HIM/HIPAA

Stacey Sexton, RHIA, explains how HIM professionals' roles are evolving and details how they can bridge the gap between clinical care and advanced analytics.

Review strategies, workflow adjustments, and proactive measures by HIM professionals to combat denials.

Darice Grzybowski, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, explains why organizations must understand how to effectively capture data in any medium.

Learn what data CMS is collecting for the new acute kidney injury (AKI) electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM).

Analyze the distinctions between physician queries and clinical decision support (CDS) systems and learn how HIM professionals can use both.

Examine the decline of core HIM skills, the consequences of their erosion, and some steps leaders can take to restore them. 

Find out what HIM professionals need to know about updated HIPAA Right of Access guidance.

A recent case centered on the misuse of evaluation and management (E/M) codes in emergency department billing offers valuable insights for HIM professionals.

Analyze the clinical, diagnostic, and coding challenges associated with documenting substance use, abuse, and dependence.

Analyze how coding impacts preregistration, scheduling, coverage approvals, case management, and other revenue cycle functions.