Recent Courses

This course will explain why a CDI program should promote clear, concise, complete, accurate & compliant documentation.

Participants will learn the new, updated, and ongoing target areas applicable to Medicare Parts A and B that have been selected for elevated enforcement.

In this session, you will learn how AI and Automation are being deployed across the front, middle, and back office to reduce costs, improve access to care, and accelerate reimbursement.

This presentation will outline top clinical documentation and coding compliance risks facing provider organizations.

This year’s PHIMA Fall Conference emphasizes “Focus Forward” to capture what we have all been navigating over the past 12 months. These sessions will provide you with insights, ideas, and answers to many of your questions and challenges. Sessions include: 1) Building Bridges: Teambuilding and Connection in a Remote Workplace; 2) Navigating the Privacy Changes to Reproductive Health Information; 3) OIG Work Plan: A CDI-Focused Examination of Compliance Priorities; 4) Rethinking Revenue Management with Automation; 5) Using Data Analytics to Identify Clinical Documentation and Coding Fraud Waste and Abuse.

This presentation will discuss the need for connection in our remote world.

This presentation will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling reversing the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision along with some helpful ways to ensure your EMRs are set up and staff are trained to manage this ever-changing landscape.

Join us for Spinal Procedures in ICD-10-PCS On-Demand Webinar with Lynn Kuehn!

Join us for AAHIM's 2023 E/M Coding Updates.

Join us for this webinar on Information Blocking.

Attend this session to learn about genitourinary procedures and how the 2023 additions to the PCS code set make coding easier for some GU procedures.

Please join Denise Williams, COC, CHRI as she delves into Medicare’s 2-midnight rule and its application, including medical necessity and documentation to support the rule. 

Review of the coding principles in preparation for sitting the AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) exam.

This series will discuss in ins and outs of HCC Coding, what they are, and how to capture and document HCC diagnosis.

Join us for our 4th 2022 AAHIMA Quarterly Meeting! Topics include:  1) No Surprises Act (NSA) Regulation Overview and Key Activities, 2)Health Law Information Technology Updates for 2022, and 3) Optimizing the Human-Technology Interface for Revenue Management Improvement.

This series will discuss in ins and outs of HCC Coding, what they are, and how to capture and document HCC diagnosis.

This webinar will use case studies to help attendees learn intermediate to advanced concepts of ICD-10-PCS coding of percutaneous cardiovascular procedures.

This educational session is a Train the Trainer session which looks at how documentation has to change so that your practice best supports the requirements set forth in the 2021 documentation guidelines so that attendees can go back to their practices and train their providers to improve their clinical documentation for E/M services while reducing the documentation burden on the providers, achieving the goal of “Patients over Paperwork”.

This Quarterly Business meeting is focused on providing information regarding current issues influencing our profession and workplace. Topics include:  1) 2022 Career Trends in HIM/HIT, 2) Change Management and Muddling Through Everything New, 3) Using SPSS, SAS and Excel (R) to Analyze Large-Scale Health and Social Services Data, 4) Future Considerations for Health Data Breaches and 5) Data as an Asset and the role of HIM professionals in Data Asset Management.

Please join us for Colleen Sanford's presentation on Payment Integrity!

Join us for a webinar on the ICD 10 CM-October 1, 2022 Updates. During this webinar, Pam Scott will provide an overview of the October 1st changes with ICD 10 CM and provide oversight of the changes in each category.

Learning Outcomes: 1) Validate understanding of Digital Transformation; 2) Establish high-level foundational knowledge of Intelligent Automation; 3) Describe Robotic Process Automation (RPA); 4) Summarize RPA process candidate characteristics; 5) Illustrate an Intelligent Automation lifecycle.

During this 50-minute presentation Dr. Chuck Bendas from the St. Luke’s University Health Network will discuss the trauma tertiary survey: what is a trauma tertiary survey, why they are so important, how to properly conduct and document them, as well as other program and quality improvements that pair well with tertiary surveys.

Join us for this LHIMA/MSHIMA joint webinar on Risk Adjustment Coding.

Join us for this LHIMA/MSHIMA joint webinar on Risk Adjustment Coding.

Please join Barb Miller for this recorded coding webinar: Single Path Coding. This presentation will discuss the future of coding with a single-path coding within the revenue cycle.

This is a six-part series of webinars designed to assist HIM professionals preparing for the AHIMA RHIT exam. 

