Debate no more, sharing electronic patient records upon a valid request is now the law. The industry has six short months (from May 2020) to meet the first compliance milestone.

Got data? The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, is a free report that summarizes a provider’s Medicare claims data statistics and provides comparative data with the state, jurisdiction and nation. Providers can review the PEPPER to evaluate their statistics and determine whether they should take any actions, such as reviewing records to ensure the care provided was necessary and that documentation supports the diagnosis codes and services billed. Learn all about PEPPER and how it can work for you.

The ability to manage and interpret accurate data is essential for healthcare organizations. Making sense of data is a common challenge faced in health information. Summarized reports are usually produced but they may not be easy to read and/or understand. This webinar introduces how health information professionals can utilize Microsoft Excel Pivot Table functions to convert data into meaningful tables that effectively display the information needed.

Join us as we discuss these issues and offer best practices for problem list management.

During this presentation the importance of the connection between health information management and the business office working together to assure compliance with billing rules and regulations will be discussed.

This webinar will provide practical strategies to enable health information (HI) teams to be successful in compliantly implementing all components of the 21st Century Cures Act.

Increasing interest in outpatient clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs is pervasive throughout the health care community as more and more facilities jump on the bandwagon. With this increasing interest, there is a critical need to insure programs are created, developed and implemented for the right reason, goals, objectives and visions. A

The Chicago Area Health Information Management Association is pleased to present our next series of On-Demand Webinars for Spring of 2021

Sessions include:  1) Overview of the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; 2)  Balancing EHR Hosting Futures: Cloud vs. Vendor vs. Onsite and 3)  Student-Focused Presentation: The Importance of Cancer Registries

• Cover to cover review and discussion of significant 2021 CPT code additions, deletions, and revisions
• Detailed review of 2021 E/M guideline changes
• Review of applicable guideline additions, deletions, and revisions
• Discuss how documentation requirements may be impacted by 2021 changes

Be sure to join us for the 2021 IPPS Final Rule on-demand webinar presented by Sherri Ward. This Lunch n Learn will provide an overview of the new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes and guidelines going into effect on 10/1.

Curious about how to improve ICD-10-PCS coding skills? ICD-10-PCS Coding Quality Audit Opportunities provides an insider’s view on specific areas for boosting coding accuracy.

Sessions include 1) COVID: A Corrections Crisis; 2) Behind the Scenes of HIM Education; 3) Navigating the Implementation of the Information Blocking Rule (Cures Act); 4) The Low Down on Patient’s Right of Access; and 5) Risk Coding

Join us November 19th for our November 2020 Quarterly Meeting.

Webinar

2021 ICD-10-CM & PCS Updates and Work-Life Balance Reimagined

Sessions include: 1) A Close Look at the IPPS Final Rule; 2) Exploring the OPPS and CPT updates for 2021; 3) HIM & IT: Developing Relationships, Advocating for Patients; 4) Panel Discussion: HIM Education; 5) Reconciling Part 2 and HIPAA: How to Protect Your SUD Patients’ Records-“The Cures Act”; 6) The Leadership Challenge: Getting People to Follow You; 7) TxHIMA Update; 8)  Single Path Coding; 9) Virtual Care: The Next Frontier of Healthcare      

Join Marion Gentul, RHIA, CCS as she provides a comprehensive overview of ICD-11, when to expect it as well as understanding the major differences between ICD-10-CM and ICD-11. Content includes a 1.0 hour webinar.

Thinking about "Our Patients", their Characteristics, Disparities and Interventions

“I look forward to sharing with you, my knowledge and practical experiences on work life balance, on what has worked for me and what changes I have had to make in order to arrive at where I am today, from where I was.” -Preethi