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In this edition of Cancer Registry World, Betsy Johnson, Founder and CEO of HIMpros joins Dr. Rick Greene to share her insights on achieving excellence in cancer registry work and her perspective on the evolving role of technology in supporting registries and the ODS community. Johnson, a dynamic leader in healthcare staffing and information management, brings more than 15 years of industry experience. She is actively engaged in several national professional organizations, including those focused on cancer and trauma registries, AHIMA, and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Tune in and be inspired by her vision for the future.
In this bonus episode of HIPcast, Shannan and Seth discuss the 2025 HIP Week and the AHIMA Awards. We encourage all HIPcast listeners to consider an HI Professional to nominate for an AHIMA or Component State award. Happy HIP Week to all of our HIPcast listeners. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.Resources:https://hipweek.ahima.org/https://hipweek.ahima.org/media/ynrjqbyc/2025-hip-week-toolkit-2.pdfhttps://www.ahima.org/who-we-are/triumph-awards/HIPcast brought to you by Enterprise Social RecordShow Sponsor:SolarityTravis Atchley – Tatchley@solarityhealth.comLearn more at https://solarityhealth.com/
In this episode of HIPcast, Ann Nowlin, provides her experience as the Executive Director for seven Component Associations of AHIMA. Ann shares her passion for volunteering within the HI Profession encouraging all to build your HI community through your state association. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.HIPcast brought to you by Enterprise Social RecordShow Sponsor:SolarityTravis Atchley – Tatchley@solarityhealth.comLearn more at https://solarityhealth.com/
In Part 2 of this two-part series, we continue the conversation about how Manifest MedEx ensures seamless data sharing across diverse healthcare providers, including opioid treatment and mental health services, while adhering to strict privacy and security standards such as HIPAA. We explore successful integration examples that have aided in combating the opioid crisis, discuss the significant challenges of achieving interoperability between different EHR systems, and examine the strategies Manifest MedEx has employed to overcome these obstacles and improve care coordination.MODERATOR: Bill Cioffi, MPPA, CHCIO, ITIL Chief Information Officer, C10 Consulting Bill Cioffi is also an Advisor at StarBridge Advisors, LLC, and is a nationally recognized leader in health IT. With over 15 years of experience in healthcare IT management, Bill has served as CIO at CenCal Health and North Sonoma County Healthcare District, where he spearheaded strategic technology initiatives, EHR implementations, and IT infrastructure improvements.GUEST: Erica Galvez Chief Executive Officer, Manifest MedEx Erica Galvez is CEO of Manifest MedEx (MX), California's largest nonprofit health information organization, and has extensive experience in health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability. She has been with Manifest MedEx since 2017, previously serving as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff. She has been instrumental in guiding the organization's growth and expansion while ensuring MX delivers increasing value to participants. Erica has helped MX achieve a 500 percent increase in health records shared across the health data network. MX now shares information for 38 million Californians across more than 140+ hospitals, 17 health plans, and 2500+ ambulatory providers. Erica came to the HIE space through years of healthcare quality and patient safety research at The Joint Commission. Before joining MX, Erica led the HIE efforts at Aledade that tripled the company's hospital connectivity and evolved the use of health information to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and emergency department encounters. Prior to Aledade, she led the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's (ONC's) Interoperability Portfolio, held a leadership position as one of the directors of ONC's State HIE Program, and served as the program manager for AHIMA's State-Level HIE Consensus Project. GUEST: Josh Longiaru IT Director, United Services, Inc.As a champion for behavioral health and integrated care, Josh is passionate about advancing the conversation on interoperability and its critical role in transforming patient outcomes. With over 20 years' experience in leading innovative programs at United Services and fostering collaboration among healthcare providers, he is committed to bridging gaps between physical and behavioral health systems to foster comprehensive care solutions. His hope is to get to a point where everyone has access to integrated care models that prioritize the whole person, ensuring that stigma and barriers are eliminated so that every patient can access the compassionate support they deserve.