LHIMA invites you to join us for a webinar featuring How to Think Like an Auditor, presented by the founder of Core-CDI, Glenn Krauss.

The purpose of this presentation is to examine how healthcare organizations and HIM professionals can leverage data as an asset.

Join us for our 2022 AAHIMA 3rd Quarterly Meeting! Topics include:  1) HIPAA Updates Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification, 2)Privacy in Post-Roe Healthcare: Best Practices in Handling Rapid Legislative/Regulatory Changes and 3) Excel – Basics and Dashboard.

Join AAHIM for a HIPAA Update Webinar.

This session will include Common Missed Physician Query Opportunities and Key Indicators to Look for in the Chart and also when to query and when not to query.

More medical coders are taking on an auditor-like role reviewing charges for accuracy and compliance. This presentation will cover the necessary tools for empower coders in an auditing role. # of CEs: 1.0

This presentation will cover the template and timelines that provide best outcomes for compliant providers. When to meet, how many cases to review, and how to sculpt the best education right off the bat. # of CEs: 1.0

This presentation will discuss how pathology, measurements, depth, and method all play into assuring accurate code assignments for lesion. We’ll cover the common pitfalls, how to overcome them, and how to best protect yourself from a costly medical necessity denial. # of CEs: 1.0

On-Demand Webinar # of CEs: 0.5

On-Demand Webinar # of CEs: 1.0

On-Demand Webinar # of CEs: 1.0

We will review updated guidance regarding coding COVID-19 in the INPATIENT setting including the most recent FAQs and impact on reimbursement.

This meeting will provide an update on HSCRC programs during the past year and what to look for in 2022-2023.

Did you miss the state meeting but still want to hear the educational sessions? Don't miss this opportunity to earn up to 7.0 CEs. Sessions include: 1) Building Your Data Analytics Skills to Detect and Solve Healthcare Problems; 2) Improving Employee Job Satisfaction in Healthcare; 3) Information Blocking and Interoperability; 4) Leverage Virtual Health Solutions to Deliver Improved Patient Outcomes; 5) Proposed HHS Amendment to HIPAA (NPRM) and Its Effect on the Release of Information Industry; and more...!

Join us for our June 2022 Coding Roundtable: "Let’s Audit- Pro-Fee Style!"

Join us for "Why Rigorous Compliance is Critical to ROI – Lessons Learned from OCR CMPS!"

This webinar gives an overview of the challenges in Outpatient CDI and walks through case studies.

Deborah Wightman will speak on Transitional Care Management (TCM).

Join us for “Capturing SDOH Codes”.

Join us for the on-demand webinar titled The Impact of Workflows on the Outpatient Revenue Cycle with presenter Kristi Pollard.

Please join us for our PEHIMA May 2022 meeting. Malia Tingler - Senior Analyst - Epic Application Development at CVS Health - will present: Jump into the FHIR and the Truth about Artificial Intelligence.

Join us for our May 2022 quarterly meeting! Topics include: 1) Interoperability Health Equalizer; 2) Revenue Cycle Challenges; 3) Cracking the IR Code: Tips for Mastering Common Complex Interventions.

Discussion on the importance of interdepartmental and intradepartmental relationships.

Join us for this informative on-demand webinar where Jennifer Hoffman will provide education about Healthcare Compliance in Mental Health and SUD Clinics.

Join the Triangle Region of NCHIMA for a virtual update from our compliance experts, David Senter and Rita Bowen! The first session, presented by David Senter, will focus on OCR updates and recent enforcement activity. The next session, presented by Rita Bowen, will share information regarding the Information Blocking Rule, and how this is a roadmap to interoperability for HIM. We hope to "see" you there! 2 CEUS will be available for eligible attendees!

Join us for Lessons Learned From Auditing E & M- Observations & Solutions, presented by Glenn Krauss.

A review and discussion of the 2022 PTOS Inclusion & Exclusion criteria.

Join AAHIM for an informative webinar and hear about clinical validation that will: Define clinical validation; Explain the distinction between coding regulations and CMS billing regulations and applicable statutes; Articulate solutions to these conflicting imperatives.

Topics Include: 1) Drug Classes; 2) Wounds: Types, Assessment, and Care; 3) Psychiatry in a Correctional System Setting; 4) Project Management for Healthcare IT: Role of a HSHS Project Manager; 5) What is HIPAA?

