CHIA Nominating Committee Announces 2019 Ballot
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The CHIA Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the 2019 CHIA Ballot. The CHIA election and online voting will begin on January 14, 2019 and close January 25, 2019. Check out the January-February
CHIA Journal
and upcoming email 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.
Present-elect Candidates
Roberta Baranda, MS, RHIA, CHP (SHIA)
Melany Merryman, MSL, RHIA, CRCR (IAHIA)
Director Candidates
Sally Gibbs, RHIA, CCS (SVHIA)
Vickie Skidmore, RHIA, IGP (SHIA)
Vivian Thomas, RHIA, CHDA, CHPS, CHPQ (GOCHIA)
Svetlana Woersching, RHIA, CCS, CPC (SDHIA)
AHIMA Delegate Candidates
Liz Duggan Graham, RHIT, CCS (NCHIA)
Shirley Lewis, DPA, RHIA, CCS, CHC (SCHIA)
Thank you also to the CHIA Nominating Committee for your work preparing the CHIA ballot. Chair: Deborah Collier; Board Liaison: Nancy Andersen; Members: Ashley Baker; Jacqueline Bloink; Kamar Braish; Rebecca Clark; Linda Dietz; Steve Kim; Monica Leisch; Krista McComb; Pattie Small; Monica Thurston; and Anafrancia Tordilla.
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CHIA Awards and Scholarship Program Opportunities
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The CHIA Awards and Scholarship Fund offers CHIA Student and Active members, and California’s CAHIIM-accredited programs a variety of scholarships, awards, and grants. The purpose of these programs is to promote the importance of HIM professional credentials, strengthen the HIM profession, promote the value of AHIMA and CHIA membership, identify and engage future leaders, and support HIM-related research.
- Student Scholarships
- Certification Exam Fee Reimbursement Program - New Exams Offered
- Foundation for Active Member Education (FAME) Scholarship
- HIIM Program Grants
- Research Support Awards - New Opportunity
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Beverly Hills Health IT Summit - Only 8 Days Left
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November 8-9, 2018 | Beverly Hills, CA
CHIA is partnering with the Beverly Hills HIT Summit to offer
complimentary and discounted passes.
At the upcoming Health IT Summit, Taylor Davis, Vice President of Strategy and Development at KLAS will lead an in-depth discussion on KLAS' research work on acute and ambulatory EMR usability. Taylor will provide findings from KLAS' recent research and participate on an in-depth panel discussion on EMR usability. Attendees will also receive a copy digital summary of KLAS' most recent EMR usability report.
Healthcare Providers: Register with code CHIACOMP for your complimentary pass
Vendors: Register with code CHIA50 to receive 50% off registration
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Love to Write? Earn CEUs with an Article in the
CHIA Journal
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CHIA is looking for articles on a variety of timely educational topics that represent the depth and breadth of HIM roles and interests, and can include tips, strategies, techniques, case-studies, opinions and commentary to be included in the peer-reviewed
CHIA Journal.
CHIA encourages members, Corporate Partners, educators, and HIM professionals to submit articles and share their knowledge with CHIA readers.
Publishing original material relevant to HIM in the
CHIA Journal
is a qualifying activity and authors may earn two continuing education credits.
Learn more or submit a article here.
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RN Link's CDI Specialist Training Course in December
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December 8-9, 2018 | Glendale, CA
Are you a coding professional interested in learning about clinical documentation improvement (CDI)? Are you a retired nurse or a nurse who wants to explore other career options? There are enormous needs in the health care industry to become a CDI Specialist where you will assist physicians to accurately document how truly ill patients are with severity ratings. The trend nowadays is quality documentation and this course will teach you how to achieve this.
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Revisions to Previously Published Implementation Date for Recertification Cycle Revisions and CEU Reporting Domains
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The recertification timeline cycle changes and new CEU domains that were previously published to become effective on November 1, 2018 have been delayed by the Certification Department at AHIMA to ensure strategic alignment and an effective, error-free implementation. The previously published information was approved by the Commission on Certification of Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM) and allowed for an individual to report in the CEU Center (starting on 11/1/2018) using either the new domains or under the existing domains until 12/31/2019. The revised plan will be to use only the new domains starting on 1/1/2020.
