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CHIA Nominating Committee Announces 2018 Ballot
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The CHIA Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the 2018 CHIA Ballot. Online voting will begin January 8 and close January 26, 2018. Check out the January-February
CHIA Journal and upcoming emailed bulletins for complete election details.
Congratulations to all of these ballot candidates, and a sincere thank you to those who volunteered and offered their name for consideration. CHIA and the HIM profession are stronger with the leadership of our valuable members.
President-elect Candidates
Nancy Andersen, MS, RHIA, CCS (NCHIA)
Roberta Baranda, MS, RHIA, CHP (SHIA)
Director Candidates
Liz Duggan Graham, RHIT, CCS (NCHIA)
April Morris, RHIT, CHDA (SCHIA)
Diane Premeau, RHIA, RHIT, CHP (NCHIA)
Larry Smith, RHIT (SCHIA)
AHIMA Delegate Candidates
Kamar Braish, RHIT (GOCHIA)
Marie Conde, MPA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA (NCHIA)
Sandy Hames, RHIA, CHP (NCHIA)
Thank you also to the CHIA Nominating Committee for your work preparing the CHIA ballot. Chair: Shirley Lewis; Board Liaison: Maria Alizondo; Members: Adrienne Beauvois, Rebecca Clark, Linda Dietz, Joanne Hewitt, Mary Jo Jenkins, Monica Leisch, Krista McComb, Tabitha West, and Kathleen Witte.
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Thank You to All For a Successful AHIMACon17
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On behalf of Brian Faust, MLS, RHIA, CHIA President; the CHIA Board of Directors; Debi Primeau, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, Volunteer Coordinator; Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, AHIMA Program Committee Chair; and the CHIA Staff, thank you to all who volunteered and supported CHIA at the 2017 AHIMA Convention.
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Thank you to the 130+ volunteers who gave of their time and talent to serve as Volunteers and Presiders. We enjoyed seeing you in CHIA’s Hospitality Suite and want to thank you again for making a world of difference for CHIA. We couldn’t have done it without you.
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And thank you to these HIM Sponsors for supporting the CHIA Hospitality Suite. Your contributions helped CHIA give away 27 prize drawings to lucky winners!
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2018 CHIA Convention & Exhibit Proposals due this Friday
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CHIA is currently accepting presentation proposals for #CHIACon18 being held in San Diego, California on June 2 - June 6. This the most popular HIM event on the West Coast and includes more than 30 educational sessions and several pre-convention tutorials. With hundreds of HIM professionals in attendance, this is a presenting opportunity you don’t want to miss.
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Learn from Lynn LIVE! ICD-10-PCS Update - Get 5% Off
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October 19, 2017, Irvine (Costa Mesa), CA | 6 CEUs
FY2018 is another record year for changes to the ICD-10-PCS code set. Don’t miss this opportunity for live, hands-on training with nationally recognized ICD-10-PCS trainer, Lynn Kuehn. With guideline additions and changes, body part additions and revisions, new device technology additions and added approaches, the code set continues to grow and many procedures require a review. This face-to-face, instructor-led training program incorporates these changes into case studies for applied learning and describes the rationale for the changes. Attend to get your questions answered.
California Residents: Get a special 5% discount! Simply enter coupon code
CHIA
at checkout.
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Beverly Hills Health IT Summit November 9-10, 2017
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Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills | 8.5 CE credits
Join top executives, physicians, practice management and IT decision makers from North America’s leading provider organizations and physician practices in Beverly Hills, CA for a two-day executive Health IT Summit. We've developed a concise program where leading healthcare thought leaders interact with their fellow executives and solution providers to discuss the latest strategies and tactics to address a wide range of issues and topics, including: data security, population health, data analytics, accountable care, telemedicine, and more. This exclusive, high-level program is a great opportunity to stay ahead of the challenges we all face and to network with other healthcare leaders and colleagues.
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ONC Head Talks Interoperability; Boxer and Gingrich Debate Healthcare
AHIMA Today; Oct 10, 2017
For Donald Rucker, MD, the new national coordinator for health information technology (HIT), it's an auspicious time to be in the job. "We have created so much information in healthcare, it's just stunning," he said during Monday's general session, "and it's not stopping." Rucker described the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's two areas of focus: usability of systems and interoperability.
Also at yesterday's general session, former legislators Barbara Boxer and Newt Gingrich staked out both separate territory and common ground on a variety of healthcare topics, including 21st Century Cures Act and the Affordable Care Act.
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EHR Satisfaction Survey 2017: After Years of Frustrations, User Wish-List Turns Positive
Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News; Oct 9, 2017
In our third annual Healthcare IT News EHR Satisfaction Survey we asked hospital leaders, IT professionals and clinicians to rate their inpatient electronic health records systems. Their answers are illustrative of the hopes and frustrations of the folks on the front lines, for whom EHRs have become an intrinsic and indispensable part of their work.
Questions included: How satisfied are you with the features of your EHR? What do you like best about the software? What would you change? How do you rate user interface and experience? How is its interoperability with other systems, and with medical devices? Security? Modularity? Vendor support services?
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MACRA 2018 Final Rule Coming as MedPAC Proposes MIPS Repeal
Rajiv Leventhal for Healthcare Informatics; Oct 10, 2017
As the industry awaits MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule for 2018, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said during a meeting last week that MIPS, one of the program’s payment tracks, should be repealed.
MedPAC, a Congressional agency that provides policy and technical advice to Congress on healthcare issues, recommended back in June that MIPS (the Merit-based Incentive Payment System) should be redesigned. It said at the time that MIPS, as presently designed, “is unlikely to help beneficiaries choose clinicians, help clinicians change practice patterns to improve value, or help the Medicare program.” The current set of MIPS quality measures could be eliminated and replaced with a smaller set of population-based outcome measures, MedPAC said in that briefing to Congress. The report further noted, “The proposed outcome measures would be calculated from claims or surveys, and thus would not require burdensome clinician reporting.”
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Confidentiality: Protecting & Releasing Health Information in California
Wednesday, November 15 - Garden Grove
Thursday, November 16 - Dublin
Unbundling the Madness: CPT Updates, E&M Codes and OP CDI Processes
Tuesday, December 5 – Irvine
Wednesday, December 6 – Sacramento
Two-Day Advanced ICD-10 PCS/CM Coding Workshop
February 2018 – Southern CA Location TBD
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