Join us for our March 2022 Virtual Meeting! Topics include: 1) Adoption of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Primary Healthcare Providers; 2) HAHIMA District IX Update; 3) Information Blocking Update & Increase in HIPAA Violations Resulting in Criminal Actions; 4) Managing & Maximizing the Productivity of a Remote Coding Workforce; 5) PCS in 2022:  Are We Improving?.

The next AzHIMA on-demand coding roundtable is available. 1) Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Parkinson’s; 2) Our Mental Health Matters; 3) Queries: Coding’s Secret Superpower.

Join Kris as she has an engaging discussion about developing your leadership dashboard.

The objective is to reveal the role CHDA’s can have ensuring facilities are not just collecting data but monitoring data to ensure its relevance as pertains to improving patient health and making sound financial decisions.

Join us for our I’m In Denial: Managing Payer Denials!

Join us as David Senter of Young & Moore Law talks to us about recent OCR audits he and his firm have represented throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this roundtable, Anders Yanike will discuss the fundamentals of outpatient diagnosis coding and how that relates to the 2021 coding clinic. Identify vulnerabilities in diagnosis coding. During the session will code cases together and discuss how the rules apply.

This webinar will discuss details of ICD-11 and what we know so far about what to expect and how to begin the journey to understanding it and implementing it.

Sessions Include: 1) A View from the Statehouse: Recent and Upcoming Legislation, 2) Information Blocking 3) Simulation in Healthcare Education, 4) CIHIMA Business Meeting - AHIMA Access presentation, 5) The Transition of Scanning in HIM, and 6) Illinois Telehealth Initiative

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.

Telehealth services are here to stay! Please join MNHIMA and Angela Rose to review the "Best Practices to Create Policies and Procedures in Telehealth During the Pandemic and Beyond".

Sessions Include: 1) Who Represents You? Learning about the state and federal legislative landscape, 2) Advocating effectively with your elected officials, 3) Building Legislative Champions, 4) Update on state and federal EHIM initiatives, and 5) AHIMA Advocacy toolkit

A holistic approach to healthcare internal and payer auditing. Healthcare providers often contend with many sources of revenue leakage, one being payer audits and denials. Learn how to identify and mitigate financial risks/exposures through the 5 W’s (and 1H) of internal and payer auditing.

We will be utilizing our deep experience and breadth of knowledge in novel approaches to CDI that produce real improvement in physician documentation, sharing with attendees 12 separate presentations using an interactive approach to learning.

We will be utilizing our deep experience and breadth of knowledge in novel approaches to CDI that produce real improvement in physician documentation, sharing with attendees 12 separate presentations using an interactive approach to learning.

Do you struggle with managing remote staff? Do you want to ensure you are managing your remote staff to your ability and theirs? In addition to managing remote staff for 8 years, Shameka has also worked as a remote employee for 7 years. She will share tips that will help you develop tactics to make remote management not seem so overwhelming.

Join us to begin an understanding of the post-acute skilled nursing payment methodology. The knowledge of PDPM is instrumental to the ongoing viability of SNF reimbursements for the FY 2022 year and beyond.

Join us for this virtual coding roundtable event! Topics will include: 1) Evaluation & Management: To Code? or Not To Code? That is the Question; 2) Birth Defects; 3) Diagnoses and Surgical Procedures: Treatment of Diseases with CAR-T Cell Therapy.

Join us for "Line Charts, Bar Graphs, Pivot Tables... Oh, my!: Choosing the correct visual to represent your data".

Join us for this on-demand webinar titled “Professional Fee Revenue – Recognition in Telehealth: Lessons Learned”. This webinar will be presented by Tami Montroy, MS, RHIA, CCS.

We will do a deeper dive into HCCs, review current best practices for capturing HCCs through your CDI efforts, and will share how technology is helping advance these programs.

Join us for our January Quarterly Educational meeting to learn about upcoming HIM opportunities going into the New Year. Topics Include: 1) Building a Single Path Coding Program; 2) Automation Opportunities in Health Care; 3) MdHIMA Business Meeting; 4) Managing ED Denials via Documentation Improvement; 5) Digital Release of Information; 6) HCC Coding.

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.

As Release of Information becomes more complex with new regulations and guidelines, questions surrounding appropriate policies, procedures and processes increase. Attend this session to hear the latest information on Release of Information.

Join us for our December 2021 Virtual Meeting! Topics include: 1) Clinical Validation: An Inpatient Coder’s Role in Denial Prevention and Appeals; 2) nCREAS™ Analytics Demonstration; 3) Take Back What’s Yours: Building a Denial Management Program; 4) Those Pesky Z Codes: The When, How, & Why; 5) Virtual Professional Practice Events.