The desire for healthcare data has never been greater. This is true for healthcare organizations that want legitimate access to data. Hackers that want to breach healthcare data. Startups that want appropriate access to data and some who want to push the envelope of what data should be shared. Patients who want access to their health data. And everything in between. Plus, there's a complex maze of national and state laws which govern when and how healthcare data can and should be shared. One of the companies we've talked to over the years about ROI (Release of Information) and health data sharing is MRO. They've had decades of experience managing when and how health data should be shared. While at the AHIMA conference, I had a chance to dive deeper into this topic with MRO's Chief Product Officer, Mo Weitnauer Learn more about MRO: https://mrocorp.com/ Health IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/
S1E13: Host Adrienne Morrell, MRO's VP of Government Affairs is joined by AHIMA's Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, Lauren Riplinger, where they look ahead to 2025. In a post-election environment, they discuss what is potentially in store for health information management on the Hill as well as for AHIMA. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
Few people are better at demystifying the byzantine complexities of the American healthcare system than the former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Robert Pearl, MD. So what does Pearl make of Trump's nomination of RFK Jr for Secretary of Health and Human Services? Is this a thinly veiled excuse to go to war with the current American healthcare system? Or does RFK Jr really have the acuity to responsibly reform a system in desperate need of reinvention?For 18 years, ROBERT PEARL, MD served as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente). He is also former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. In these roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. He is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on healthcare strategy, technology, and leadership. Pearl is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, receiving his medical degree from Yale, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University. He's the author of three books: Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We're Usually Wrong, a Washington Post bestseller (2017); Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients, a Kirkus star recipient (2021); and his newest book ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine (April 2024). All profits from sales of his books go to Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Pearl is a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in healthcare and host of the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Medicine: The Truth. He publishes two monthly healthcare newsletters reaching 50,000+ combined subscribers. A frequent keynote speaker, Pearl has presented at The World Healthcare Congress, the Commonwealth Club, TEDx, HLTH, NCQA Quality Talks, the National Primary Care Transformation Summit, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and international conferences in Brazil, Australia, India, and beyond. Pearl's insights on generative AI in healthcare have been featured in Associated Press, USA Today, MSN, FOX Business, Forbes, Fast Company, WIRED, Global News, Modern Healthcare, Medscape, Medpage Today, AI in Healthcare, Doximity, Becker's Hospital Review, the Advisory Board, the Journal of AHIMA, and more.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe
In this podcast episode, we delve into how Manifest Medex ensures seamless data sharing across diverse healthcare providers, including opioid treatment and mental health services, while adhering to strict privacy and security standards such as HIPAA. We explore successful integration examples that have aided in combating the opioid crisis, discuss the significant challenges of achieving interoperability between different EHR systems, and examine the strategies Manifest Medex has employed to overcome these obstacles and improve care coordination. MODERATOR: Bill Cioffi, MPPA, CHCIO, ITIL Chief Information Officer, C10 Consulting Bill Cioffi is also an Advisor at StarBridge Advisors, LLC, and is a nationally recognized leader in health IT. With over 15 years of experience in healthcare IT management, Bill has served as CIO at CenCal Health and North Sonoma County Healthcare District, where he spearheaded strategic technology initiatives, EHR implementations, and IT infrastructure improvements. GUEST: Erica Galvez Chief Executive Officer, Manifest MedEx Erica Galvez is CEO of Manifest MedEx (MX), California's largest nonprofit health information organization, and has extensive experience in health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability. She has been with Manifest MedEx since 2017, previously serving as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff. She has been instrumental in guiding the organization's growth and expansion while ensuring MX delivers increasing value to participants. Erica has helped MX achieve a 500 percent increase in health records shared across the health data network. MX now shares information for 38 million Californians across more than 140+ hospitals, 17 health plans, and 2500+ ambulatory providers. Erica came to the HIE space through years of healthcare quality and patient safety research at The Joint Commission. Before joining MX, Erica led the HIE efforts at Aledade that tripled the company's hospital connectivity and evolved the use of health information to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and emergency department encounters. Prior to Aledade, she led the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's (ONC's) Interoperability Portfolio, held a leadership position as one of the directors of ONC's State HIE Program, and served as the program manager for AHIMA's State-Level HIE Consensus Project. GUEST: Josh Longiaru IT Director, United Services, Inc. As a champion for behavioral health and integrated care, Josh is passionate about advancing the conversation on interoperability and its critical role in transforming patient outcomes. With over 20 years' experience in leading innovative programs at United Services and fostering collaboration among healthcare providers, he is committed to bridging gaps between physical and behavioral health systems to foster comprehensive care solutions. His hope is to get to a point where everyone has access to integrated care models that prioritize the whole person, ensuring that stigma and barriers are eliminated so that every patient can access the compassionate support they deserve.
S1E12: Host Angela Rose recently moderated a panel of HIM experts at the AHIMA Annual Conference. Listen in to the live discussion about the path to outsourcing ROI, that was hosted during the conference in the MRO booth. Panelists: Cheryl Doudican, Shandra Crayton-Artis, and Karla Viruet Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
In this episode of HIPcast, we are talking #AHIMA24 House of Delegates for general member education. Each Component Association of AHIMA sends Delegates to represent you, the member, in governing the profession. This year's HoD will be a busy one with AHIMA Bylaws revisions and we want you to be informed and to reach out to your delegation to get involved. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.