Additional communications will be distributed throughout the year leading up to the 1/1/2020 implementation date.
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PEPPER for the HIM Professional
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TMF Health Quality Institute is contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop, produce and disseminate provider-specific comparative data reports, referred to as the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER. PEPPER summarizes one provider’s Medicare claims data statistics for areas that have been identified as at higher risk for improper Medicare payments. Providers can use the PEPPER to identify where they may be at higher risk for improper payments so they can consider their statistics and whether they should take any action, such as reviewing a sample of records to ensure care provided was necessary and that documentation supports the diagnosis codes and services billed.
TMF Health Quality Institute would like to encourage providers to
access this free comparative billing report
and utilize it as a tool to support their auditing and monitoring efforts.
Learn more about PEPPER here
and for more information on sample reports, user’s guides, recorded training sessions and national-level comparative data.
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New Joint Commission Advisory on Accurate Patient Identification
The Joint Commission; Oct 2, 2018
Patient identification occurs every time a health care professional has a conversation with a patient and any time information about a patient is recorded or assessed. Because this process is universal, it is fraught with risk for wrong-patient errors that can lead to delays in treatment or providing treatment to the wrong patient.
Preventing wrong patient errors is the focus of a new advisory from The Joint Commission. Quick Safety, Issue 45: “People, processes, health IT and accurate patient identification” provides recommendations for health care professionals to consider when relying on human and/or technology factors to identify a patient. Errors caused by both relate to distractions, time constraints, fatigue, display issues, refresh times, down times, communication issues, use of aliases, non-distinct temporary names and staff workarounds.
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Market Saturation and Utilization Data Tool
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Oct 28, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a Market Saturation and Utilization Data Tool that includes interactive maps and a dataset that shows national-, state-, and county-level provider services and utilization data for selected health service areas. Market saturation, in the present context, refers to the density of providers of a particular service within a defined geographic area relative to the number of the beneficiaries receiving that service in the area.
The eighth release of the data tool includes a quarterly update of the data to the sixteen health services areas from release 7, and also includes Preventive Health Services data. Release 8 also includes two additional reference periods, and will therefore include nine, twelve-month reference periods and the following health service areas: Home Health, Ambulance (Emergency, Non-Emergency, Emergency & Non-Emergency), Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (Part A and Part B), Skilled Nursing Facilities, Hospice, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Clinical Laboratory (Billing Independently), Long-Term Care Hospitals, Chiropractic Services, Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, Psychotherapy, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Ophthalmology, and Preventive Health Services.
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HHS Announces the Official Opening of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Oct 30, 2018
On Monday, October 29, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Eric Hargan, announced the official dedication of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) at an official opening ceremony in the Hubert H. Humphrey building. As part of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and in coordination with the Administration’s rollout of the National Cyber Strategy, the opening underscores HHS’ commitment to support and improve the health sector’s cybersecurity defenses
The U.S. Government recognizes the importance of protecting America against cyber attacks, reaffirming in the most recent National Cyber Strategy that protecting American information networks is vital to protecting the American way of life. The Administration has designated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the lead organization to combat these threats and develop preventive strategies across the entire economy, with HHS given the role to focus cybersecurity support on information sharing within the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector.
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Confidentiality and the ROI in California
Wednesday, November 14 - Garden Grove
Thursday, November 15 - Dublin
HIE Efforts
Wednesday, November 28 - Live Webinar
CPT Update, Risk Adjustment, and Outpatient CDI: What's the Connection?
Tuesday, December 11 - Concord
Wednesday, December 12 - Glendale
Federal & State Telehealth Policy Updates
Wednesday, December 12 - Live Webinar
ICD-10-CM Basics & Fundamentals - Part 2
Tuesday, January 15 - Garden Grove
Thursday, January 17 - Dublin
Governance: The Key to Unlocking the Power of Information
Friday, January 18 - Live Webinar
Best Practices for Implementing the IG Adoption Model
Wednesday, January 23 - Live Webinar
EHR User Symposium
Tuesday, January 29 - San Diego
Thursday, January 31 - Sacramento
CHIA Convention & Exhibit
June 8 - 12, 2019 - Indian Wells
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