Join us for our December quarterly meeting. Sessions will include: 1) Coding for Social Determinants of Health-SDoH; and 2) COVID-19 A Patient’s Journey.

Join us for our coding roundtable, including: 1) Alamo HIMA Board Announcements; 2) FY2022 MS-DRG ICD-10-CM/PCS UPDATE; 3) 2022 CPT Coding updates; 4) Coding Review: COVID-19. 

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.

This session provides a comprehensive background and overview of the final rule, as well as points out exceptions to the definition of information blocking. The speaker provides guidance specifically for HIM, including tips to collaborate within other departments and ensure long term compliance.

Please join Rita Bowen in this pre-recorded webinar titled: Information Blocking.

Databases are a huge part of our daily work as Health Information Management professionals. Whether we realize it or not, they’re behind everything from service and diagnosis code selection in an EHR, to denials tracking and trending, to the Master Patient Index at your local hospital. So, how do they work? What makes a database accurate, efficient, and clean? Join us as we discover how even something as technical as a database can be beautiful.

Join us for our “Trauma Registry Education” webinar.

It's time for the Region B Fall 2021 Meeting! Join us and learn more. Presentations include: 1) Remote Work; 2) Interoperability?; 3) COVID-19 Related Analytics; 4) Business Meeting/Environmental Scanning; 5) Introduction to ICD-11; 6) Issues in Duplicate MRN’s.

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 2nd 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! Register today!

Please join us as Terri Eichelmann, MBA, RHIA discusses leadership in a remote work environment.

Join us for our October 2021 Quarterly Educational Meeting! Sessions include: 1) Why Rigorous Compliance is Critical in ROI; 2) The Federal Government’s Impact on Health Care and Policies, Including Telehealth; 3) Quarterly Business Meeting; 4) Information Blocking Update; Cybersecurity; 6) MdHIMA Advocacy Update.

CCS Bootcamp, part 1 Laura Little, RHIT, CCS 3.0 – Data Structure, Content and Information Governance CCS Bootcamp, part 2 Lorie Mills, RHIT, CCS 3.0 – Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

Join us for the SEMHIMA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting! Sessions include: 1) CDI: An HIM Point of View; 2) Compliance Auditing for HIM; 3) “What Opportunities are there for Coders? Let me tell you about the Vendor World”; and 4) From Coder to Product Designer – A non-traditional career pathway.

Join the Triangle Region of NCHIMA and Amy Bechtol to deepen your understanding of the hot topic of "Emotional Intelligence."

This webinar will combine lecture with a case-study based workshop that introduces I.T. and Cybersecurity Professionals to the principles, structure and practical implementation guide for Cybersecurity standards and frameworks. It includes standards, methodology, review and audit techniques implementation and operations of cybersecurity standards. The class also touches similarities and differences in Cybersecurity standards for IT security and Privacy based on General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).

Join us for this webinar on: 1) COVID-19: Where Are We Now? What’s New?; 2) Gastroenterology Coding: Beyond the Scope; 3) Obesity-Types, Causes, Consequences, Treatments & Preventive Measures.

NHHIMA is excited to announce that nationally-renowned speaker and educator Lynn Kuehn will be presenting on upcoming ICD-10-CM and -PCS changes.

1) ICD-10-CM Code Updates; 2) ICD-10-PCS Code Updates; 3) IPPS & MS-DRG Updates

The webinar will cover how to correctly apply CPT codes for common breast procedures. Our presenters will review CPT® Coding Guidelines, procedure description as well as indications and breast procedures. The webinar will include breast biopsy, mastectomy, breast reconstructive procedures, and more. Leigh and Srivalli will utilize operative report scenarios for these CPT breast procedures.

Review of MN Omnibus bill which was passed by the MN State Legislature.

The proposed rules have advantages for patients and for providers. This presentation will discuss the proposed rule and its implications if they go into effect as they are currently written. How will this impact your rights and what additional training will be needed to adhere to the changes? This will be modified to meet the most current news after the comment period.

Join us for our August 2021 Virtual Meeting! 1) Welcome and Introduction from Stacy Hartstine, RHIT, CCS, HAHIMA President Elect; 2) Compliance with PACT Rule-Discharge Status & ongoing Scrutiny; 3) Exhibitors Update and Introduction; 4) HAHIMA District IX Update; 5) Information Blocking; 6) HIM Data Integrity; 7) Managing Insider Threats: Collaborating with Business Associates to Reduce Risk During COVID-10 and After.

