloed from the rest of the clinical record—yet it’s more critical than ever. With increasing rates of mental health diagnoses, payer scrutiny, and coding complexity, HIM professionals must bridge the gap between behavioral and physical health documentation to ensure accurate coding and risk adjustment. This session dives into the unique challenges of coding psychiatric conditions, identifying query opportunities, and capturing the full story of the patient.
Using real-world case studies, we’ll explore common documentation pitfalls in behavioral health, highlight the intersection with SDOH and substance use, and offer practical solutions for both inpatient and outpatient environments.
Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish key coding differences among psychiatric, substance use, and behavioral disorders
- Identify common documentation gaps in behavioral health encounters and their impact on HCCs and reimbursement
- Develop compliant query strategies that address unclear mental health diagnoses, intent, and severity
- Recognize opportunities to integrate SDOH and behavioral factors into the complete clinical picture
- Understand the growing role of CDI in behavioral health settings
1 CEU — Data Structure, Content and Information Governance
Melissa Rodriguez
In this presentation, we will systematically examine how CMS allocates diagnoses and procedures into DRGs. We will deconstruct the process logically and methodically, enabling a clear understanding of DRG assignment and its significance in healthcare reimbursement.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of MS-DRG methodology
- Understand the impact of denials and DRG assignments
- How to apply this knowledge to ensure accurate documentation and reporting of diagnoses and procedures
1 CEU — Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance
Course Info
Published Date
October 2025
Total CEs
7.0
Domain(s)
Data Structure, Content and Information Governance
Evolving Topics
Informatics, Analytics and Data Use
Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
Organizational Management and Leadership
Revenue Cycle Management
Pricing
OrHIMA Member
$99
Non-Member
$120
Student
$25
OrHIMA Member – an AHIMA dues-paying member who has selected Oregon as their Component Association (CA)
Non-Member – includes AHIMA dues-paying members from other AHIMA Component Associations (CA) as well as AHIMA Credentialed Non-Members
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Additional Information
AHIMA
This educational offering has been approved for continuing education credit for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
AAPC
CEUs are accepted from programs sponsored by AHIMA national offices and the state or regional AHIMA branches. One hour of instruction is worth one CEU. A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation.
ACDIS
AHIMA CEUs that are CDI-related are accepted.
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Course Content
Course Includes
- 4 Lessons
- Course Certificate