Today's guest is Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CNE, CDI strategy and innovation director for HCPro and AHIMA, who is based in Ozark, Missouri. Today's show is hosted by ACDIS Director Rebecca Hendren, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald, Editorial Manager, Events and Products, Karla Kozak, and Editor Jess Fluegel. The show provides a glimpse behind the scenes of all things ACDIS in a more casual, conversational format than our other podcast series. During today's show, Tammy and Rebecca discussed the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2022 Update, which can be accessed here. (https://bit.ly/3ystQYp) Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form! CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEUs which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEUs, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/compliant-query-practice) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization's spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Friday, August 16, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEUs for this week's episode. ACDIS update: ACDIS members can register for the August 22 Quarterly Membership Call now! (https://bit.ly/3QJsIWb) Check if you're eligible to join the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2024/2025 term! (https://bit.ly/3SikmWo) Apply to be on the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2024/2025 term by August 31! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024-2025-Leadership-Council-Application) Download the CDI Week 2024 poster and all the rest of the materials to prepare for the celebration in September! (https://bit.ly/3M5Nw7w) Download the brand-new white paper, “Transforming Healthcare Delivery: The Role and Impact of Physician Advisors in Health Systems”! (https://bit.ly/3SONQvf)
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
It's becoming increasingly important to ensure your care team stays up to date with best practices for managing patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) in the device clinic. On this MedAxiom HeartTalk, host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with James Allred, MD, FACC, CEO and co-founder of CV Remote Solutions; Austin Reed, vice president of Business Development, Strategy and Innovation, at CV Remote Solutions; and Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation at MedAxiom. They discuss the unique challenges related to highly technical roles and complex workflows in the device clinic. They also offer educational solutions to enhance your care team's understanding of function, programming and troubleshooting CIEDs. GUEST BIOS James Allred, MD, FACC CEO and Co-Founder, CV Remote SolutionsAs Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of CV Remote Solutions, Dr. Allred partners with clinicians nationwide to ensure optimal care for patients with cardiac implanted electrical devices. Before launching CV Remote Solutions, Dr. Allred previously served as chief of Electrophysiology Services and medical director of the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Clinic at Cone Health in Greensboro, NC. After establishing the world-class AF Clinic in Greensboro, he consults with individual clinicians, clinics and hospitals on starting or improving their AF clinic efforts and programs. He has also served on advisory boards for the Heart Rhythm Society and the American Heart Association. Dr. Allred completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University and fellowships in cardiovascular disease and electrophysiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL. In addition to partnering with MedAxiom to create educational material for clinicians, he has authored several published manuscripts on AF clinical efficiencies and healthcare savings. Austin Reed, MBA Vice President of Business Development, Strategy, and Innovation, CV Remote Solutions. In his role, Austin is responsible for sculpting strategic growth initiatives, pioneering innovative solutions, and driving business development efforts to help CV Remote Solutions continue to be at the forefront of the industry. In his previous role as vice president of Operations, he managed multiple business areas, including operations, marketing and human resources. Austin was instrumental in developing brand strategies and initiatives that responded to the needs and projected future of the healthcare industry. Before his time at CV Remote Solutions, Austin served as a director of Physician Services for HCA Healthcare, one of the nation's top providers. With over 15 years of healthcare industry experience spanning multi-site operations in primary care, cardiology, oncology and pulmonology, his robust understanding of the healthcare landscape is a key pillar of his strategic approach. Austin obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in health care administration from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration from Murray State University. His commitment to healthcare extends beyond his role at CV Remote Solutions as he continues to serve on the Nashville Health Care Leadership Council and the Medical Group Management Association, contributing valuable insights and leadership. Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation ServicesAs the Executive Vice President of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Services at MedAxiom, Nicole provides guidance to MedAxiom's membership in cardiovascular operations, LEAN process improvement and the revenue cycle. Nicole applies her decades of healthcare experience in cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management and consulting to leading the Revenue Cycle Solutions team at MedAxiom. Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as a practice administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and director of operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has delivered physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours towards a Bachelor of Science in health care administration. In addition, she maintains her licensed practical nurse credential in Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She has also served on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA.Areas of Expertise: • Cardiology and neurology practice operations • Clinical and business office management • LEAN process improvement • Office-based cath lab implementation • Revenue cycle performance and metrics • Coding, compliance audits and education in numerous specialties, including cardiovascular • Documentation and implementation guidelines • Complex procedure coding education • Risk adjustment coding • Cardiovascular service line integration • Cath and electrophysiology lab optimization, revenue cycle services and facility coding
In this bonus episode of HIPcast, Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA and Merida L. Johns, Ph.D., share a proposal from AHIMA Past Presidents to update the AHIMA Mission. This proposal puts the member at the center point and proposes the mission statement update as the north star for our membership association and future. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth. Show Sponsor:DatavantLearn more at www.datavant.com
In this episode of HIPcast, we are introduced to the 2024 AHIMA Speaker-Elect Candidates Tina Mazuch and Susan Foster. Join us in learning more about the candidates for the upcoming election. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.