This roundtable covers the most critical CPT coding and documentation areas for pain management specialists. We will review CPT® Coding Guidelines, procedure description as well as indications and anatomy of each specific nerve injection. Please join us for this fun and exciting learning experience!

Join us for the on-demand AzHIMA/AzACDIS Coding Roundtable. Sessions Include: 1) New IPPS Rule and ICD-10 Codes for 2022;
2) CDI Program Advancement & the State of the CDI Industry; 3) Denials: Why Should You Care?; and 4) ICD-10-CM Oncological Outline – Solid Tumors vs. Liquid Cancers

Here are the objectives of the session: 1) Identify attributes of a leader. 2) Understand your personal goals of leader versus manager. 3)Be aware it is easy to move from leader to manager. 4) Identify the tools you need to become a leader.

Please join Marie Paul, RHIA, CCS as she presents Obstetrics and Newborns Coding with ease.

Sessions Include: 1) Accessing Patients’ Clinical Data for Improved Care Coordination via NC HealthConnex, the State’s Designated Health Information Exchange; 2) HIPAA Policy and Enforcement Updates; 3) HIM Data Analysis and Reporting; 4) Leadership Panel Discussion: COVID’s impact on HIM….and the Future Landscape Post-Pandemic; 5) Lessons Learned from Recent OCR Enforcement of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules; and 6) Membership Update: Opt-In/Opt-Out

The Who, What, and Where of the NCCI Policy Manual and Coding Edits. Ensuring you aren’t subjecting your organization to inaccurate financial penalties by bypassing the wrong coding edits.

Coders are often stumped on whether a historical medical condition is still present vs. totally cured. Whether a current ICD-10-CM code is assigned vs. a historical code affects reimbursement as well as patient liability, so coders strive to get it right.

Health Literacy is important for clinicians and ancillary staff to understand to better care for patients to ensure they know about their condition and the treatment recommended and are able to comply with provider suggestions.

Join us for the 2021 WPHIMA Virtual Annual Meeting! You will have access to live as well as recorded webinar sessions offering up to 7.0 CEU hours.

MdHIMA and MdACDIS are partnering with the Maryland HSCRC to bring you the annual program updates for FY22. The session will provide an overall update that will include COVID-19. The session will help attendees build a better understanding of specifically program changes between FY21 and FY22 for Quality, RVUs, ECMADs, and Case Mix. The session will also conclude with a presentation on social determinants of health.

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! 

Practices and hospitals are employing more advanced practice providers to meet the growing healthcare needs—but they often do not understand the coding, billing, and supervision requirements.

Sessions include: 1) Look at you doing “Leader-y” stuff! ; 2) HIM Data Analysis and Reporting; 3)Texas State- HIM Update; and 4) Presentation by Dr. Danette Myers

This webinar will cover modifiers and the session will help attendees build a better understanding of specifically how the modifiers should be utilized. Emphasis will be placed on the more confusing modifiers, such as: X modifiers, 59, 76, 77, 78, and 79. A review of the CPT technical corrections released March 2021 will be covered in the second hour. Specifically we will review updates to 1) time based visits 2) Medical decision making (tests) 3) Level of risk and 4) Defined "risk".

Join us for a Back to the Basics: Significance of Information in Our Daily Lives with Kim Spencer, BBA, CHPS, CHCO, PI, - EMI Imaging.

Sponsored by: Coding & Billing Solutions, DeVry, e4, and Intellis. Topics include: 1) Playing to Win: How to Engage Physicians in CDI; 2) Achieving Outsized Impact from Clinical Documentation Improvement; 3) What Opportunities are Hiding in Your Coded Data? Unexpected Insights from Coding Validations; 4) $10 Million Women in Technology Scholarship; 5) and more…!

Humor for the Health of it presented by Dr. April Martin. We hope you will enjoy this presentation and have a good laugh.

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.

Sessions include: 1) Understanding Diabetes Classifications; 2) Updates in Cancer Screening; 3) Cryoneurolysis and The Vertiflex Procedure; 4) Low Back Pain: Its Causes, Treatment Options, and Coding Tips for Lumbar Surgery; and 5) Bipolar Disorders

This presentation is to provide information on useful tips and tricks in Coding Breast diagnosis and procedures in CPT and ICD-10 PCS.

