Sessions include:  1) How Successful Coders can Develop an Auditor’s Mindset; 2) Code it Right!; 3) Social Determinants of Health and ICD-10-CM Coding; 4) Understanding the Revenue Cycle Plus the Impacts of the New Physician E&M Coding Changes; 5) Diabetes Coding Back to the Basics; and 6) Hospital Re-Admissions

Sessions include:  1) Strategies for Dealing with Payer Denials; 2) CDI – The First 48 hours – CDI Query Response Time; 3) Does the Documentation Tell the Story; 4) Coding Updates Plus Reimbursement Impact & Documentation;  Requirements for Surgeries Eliminated from the Inpatient Only List; 5) Coding Productivity; and 6) Charge Analysis

With medical decision making (MDM) as the key element for the new E/M services guidelines, documenting the medical necessity is more important than ever. This session will walk through the key revisions to the E/M guidelines and discuss ways in which basic documentation principles will ensure that the medical record documentation paints a complete picture of the services rendered, and support the medical necessity of code selection for each level.

Presentation will address the FY 2022 updates to the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Code Sets and Official Coding Guidelines with an emphasis on their impact in the acute care setting. Revisions to the FY 2022 MS-DRG Grouper logic will also be reviewed.

Please join AAHIM to hear about health equity and social determinants of health and how it impacts your role as a health professional.

During this session, we will review the definition of “Medical Necessity” as it relates to Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial insurance carriers. The objective of this course is to “relearn” the meaning of medical necessity and how working with physicians promotes greater insight.

This presentation will:

• Provide and explain the CPT E/M office or other outpatient service revisions and when those changes will take effect
• Identify why CPT E/M revisions are needed and the benefits provided
• Describe how the foundational changes will impact your work

The webinar will present the most current updates for coding and billing telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join us for the 2021 E&M guideline Changes on demand webinar with Martha Wade, RHIT, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I.

Overview: This presentation will cover: E&M Updates Quality Issues Social Determinants Date Published: August 2020 CEU: 1.0 – Evolving Topics Speaker: Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA,…

Overview: This presentation will cover issues for small hospitals. Date Published: August 2020 CEU: 1.0 – Revenue Cycle Management Speaker: Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA, CCS-P,…

Sessions include: Look at you doing “Leader-y” stuff!, HIM Data Analysis and Reporting, Texas State- HIM Update, and Presentation by Dr. Danette Myers

Join us for our February 2022 quarterly meeting! Topics include: 1) Playing with FHIR: The Basics of HL7; 2) Common Missed Physician Query Opportunities and Key Indicators to Look for in the Chart; 3) Kindness as a Leadership Practice.

Join us for our 2021 AAHIMA Quarterly Meeting! Sessions include the following: 1) The Need for Data Analytics and How to Meet It; 2) HIM 2020 Staying Ahead of the Curve; 3) Pandemic Impacts In HIM.

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!

Attend this webinar to identify the attributes of a leader, understand your personal goals of leader versus manager, be aware it is easy to move from leader to manager, and identify the tools you need to become an effective leader.

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.

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

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.