2026 MNHIMA Virtual Annual Meeting
Beyond Boundaries: Shaping the Next Era of
Health Information Management
Overview
The presentation highlights current challenges in traditional coding (staffing shortages, inconsistency, backlogs), explains how autonomous coding technologies work, and provides case studies from healthcare systems like Inova and Genesis Healthcare that demonstrate measurable benefits including cost reduction, increased revenue, improved accuracy, and enhanced workflow efficiency. It concludes with practical guidance for healthcare organizations considering autonomous coding implementation, including cross-functional team building and a readiness checklist covering organizational, IT, and coding alignment consideration.
Managing health information in a long-term care facility presents a unique set of challenges. Often, these facilities lack a dedicated health information professional, resulting in staff members who may not possess adequate data literacy or a deep understanding of HIPAA regulations. Additionally, electronic health record (EHR) systems implemented in such settings may not capture all relevant information, leading to gaps in documentation and compliance. Addressing these issues is crucial for ensuring the quality of patient care and adherence to privacy standards.
This session will highlight practical strategies to overcome these health information challenges. Join us to enhance your knowledge, improve compliance, and make a meaningful impact on patient care.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common challenges in health information within long-term care facilities and recognize their impact on patient care and compliance.
- Understand the importance of data literacy and HIPAA regulations for staff members in the absence of dedicated health information professionals.
- Evaluate strategies to improve documentation practices and maximize the effectiveness of EHR systems in long-term care settings.
- Apply practical solutions to bridge documentation gaps, enhance compliance, and support overall quality in patient care.
Darin Challacombe
Step into the world of theme park medicine and discover the unique challenges of coding for injuries, illnesses, and emergency care. This session focuses on applying accurate diagnostic and procedural coding, interpreting complex documentation, and maintaining compliance. This session offers a fun and educational look at a variety of scenarios that keep coders sharp, engaged, and confident in their skills.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply accurate codes to theme park related injuries and illnesses
- Interpret complex clinical documentation to ensure correct and compliant coding
- Implement best practices for coding integrity and compliance in unique or challenging scenarios
- Analyze real world case studies to strengthen critical thinking and problem-solving skills in medical coding
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As healthcare organizations continue to mature with technology solutions, it has become increasingly critical to evaluate the need to archive and govern critical data. In this session, we will explore the fundamentals for archiving data from core and legacy systems and the tools and features needed to make this data not only accessible to other systems and users but governed by retention policies. We will examine the use of an enterprise content management (ECM) system as the solution for data archival and the key features that could turn data into protected, searchable, and shareable content.
Learning Objectives:
Understand opportunities to archive legacy data with ECM.
Employ ECM strategies and functions for archived data to elevate access and deliver insights.
Discover ECM tools to govern data with retention policies and automated notification workflows.
This session provides a practical overview of the federal and Minnesota developments shaping health information regulation in 2026. Sam Roods will address federal legislative, regulatory, enforcement, and policy trends affecting health information management, while Kyle Probst will review Minnesota legislative proposals related to medical record disclosures, fees, sensitive health data, and parental access. The session will also highlight practical compliance and operational strategies for ROI, HIM, privacy, and legal professionals.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:
• Identify key federal enforcement, regulatory, and policy trends in 2026 shaping health information compliance obligations and operational risk.
• Review Minnesota legislative proposals affecting health information management and summarize their potential impact on medical record disclosures, fee practices, sensitive data handling, parental access, and AI-related compliance.
• Develop practical steps ROI, HIM, privacy, and legal teams can take to prepare for changing federal and state regulatory and compliance requirements.
In this session, we will explore how HI professionals can optimize effective collaboration with other critical stakeholders within your organization. This collaborative effort will enable organizations to recognize the strategic significance of information governance and how leveraging it can enhance healthcare quality and cost-effectiveness.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of stakeholder collaboration in healthcare organization leadership
- Explore communication strategies and conflict resolution methods tailored to the healthcare information environment.
- Formulate a strategic action plan, encompassing stakeholder identification, engagement strategies, and communication plans.
Even seasoned coding professionals occasionally find it challenging to assign the appropriate ICD-10-PCS codes from the operative report. Mastering the procedural coding system used in the inpatient hospital setting takes practice. Medical coders reporting inpatient services should start by reading the operative report, which tells the patient’s story, and then break down the procedure step by step. Doing so helps build the ICD-10-PCS code accurately, improves productivity, and enhances coding quality. We will review several case scenarios to assist in a greater understanding of common inpatient procedures like Amputation, Pacemaker, Defibrillator, Lysis of adhesions, TRAM flap breast reconstruction, total hip replacement, EGD, repair skin laceration, Bronchoscopy, spinal fusion, and aortic valve replacement.
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:
1.Distinguish key coding differences among psychiatric, substance use, and behavioral disorders
2.Identify common documentation gaps in behavioral health encounters and their impact on HCCs and reimbursement
3.Develop compliant query strategies that address unclear mental health diagnoses, intent, and severity
4.Recognize opportunities to integrate SDOH and behavioral factors into the complete clinical picture
5.Understand the growing role of CDI in behavioral health settings
This presentation examines the use of large language models (LLMs) to translate Spanish–English patient portal messages in a multicenter study across U.S. health systems. Findings demonstrate that AI-generated translations are statistically non-inferior to certified human translators for routine communication, while revealing important differences in error patterns and clinical risk. Attendees will explore implications for health information governance, including risk-based routing, quality monitoring, and regulatory compliance under ACA Section 1557. The session emphasizes how AI translation can expand language access and support health equity while maintaining safety, trust, and information quality within digital health communication workflows.
Learning Objectives
- Explain key information quality concepts—accuracy, consistency, reliability, and fitness for use—in AI translated patient communications.
- Evaluate the risks of AI translation compared to human interpreters, including compliance with language access regulations.
- Identify practical governance approaches to manage AI translation while protecting data integrity, accountability, and compliance.
Course Info
Published Date
July 2026
Total CEs
Up to 11.0
Domain(s)
Data Structure, Content and Information Governance
Evolving Topics
Health Law and Compliance
Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
Organizational Management and Leadership
Revenue Cycle Management
Pricing
MNHIMA Member
$25
Per Session
Non-Member
$35
Per Session
Students
$5
Per Session
MNHIMA Member – an AHIMA dues-paying member who has selected Minnesota 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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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
- 14 Lessons
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