Many people in all age groups have suffered the mental health impact of the pandemic. Join us to discuss strategies for coping and seeking help in these difficult times.

Please join us for our SILHIMA Quarterly meeting. This meeting will be for 3 CE and does include a SILHIMA business meeting. Sessions included 1) Patient Privacy; 2) ROI; 3) HIM Education; and 4) Living the Dream

This timely presentation delivers an update and overview of the most important healthcare privacy and security rules, guidance and regulatory changes, including but not limited to, HIPAA’s NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making), 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA synchronization and the 21st Century Cures Act; ONC (Office of the National Coordinator of Healthcare IT) and CMS Interoperability and Information Blocking rules which healthcare IT developers, providers and payers are all struggling to understand.

Join us for the April on-demand coding roundtable featuring, A Comprehensive Review of Alcohol and Substance Abuse and Dependency Coding, Verifying and Clarifying PSI/HAC, a Team Approach, and A Look At Childhood Disorders.

This session will discuss spinal fusion coding, which continues to be an area that many struggle with due to the complexity of coding these procedures and their confusing documentation.

Featuring: 1) Refocusing on My Wellbeing; 2) ICD 10 to 11: The Long Road Ahead; 3) Patient Access and Interoperability, Release of Information; and 4) E/M Updates

This session will explain which devices are the most vulnerable and why? What is the current information regarding legislation and initiatives, effective procedures and technical mitigations related to medical device vulnerabilities. How can Governance improve departmental collaboration and reduce the HDO’s risk exposure? What are the leading health systems doing to combat this threat?

Understand the coding rules concerning BMI, obesity, and morbid obesity
Learn who to involve on the front end, and how to do it, to make your medical record as “bullet proof” as possible
Discover successful strategies to compose winning appeals when the BMI and associated diagnosis are denied, even though you got it right.

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.

Discussion regarding the challenges facing Telemedicine Revenue Cycle Management such as the CMS regulations governing the structure and reimbursement of telemedicine visits and challenges for coding and clinical documentation.

Please join LHMHIMA for our 2021 1st quarter education opportunity. Webinar: OIG Work Plan Audits - What to Know

MdHIMA's March 2021 Quarterly Meeting features: 1) How to Stop Mid-Revenue Cycle Leakage; 2) Proactive & Reactive: How a Large National Health System Relied on Mobile Technology Before the Pandemic to Streamline and Simplify Query Workflow; 3) MDHIMA Quarterly Business Meeting; 4)  Utilization and Interpretation of Interactive Audit Management Dashboards, Detailed Scorecards and Benchmark Metrics; 5) Leveraging Computer-Assisted Coding for CDI, Coding & Quality; 6) Best Practices When Implementing Computer-Assisted Coding; 7) AI and CAPD: An Overview of the Technology and Proposed Benefits

This presentation covers the increasing trend of payer denials, clinical validation and topics that trigger payer denials.

Drug administration is one of the most common services provided in the outpatient setting. Experienced and novice outpatient facility coders alike continue to struggle with coding drug administration services.

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 session, we will discuss women's heart health, burns, and parenteral and enteral nutrition.

If you’ve felt frustrated by the limitations of traditional CDI metrics, a lack of interdepartmental collaboration, or unengaged providers, then this session is for you!

Come join Laura Shue MPA, CHDA, CPHIMS as shares her passion and knowledge in Analytics.

This Coding Educational Session is focusing on providing information regarding Covid-19 evolving coding guidelines. The session will walk through the history of coding guidelines, review AHIMA/AHA FAQ's issued, and specifically review coding of Covid-19 and Sepsis, Covid-19 and Syndrome (sequela) conditions along with exposure/screening and other examples.

Presenters at this session will discuss spinal fusion coding, which continues to be an area that many struggle with due to the complexity of coding these procedures and their confusing documentation. An understanding of spinal anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, and surgical descriptions included in operative reports is required to achieve correct coding assignment for spinal fusions. We will review both ICD-10-PCS and CPT spinal fusion codes.

Most hospitals and health systems have invested in Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs in the inpatient setting, now migrating to the outpatient arena. Most recently the professional associations representing the CDI profession have elected to change the name from Clinical Documentation Improvement to Clinical Documentation Integrity. With the name change to Clinical Documentation Integrity, current CDI processes must adapt to actually make headway in achieving real measurable meaningful sustainable integrity in physician documentation that supports both quality of care as well as hospital optimal net patient revenue with preservation. The word “Integrity” in CDI requires CDI to recognize the medical record as a Communication Tool versus a Reimbursement Tool.