In this episode of HIPcast, we are introduced to the 2024 AHIMA President-Elect Candidates Thea Campbell and Susan Clark. Join us in learning more about the candidates for the upcoming election. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click here for the Revenue Recovery cheat sheet: https://hubs.ly/Q02yqht40Welcome to the next episode of our HeartTalk podcast series, Revenue Recovery. Host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant. They discuss the coverage eligibility for Interprofessional Consultation services and share specific examples your practice can use to capture those services, all while improving patient care.Guest Bios:Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation ServicesAs the Executive Vice President of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Services at MedAxiom, Nicole provides guidance to MedAxiom's membership in cardiovascular operations, LEAN process improvement and the revenue cycle. Nicole applies her decades of healthcare experience in cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management and consulting to leading the Revenue Cycle Solutions team at MedAxiom. Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as a practice administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and director of operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has delivered physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours towards a Bachelor of Science in health care administration. In addition, she maintains her licensed practical nurse credential in Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She has also served on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA. Areas of Expertise: • Cardiology and neurology practice operations Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle SolutionsAs a Revenue Cycle Solutions Consultant at MedAxiom, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and recommendations for simplifying often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes working in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units and serving as an emergency medical technician for a level-one trauma center. As a coding specialist, she focuses on compliance, revenue cycle and quality for a large cardiology and multispecialty practice. She is also the director of quality assurance at the Ascension Medical Group in Indiana. Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation. Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding, led the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, and acts as a technical editor for cardiology-focused newsletters. Linda has served as an independent review organization auditor for the Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click here for the Revenue Recovery cheat sheet:https://hubs.ly/Q02x7ncv0Welcome to the next episode of our HeartTalk podcast series, Revenue Recovery. Host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant. They discuss specific use cases for CPT code 99211 and give implementation tips to help ensure your practice leaves no dollar on the table.Guest Bios:Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation ServicesAs the Executive Vice President of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Services at MedAxiom, Nicole provides guidance to MedAxiom's membership in cardiovascular operations, LEAN process improvement and the revenue cycle. Nicole applies her decades of healthcare experience in cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management and consulting to leading the Revenue Cycle Solutions team at MedAxiom.Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as a practice administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and director of operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has delivered physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours towards a Bachelor of Science in health care administration. In addition, she maintains her licensed practical nurse credential in Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She has also served on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA. Areas of Expertise: • Cardiology and neurology practice operations Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle SolutionsAs a Revenue Cycle Solutions Consultant at MedAxiom, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and recommendations for simplifying often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes working in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units and serving as an emergency medical technician for a level-one trauma center. As a coding specialist, she focuses on compliance, revenue cycle and quality for a large cardiology and multispecialty practice. She is also the director of quality assurance at the Ascension Medical Group in Indiana. Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation. Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding, led the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, and acts as a technical editor for cardiology-focused newsletters. Linda has served as an independent review organization auditor for the Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
There are few people more adept at navigating America's labyrinthine medical system than Robert Pearl. Yale medical degree, Stanford University professor, best-selling author, former CEO of the Californian insurance network Kaiser Permanente, Pearl has explored this byzantine confusion of private enterprise monopoly and government supported bureaucracy from almost every angle. And now Dr Pearl has a way of curing its profound dysfunctionality and shoving the archaic system into the 21st century. As Robbie argues in his new book, ChatGPT, MD (which he claims he “co-authored” with ChatGPT), Robbie is unfashionably bullish about AI's potential to improve both our health and our working lives. Let's hope he's right.For 18 years, ROBERT PEARL, MD served as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente). He is also former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. In these roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. He is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on healthcare strategy, technology, and leadership. Pearl is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, receiving his medical degree from Yale, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University. He's the author of three books: Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We're Usually Wrong, a Washington Post bestseller (2017); Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients, a Kirkus star recipient (2021); and his newest book ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine (April 2024). All profits from sales of his books go to Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Pearl is a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in healthcare and host of the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Medicine: The Truth. He publishes two monthly healthcare newsletters reaching 50,000+ combined subscribers. A frequent keynote speaker, Pearl has presented at The World Healthcare Congress, the Commonwealth Club, TEDx, HLTH, NCQA Quality Talks, the National Primary Care Transformation Summit, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and international conferences in Brazil, Australia, India, and beyond. Pearl's insights on generative AI in healthcare have been featured in Associated Press, USA Today, MSN, FOX Business, Forbes, Fast Company, WIRED, Global News, Modern Healthcare, Medscape, Medpage Today, AI in Healthcare, Doximity, Becker's Hospital Review, the Advisory Board, the Journal of AHIMA, and more.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode of the show, I sit down with Dr. Robert Pearl to talk about his new book, ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine, a book he co-authored with...ChatGPT! We talk about the deep fractures and problems in American health care that Generative AI may be positioned to solve, the changing landscape of health care, and the possibility that Amazon, Google, or OpenAI may become the nation's latest healthcare providers. For 18 years, Dr. Robert Pearl, MD served as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente). He is also former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. In these roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. He is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on healthcare strategy, technology, and leadership. Pearl is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, receiving his medical degree from Yale, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University. He's the author of three books: Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We're Usually Wrong, a Washington Post bestseller (2017); Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients, a Kirkus star recipient (2021); and his newest book ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine (April 2024). All profits from sales of his books go to Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Pearl is a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in healthcare and host of the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Medicine: The Truth. He publishes two monthly healthcare newsletters reaching 50,000+ combined subscribers. A frequent keynote speaker, Pearl has presented at The World Healthcare Congress, the Commonwealth Club, TEDx, HLTH, NCQA Quality Talks, the National Primary Care Transformation Summit, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and international conferences in Brazil, Australia, India, and beyond. Pearl's insights on generative AI in healthcare have been featured in Associated Press, USA Today, MSN, FOX Business, Forbes, Fast Company, WIRED, Global News, Modern Healthcare, Medscape, Medpage Today, AI in Healthcare, Doximity, Becker's Hospital Review, the Advisory Board, the Journal of AHIMA, and more.
