June 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Medical Records Briefing catches up on computer-assisted coding (CAC) with Deloris ­Farthing, RHIA, CHDA, director of HIM for Hays (Kan.) Medical Center.
 

June 1, 2013
HIM Briefings
May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Editor's note: The commentary in this article was originally presented in the HCPro, Inc., February 7 audio conference, "The Pediatric Medical Record: Opportunities for Documentation Improvement." Learn more about the audio conference at http://tinyurl.com/bbh9yl5.

May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

At the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), questions on physician queries are never few and far between. Although AHIMA has published a couple briefs on the topic over the last decade, questions have still remained about how to implement a compliant and effective query process.

May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Editor's note: Medical Records Briefing (MRB) catches up this month with Monica Pappas, RHIA, president of MPA ­Consulting in Long Beach, Calif., and an MRB advisory board member, to discuss physician queries.

May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

The Joint Commission recently introduced the Focused Standards Assessment (FSA) tool and the risk icon (R) to identify:

May 1, 2013
HIM Briefings
April 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

What better time to gauge HIPAA compliance than now with the January publishing of HHS' major HIPAA omnibus final rule.

April 1, 2013
HIM Briefings
April 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

If the October 1, 2014, implementation date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is not altered by the time this is published, there will be 18 months left until the transition.

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