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

This presentation seeks to guide the learner through the impact of capturing hierarchical condition category (HCC) throughout the patient care continuum.

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

This presentation will offer the latest on changes to HIPAA, Information Blocking / Interoperability and Patient Access and how they impact HIM. Also looking at the myriads of privacy and security laws that require compliance and implementation.

Sessions include: 1) Foundations of Lean for Healthcare –Six Sigma; 2) Lean Basics –Voice of the Customer and Reducing Waste DMAIC Method & Importance of a Charter; 3) Return on Investment; 4) Reporting Out and 5) Lean Certification

Learning objectives include: 1) Understand common denial rationale; 2) Recognize the differences between coding and clinical denials for AKI/ATN and pneumonia and 3) Discover successful strategies to compose winning appeals when the AKI/ATN or pneumonia diagnosis is denied, even though you got it right.

Objectives include: 1) Review best practices related to telehealth coding; 2) Identify documentation requirements for use of the telehealth codes; 3) Review of 2021 E/M Coding Changes & Medicare Telemedicine Updates, and 4) Review best practices for auditing and monitoring telemedicine coding and documentation.

- OIG Findings - Identify non-compliant risk factors - Identify opportunities for compliance improvement - Learn about broader approaches to maintaining compliance

Topics include: 1) Office Visit Evaluation and Management (E/M)- What is Changing in 2021?; 2) Diabetes Coding - Back to the Basics; and 3) Clinical Indicators

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.

Learn about new career opportunities for coders and billers that are outside the box. We will discuss positions that are not normally considered as well as review job requirements and education opportunities.

This webinar will offer information on the goal of population health, data sources that can be leveraged, analytical methods to support evaluation, and the role of HIM with these initiatives. At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will have a better understanding on how they can use data to effectively support population health efforts.

At all levels of health care leadership and practice, people who are trained in key Lean principles are better prepared to help transform their practices during a time of crisis when agility and optimization are mission critical.

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.

Session topics include:  1) It’s Not Just About HIPAA Anymore; Hot Topics and Current Trends; 2) Federal Court Rulings and OCR Fines – Tips on Supporting Patient Right of Access; 3) Electronic Documentation Templates – Year-Round Reviews and Revisions to Comply with Coding Guideline Updates and 4) The Symbolic Relationship Between HIM and Health Informatics

Join us to review the opportunities and promise of the ability to truly share medical records, data validity as it crosses organizations, and the impact information blocking will have on interoperability in the future.

Topics include:  1) Covid-19 Virus: Myths & Truths; 2) 21st Century Cures Act: Information Blocking & HIPAA; 3) Record Organization and Document Delivery; 4) Telehealth Auditing; and 5) Major Changes for Physician OP E&M Services in January 2021! What is the impact?

This presentation will provide the attendee an understanding of the COVID/Influenza Guidelines, recognize Clinical Indicators, improve documentation, and give some tips for querying. We will also provide scenario examples.

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

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.

Join us for our Winter Virtual Quarterly Meeting! Topics include:  1) Navigating in the New World with Telemedicine after Covid-19, 2) ICD-10-PCS Root Operations Breaking Down Op Notes, and 3) HIPAATrek

CDI professionals who wish to advance their knowledge and skill sets in defining documentation integrity, working with physicians as true colleagues and partners in achieving clinical documentation excellence, helping physicians work smarter not harder by becoming proficient in effective methodologies of charting in the record by applying principles of E & M documentation, will want to make it a point to register for this webinar.

The Louisiana Health Information Management Association (LHIMA) will host a webinar in support of AHIMA's patient matching and identification initiative.

This session will cover 1) How to be a Remarkable Leader in a Virtual Workplace and 2) The Complaint Free HIM Department

Topics include: 1)HIM to Diversity & Inclusion; 2) Artificial Intelligence in HIM and the Impact on Roles and Responsibilities of HIM Professionals; 3) Telehealth Guidelines During COVID-19; 4) 2021 E/M Changes; 5) Information Blocking and HIPAA: Road to Compliance; 6) HIM Workforce Training: Developing an Engaged Team; 7) Diversity of CDI Professionals is Vital to the Evolution of CDI; 8) FY2021 IPPS and How it Impacts Quality; and 9) Security – Rethinking Cyber-Security for the Post-Pandemic Workplace

Selena will discuss the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, how the rules apply to healthcare entities, and Privacy/HIPAA Officer Roles and Responsibilities.