In this bonus episode of HIPcast, Lauren Riplinger, JD, AHIMA Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, shares the update from the 2024 AHIMA Advocacy Summit where HI Professionals from all over the country met with lawmakers. We also discuss the importance of advocacy at the National, State and Local levels for all HI Professionals. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth.Show Sponsor:Harris Data Integrity SolutionsLearn more at www.harrisdataintegritysolutions.com
In this bonus episode of HIPcast, Dr. Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, FACOEP, Chief Executive Officer of AHIMA, provides an introduction and vision for the future of our profession. We hope you enjoy getting to know our new AHIMA CEO and how he believes HI Professionals play a critical role in the healthcare delivery process. #HIPcast with Shannan and Seth. Show Sponsor:Enterprise Social Record – For more information about ESR and how they can help your SDOH programs, visit www.enterprisesr.com or call (844) 736-4377 X701.
Having worked in and around medical coding and CDI for almost 20 years, I can say for certain that few topics vex coders and CDI professionals more than the dreaded recertification process. Credential maintenance. CEUs. CEU fees. Conference CEU codes. Certificates. On and on. It's a cottage industry unto itself. It can be frustrating and confusing, and if you're not on top of it, costly. In my ACDIS days we had folks lapse, despite our generous grace periods. They still do. Few things get folks more fired up than this. So, I wanted to get someone on the podcast who both understands the process deeply, and dedicated a portion of his career to making it easier. Who better than the (self-described) Medical Coding Geek himself, Brian Cui? Brian is the founder and owner of Medical Coding Geek, a platform that promotes and supports the medical coding, HIM, and CDI community. He creates and hosts educational and engaging content, including the Not Elsewhere Classified podcast, the Medical Coding Geek YouTube channel, and several Facebook groups. On this show we cover: • Brian's background and path into medical coding, CDI, and current role as an auditor for Cotiviti • What he finds most challenging about recertification • What newly credentialed folks get wrong about recertification and credential maintenance • Important recent changes to recert requirements, including the recent controversial AHIMA proposal to require more CEUs come from national • Free resources many people overlook, including his own CEU HIT list • Advice on getting financial support from your employer • Being a good coder/CDI professional, work-life balance, and growing your career Enjoy!
The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals. We caught up with her at the 2023 American Health Information Management Association annual conference (AHIMA23). Learn more about AHIMA at https://www.ahima.org/ Learn more about Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center at https://www.whainfocenter.com/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/
Yesi & Amber catch up with Nashvilles own amazing Nicole Ahima who has been a teacher, studio owner, Buisness runner for over the last 10 years! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dancenocappodcast/message
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click here for the Revenue Recovery cheat sheet: https://hubs.ly/Q02531_L0 Welcome to the fourth episode of our HeartTalk podcast series, Revenue Recovery. Host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant. Together, they discuss the challenges and benefits of capturing home health certification and recertification services and share some top implementation tips your practice can use.Guest Bios: Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Nicole's decades of healthcare experience include cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management, and consulting. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiovascular consulting in operations, LEAN process improvement, and the revenue cycle. Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as practice administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and director of operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance, and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has provided physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours toward a B.S. in Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains her LPN licensure in Louisiana and Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA. Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle Solutions Linda Gates-Striby has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding and revenue cycle for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes work in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units as well as working as an EMT for a level one trauma center. As a MedAxiom Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and simplification for often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda, who has spent the past 30 years working as a specialist in compliance, revenue cycle and quality with a large cardiology and multi-specialty practice, is also the director of quality assurance with Ascension Medical Group in Indiana. Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation. Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding, lead the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, and was the technical editor for cardiology-focused newsletters. Linda has served as an Independent Review Organization auditor for Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements, and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
The nation's healthcare spotlight will shine on the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) during the organization's live AHIMA23 Conference, gaveling to order Oct. 8 through Oct. 10 at the Baltimore Convention Center.During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, the legendary Rose Dunn, former AHIMA president and CEO, will be the broadcast's special guest. She will report on activities taking place there, as several thousand HIM and other healthcare professionals gather for the annual event. Dunn is the current chief operating officer for First Class Solutions, a frequent guest on Talk Ten Tuesdays, and a member of the ICD10monitor Editorial Board.Additionally, Dr. James S. Kennedy, founder of CDIMD, will serve as the broadcast's cohost, reporting from the conference floor.The weekly broadcast will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.• SDoH Report: Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins, immediate past president of the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA), will substitute for Tiffany Ferguson to report the news that's happening at the intersection of coding and the social determinants of health (SDoH).• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.• Point of View: The aforementioned Dr. James S. Kennedy, Talk Ten Tuesdays guest co-host, will report on a subject that has caught his attention.
