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Happy New Year To All of You For 2016!
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A message from CHIA President Deborah Collier, RHIA:
I hope the New Year is off to a great beginning for everyone. The New Year usually motivates reflections on the past year and defining goals or resolutions for the New Year. It is good to look back while planning to move ahead and think about what this year may reveal. The CHIA Board of Directors accomplished several milestones last year including a smooth selection process and transition to new CHIA CEO/Executive Director, Sharon Lewis, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, FAHIMA, CPHQ. The Board ended last year with great progress in fine tuning our strategic goals and operational plans. The Board will continue with the next phases of this process this year. The next Board meeting is January 30, 2016. As always, we welcome your suggestions and questions. Likewise, you can also network with and inform your local leaders about any questions you have or suggestions for them to share on your behalf during the CLA Leadership Forum scheduled for January 28th. Be sure to stay connected and informed for updates by checking the CHIA website and the weekly CHIA Bulletin.
On behalf of the CHIA Board of Directors and Executive Office Staff, I am confident we will have an exciting year as we anticipate and prepare for great plans to meet the needs of our members and drive professional growth. I encourage everyone to think of what or how they would like to contribute toward the CHIA Board's efforts to continue the momentum in 2016. Honoring continuous improvement principles and teamwork, we will achieve another successful year.
The Success of Teamwork.....
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is a progress.
Working together is a success.
- Henry Ford -
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Drive Your Professional Growth with These Upcoming Events
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Visit the Events Calendar to learn more and register for these exciting upcoming events.
Change Management, Patient Portal and Role of HIM to Help Achieve Customer Satisfaction
Wednesday, Jan 20 - LIVE Webinar
This detailed Webinar will cover: Overview of evolving changes in healthcare, Understanding the definition of effective change management, Overview of change management tools, The five elements of the ADKAR model and How the ADKAR assessment model can be used for change management specific to HIM.
RHIA/RHIT Exam Prep
Saturday, Jan 16 - San Diego
Saturday, Jan 23 - Santa Clara
This interactive one-day seminar is designed to strengthen and reinforce competencies needed to prepare you for the RHIA or RHIT Certification Exam. The prep focuses on key content areas: Documentation Management, Compliance, Revenue Cycle, Statistics, Systems, Quality Management, and Legal Concepts.
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CCHIIM Extends ICD-10 CEU Reporting Requirement
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CCHIIM has extended the deadline to earn and record the required number of ICD-10 CEUs for RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCA, CCS-P, and CHPS holders to March 31, 2016. As required by the current policy, holders of these credentials will be placed in an inactive status on their original deadline date of either December 31, 2015 or January 31, 2016, but will still be able to earn and report CEUs until March 31, 2016 and avoid credentials being revoked until this extension date.
If you have any questions, please review AHIMA's FAQ document and additional resources or contact AHIMA at [email protected]
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Learn on demand with CHIA's Webinar on Demands. This e-learning resource is
tailored to meet your needs and lets you learn and earn CEUs at your convenience.
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Join AHIMA's Health Safety Identifiers Campaign in March
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Starting March 20, AHIMA's members will take the lead in petitioning the federal government to lift the ban on activities that support unique health safety identifiers for patients-a core component of providing access to data and quality care. That day will kick off a petition requesting federal resources be made available to work with private groups, like AHIMA, on this important patient safety issue. We will have 30 days to capture 100,000 patient signatures on the electronic White House petition site. You can begin to familiarize yourself with that site now, at petitions.whitehouse.gov.
Following this campaign's kick-off, State Advocacy Leaders will get a progress update at the Advocacy Leadership Symposium and Hill Day, April 4-5 in Washington, DC.
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2016 Brings Modifications to HIPAA Privacy Rule
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On January 4, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Department (HHS) modified the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to permit certain covered entities to disclose to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the identities of those individuals who, for specific mental health reasons, are prohibited by Federal law from having a firearm. Read more about the final ruling here.
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Sat, January 16 - San Diego
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Sat, January 23 - Santa Clara
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Change Management, Patient Portal and Role of HIM to Help Achieve Customer Satisfaction
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Wed, January 20 - LIVE Webinar
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The Transition of Enterprise-Wide CDI Programs in the Industry
and Their Importance
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Tues, February 2 - LIVE Webinar
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Computer Assisted Coding: The Roadmap to a Successful Implementation
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Wed, February 10 - LIVE Webinar
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ICD-10 Series - Disease of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
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Tues, February 23 - LIVE Webinar
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Basic Vascular Coding an Integral component of Interventional Radiology
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Wed, February 24 - Ontario
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Thurs, February 25 - Pleasanton
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