Whether by the U.S. Congress or the Mississippi Legislature, there are many rules and regulations in place clearly defining the working relationship between Mississippi healthcare providers and health insurers. But one aspect of the relationship that is unregulated is the issue of what constitutes medically necessary care for purposes of health insurance reimbursement.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was a means to an end. It contained all the facets of a desirable service for both patients and providers: scalability, convenience, ease of use, optimization. What it lacked: awareness and buy-in. Fast forward to March 2020, and telemedicine went from healthcare obscurity to a household name — if you didn’t know about it then, you do now. This presentation aims to capture that story of the landscape leading up to the pandemic, the tipping point, and what telemedicine may look like in the future as we continue to learn from this drastic shift in care delivery across all specialties in such a short period of time.

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.

Learn the differences between inpatient hospital and inpatient rehab facility coding and documentation. How you determine your Principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, episode of care, and procedures codes are not the same as for an inpatient hospitalization. Learn what an IRF-PAI is, what it represents, how to complete one, correctly; and the impact this can have on your revenue.

Successfully Appealing Clinical Validation and Coding Issues in Encephalopathy

Join veteran educator and HIM professional Rebecca Harmon MPM RHIA CCA for 2 one-hour sessions on Contact Tracing and earn up to 5 CEUs while you learn about this important work in collecting and compiling health information in support of Public Health. Earn 2 CEUs for class/hour participation and up to 5 CEUs should you complete the ancillary work assignments.

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

Sessions include E/M Changes in 2021; Clinical Validation; Look at you doing “Leader-y” stuff!; New Paradigm: Managing and Preventing Denials in a Clinically-Driven Revenue Cycle

Session topics include: Artificial Intelligence: innovative, Technologies, Disrupting Healthcare; Patient Identification and Matching: Enhancing Data Integrity & Patient Safety; Telehealth Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Join the House of HI and Build AHIMA’s and Your Future; Professional Ethics and Clinical Terminology: Expanding Career Pathways for HIM Professionals

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.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has proven to be an important technology for the automation of manual processes. Hospitals are implementing RPA to respond to the challenging environment that currently exists in health care.

This session will highlight the reasons why a data analytics program is needed in every individual department of healthcare.

Learn more about why population health was developed and some results to date of various programs. See how documentation plays a part in population health.

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

This session will cover the evolution of digital content and how content management tools can bridge the gap to provide timely access, process automation, and efficiency to content across the healthcare enterprise.

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.

This session will cover 1) VA Coding Guidelines: Smoking Differentials (Smoking History vs Tobacco Abuse vs Dependence) and 2)Navigating The Latest Telehealth Rules

AZHIMA Joint Coding Roundtable with the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (AzACDIS).  We will be covering more on the revenue cycle, HCC reporting, excellence in coding, and career ladders.

E&M Updates, Quality Issues, and Social Determinants

This presentation will cover issues for small hospitals.

The Alaska Health Care Fraud Task Force is a partnership of local, state, federal, and private agencies focused on the investigation of health care fraud, waste, and abuse in Alaska or affecting Alaskan interests.

Learn about SDOH with Neil Kinard

Coronavirus and COVID-19 – What’s Next; The Itchy Flakes of Psoriasis; and Common Emergency Department Procedures: From Head to Toe

Four Part Webinar Series

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

With the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, hear from experts in the industry on how they managed through the challenges within revenue cycle and health information management functions to maintain and improve, outcomes, and financial performance.

The dynamics of coding audits has shifted since ICD-10.

Empowering you to create good nutrition habits

Introduction to Data Analytics; Describing Data; and Hypothesis Testing

This webinar includes 4 continuing educations hours.

By attending this highly informative and thought-provoking session, participants will gain the practical mindset to recognize the strategies and tactics necessary to begin playing the same “game” and with the same rules being used by the payers, better insuring the survival of their facilities, their jobs, and sometimes even the lives of their patients.

This presentation engages attendees in an essential conversation regarding nefarious attorney behavior and the misuse of patient-directed record requests.

Virtual Vendor Showcase, The Value of a Complete Quality Auditing Program, and Coding Roundtable

This session will discuss how recent compliance changes will impact how we code, document, bill, and deliver care in 2021.

Learn from HIM leaders as they share personal stories and insight about being a leader in the HIM environment.