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click here for the Revenue Recovery cheat sheet: https://hubs.ly/Q023rDk50Welcome to the third episode of our new HeartTalk podcast series, Revenue Recovery. Host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant. They discuss the challenges of capturing Advanced Care Planning services and share some practical tips to take back to your organization.Guest Bios: Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation Nicole's decades of healthcare experience include cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management, and consulting. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiovascular consulting in operations, LEAN process improvement, and the revenue cycle. Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as practice administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and director of operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance, and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has provided physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours toward a B.S. in Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains her LPN licensure in Louisiana and Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA. Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle Solutions Linda Gates-Striby has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding and revenue cycle for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes work in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units as well as working as an EMT for a level one trauma center. As a MedAxiom Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and simplification for often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda, who has spent the past 30 years working as a specialist in compliance, revenue cycle and quality with a large cardiology and multi-specialty practice, is also the director of quality assurance with Ascension Medical Group in Indiana. Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation. Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding, lead the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, and was the technical editor for cardiology-focused newsletters. Linda has served as an Independent Review Organization auditor for Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements, and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
The 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), plus half a dozen other payment rules, will all require new codes and fresh new thinking. And that is why ICD10monitor is producing an exclusive national coding update broadcast on Talk Ten Tuesdays.All this and more will be covered during the next live edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast, which will feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:Coding Report: Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.Coffee Chat: The aforementioned Laurie Johnson and Dr. Erica Remer will discuss aspects of the 2024 IPPS rule, which they will analyze on Aug. 15, 16, and 17 during the IPPS Summit.SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that's happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.This and That: The legendary Rose Dunn, past president of AHIMA, and current chief operating officer for First Class Solutions, will join the broadcast with a report on how best to measure coding accuracy.News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click here for Revenue Recovery "Cheat Sheet" Welcome to the second episode of our new HeartTalk podcast series, Revenue Recovery, in which we aim to empower you to communicate effectively and ensure your organization does not leave any money on the table. Host Melanie Lawson, MS, speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant. They share tips for capturing counseling services for a low-dose CT scan and why shared decision-making with the patient is essential.Guest Bios:Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care TransformationNicole's decades of healthcare experience include cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management, and consulting. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiovascular consulting in operations, LEAN process improvement, and the revenue cycle.Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as Practice Administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and Director of Operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance, and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has provided physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally.Nicole has completed numerous education hours toward a B.S. in Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains her LPN licensure in Louisiana and Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA.Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle SolutionsLinda Gates-Striby has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding and revenue cycle for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes work in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units as well as working as an EMT for a level one trauma center.As a MedAxiom Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and simplification for often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda, who has spent the past 30 years working as a specialist in compliance, revenue cycle and quality with a large cardiology and multi-specialty practice, is also the director of quality assurance with Ascension Medical Group in Indiana.Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation.Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding and lead the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, as well as the technical editor for cardiology focused newsletters. Linda has served as an Independent Review Organization auditor for Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements, and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Click Here for Revenue Recovery "Cheat Sheet"While you may or may not be the person coding revenue cycle services, many of you are responsible for your program's overall success with revenue recovery and know all too well the challenges that come with it. Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series, Revenue Recovery, where we aim to empower YOU – physicians, administrators and revenue cycle managers – to effectively communicate and ensure your organization does not leave any money on the table. On MedAxiom HeartTalk, host Melanie Lawson speaks with MedAxiom's Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, executive vice president of revenue cycle solutions and care transformation, and Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA, revenue cycle solutions consultant. Together, they discuss some challenges, tips and solutions for capturing services involving smoking and tobacco cessation.Guest Bios:Nicole F. Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-PExecutive Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care TransformationNicole's decades of healthcare experience include cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management, and consulting. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiovascular consulting in operations, LEAN process improvement, and the revenue cycle.Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as Practice Administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and Director of Operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance, and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has provided physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally.Nicole has completed numerous education hours toward a B.S. in Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains her LPN licensure in Louisiana and Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA.Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CAMedAxiom Consultant, Revenue Cycle SolutionsLinda Gates-Striby has worked in the medical field for over 30 years and has specialized in cardiology coding and revenue cycle for 25 years. Her clinical experience includes work in the heart stations and coronary intensive care units as well as working as an EMT for a level one trauma center.As a MedAxiom Revenue Cycle Solutions consultant, Linda provides cardiovascular programs across the country with operational expertise, implementation strategies and simplification for often complex initiatives to minimize risk and maximize revenue. Linda, who has spent the past 30 years working as a specialist in compliance, revenue cycle and quality with a large cardiology and multi-specialty practice, is also the director of quality assurance with Ascension Medical Group in Indiana.Linda is a sought-after speaker and consultant and has conducted numerous national educational sessions focused on documentation, coding, auditing and revenue cycle improvement for clinicians, coders and administrators across the nation.Linda serves as a non-physician member of the American College of Cardiology's coding work group and publications subcommittee and has also served on the coding committee for the Heart Rhythm Society. Linda served as the cardiology chair on the Board of Advanced Medical Coding and lead the development of the Advanced Cardiology and Specialty Cardiology Certification examinations, as well as the technical editor for cardiology focused newsletters. Linda has served as an Independent Review Organization auditor for Office of Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements, and as an expert witness on behalf of cardiology practices.
In this episode, Charles Breznicky, Senior Clinical Consulting Manager, J'non Griffin, Principal, SVP, Coding, and John Rabbia, Director, Operations Consulting discuss claims-based, OASIS-based, and survey-based measures, all of which contribute to the total performance score. Learn what determinants contribute to the final score and how your home health or hospice agency can get ahead of any quality issues. Join these experts for “Beyond Star Ratings: What Impacts Patient Satisfaction Scores (HCAHPS).” Links from this episode: Learn more about J'non: https://bit.ly/43zdTcQ Learn more about our Coding and OASIS-E solutions: https://bit.ly/3WHGtq7 View our free on-demand webinars on this topic: https://bit.ly/3JVWjIK Follow us on social media! LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3RR6KPy Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DAXiM Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LrB40Q J'non Griffin, RN MHA, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-C, COS-C Principal, SVP, Coding J'non Griffin is a registered nurse with 30+ years of clinical and leadership experience as a field nurse, agency director, regional director, executive, and consultant for home health and hospice agencies. She is an accredited ACHC and CHAP consultant and an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM trainer/ambassador with certifications in home care coding (HCS-D), OASIS competency (COS-C), hospice coding (HCS-H) and home care compliance (HCS-C). A frequent national speaker, she is a collaborator for Decision Health's The Diagnosis Coding Pro, has published several manuals, and assisted with online coding/OASIS instruction modules. J'non earned a master's degree in health care administration in 2005. Charles M. Breznicky Jr, RN, MSN, MBA, HCS-D Senior Clinical Consulting Manager Charles M. Breznicky Jr is Senior Clinical Consulting Manager at SimiTree, specializing in enhancing Quality, Clinical, and Operational processes within Home Health Agencies. With a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from La Salle University, he brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and strategic business acumen to drive positive transformations in the home health and hospice industry. John Rabbia, PT, DPT, MBA, MS, COS-C Director, Operations Consulting John Rabbia is a dynamic and patient-focused Home Healthcare Executive known for his exceptional leadership in driving comprehensive quality and performance improvements while ensuring the highest standard of care. With a proven track record of skillful change management, operational acumen, and a talent for building high-performing teams, he consistently enhances productivity, efficiency, and employee engagement. Armed with a range of educational qualifications, including an MBA in Healthcare Management, advanced study certificates, and industry certifications, John combines his expertise with strong communication skills to foster organizational growth, compliance, and outstanding outcomes for patients in the home healthcare sector.
Nicole Ahima, affectionately known as Nicole la Bailarina, is a popular Salsa dance instructor in Nashville, helping organize the entire local Salsa Scene. Many in the area know her for her great instruction in the art of Salsa, for her women's dance team, Music City Mambo, for her song-spinning and social planning skills. In this episode, Nicole talks about making shifts inside and outside of her main movement practice to deepen and inform her work. Her journey in dance began in childhood but it wasn't until college that she took ownership of her dance practice. Nicole encourages artist entrepreneurs to be willing to learn, to honor relationships, and to fully commit to one's purpose. Learn more about Nicole: https://www.nicolelabailarina.com/ Learn more about dance education and planning for a career in dance: www.emceemovement.com.
In this episode, SimiTree coding and OASIS-E experts explore the impact of outcomes on value-based purchasing (VBP), the measures involved, and the challenges faced by agencies in improving patient outcomes. Learn the role of social determinants of health, the significance of community resources, and the need for a holistic approach to patient care on healthcare outcomes. Tune in and join these experts for “From Good Publicity to Good Money: Successful Patient Outcomes Matter.” Links from this episode: Learn more about J'non: https://bit.ly/43zdTcQ Learn more about our Coding and OASIS-E solutions: https://bit.ly/3WHGtq7 View our free on-demand webinars on this topic: https://bit.ly/3JVWjIK Follow us on social media! LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3RR6KPy Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DAXiM Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LrB40Q J'non Griffin, RN MHA, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-C, COS-C Principal, SVP, Coding J'non Griffin is a registered nurse with 30+ years of clinical and leadership experience as a field nurse, agency director, regional director, executive, and consultant for home health and hospice agencies. She is an accredited ACHC and CHAP consultant and an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM trainer/ambassador with certifications in home care coding (HCS-D), OASIS competency (COS-C), hospice coding (HCS-H) and home care compliance (HCS-C). A frequent national speaker, she is a collaborator for Decision Health's The Diagnosis Coding Pro, has published several manuals, and assisted with online coding/OASIS instruction modules. J'non earned a master's degree in health care administration in 2005. Charles M. Breznicky Jr, RN, MSN, MBA, HCS-D Senior Clinical Consulting Manager Charles M. Breznicky Jr is Senior Clinical Consulting Manager at SimiTree, specializing in enhancing Quality, Clinical, and Operational processes within Home Health Agencies. With a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from La Salle University, he brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and strategic business acumen to drive positive transformations in the home health and hospice industry. John Rabbia, PT, DPT, MBA, MS, COS-C Director, Operations Consulting John Rabbia is a dynamic and patient-focused Home Healthcare Executive known for his exceptional leadership in driving comprehensive quality and performance improvements while ensuring the highest standard of care. With a proven track record of skillful change management, operational acumen, and a talent for building high-performing teams, he consistently enhances productivity, efficiency, and employee engagement. Armed with a range of educational qualifications, including an MBA in Healthcare Management, advanced study certificates, and industry certifications, John combines his expertise with strong communication skills to foster organizational growth, compliance, and outstanding outcomes for patients in the home healthcare sector.
In this episode, SimiTree experts delve into the world of home health operations and explore the latest trends and challenges in the post-acute space. From discussing the impact of OASIS-E on agencies to navigating staffing shortages and optimizing case management models, we cover it all. With decades of experience in physical therapy, nursing, compliance, and coding, our hosts provide valuable insights and practical tips for agencies seeking to thrive in today's evolving healthcare landscape. Join these experts for “Crack the Code: Mastering OASIS-E for Improved Patient Care.” Links from this episode: Learn more about J'non: https://bit.ly/43zdTcQ Learn more about our Coding and OASIS-E solutions: https://bit.ly/3WHGtq7 View our free on-demand webinars on this topic: https://bit.ly/3JVWjIK Follow us on social media! LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3RR6KPy Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DAXiM Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LrB40Q J'non Griffin, RN MHA, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-C, COS-C Principal, SVP, Coding J'non Griffin is a registered nurse with 30+ years of clinical and leadership experience as a field nurse, agency director, regional director, executive, and consultant for home health and hospice agencies. She is an accredited ACHC and CHAP consultant and an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM trainer/ambassador with certifications in home care coding (HCS-D), OASIS competency (COS-C), hospice coding (HCS-H) and home care compliance (HCS-C). A frequent national speaker, she is a collaborator for Decision Health's The Diagnosis Coding Pro, has published several manuals, and assisted with online coding/OASIS instruction modules. J'non earned a master's degree in health care administration in 2005. Charles M. Breznicky Jr, RN, MSN, MBA, HCS-D Senior Clinical Consulting Manager Charles M. Breznicky Jr is Senior Clinical Consulting Manager at SimiTree, specializing in enhancing Quality, Clinical, and Operational processes within Home Health Agencies. With a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from La Salle University, he brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and strategic business acumen to drive positive transformations in the home health and hospice industry. John Rabbia, PT, DPT, MBA, MS, COS-C Director, Operations Consulting John Rabbia is a dynamic and patient-focused Home Healthcare Executive known for his exceptional leadership in driving comprehensive quality and performance improvements while ensuring the highest standard of care. With a proven track record of skillful change management, operational acumen, and a talent for building high-performing teams, he consistently enhances productivity, efficiency, and employee engagement. Armed with a range of educational qualifications, including an MBA in Healthcare Management, advanced study certificates, and industry certifications, John combines his expertise with strong communication skills to foster organizational growth, compliance, and outstanding outcomes for patients in the home healthcare sector.
S1 E14: Clinical Data Quality in 2023: The Good, The Bad and a Roadmap to Improve Host Beth Friedman speaks with Keith Olenik, Chief Health Information Officer at AHIMA. Keith is a senior executive health care professional with 25+ years of industry relationships, influence, and thought leadership in the areas of health information and health IT. With deep industry experience in EHRs, clinical documentation, interoperability, privacy and GDPR compliance, Keith currently leads AHIMA's membership, certification, academic affairs, workforce development and customer relations teams. While data integrity in healthcare isn't a new problem, clinicians now suffer from a wider variety of clinical data issues. This critical conversation between two industry experts explores AHIMA's six tenants of data quality, identifies nascent challenges including third-party data and person-centered care, and provides valuable privacy reminders for 2023's rapidly exploding volumes of health information.
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” – John C. Maxwell It's been said that there is no constant in life except for change. Jami Woebkenberg is proof. Jami is the Senior Director of HIM operations at Banner Health. Or at least, that's her title now. She has had a few twists and turns over 19 years at the organization, which recently acquired a couple hospitals and clinics and added them to the system's EMR last September. Banner is HUGE. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, today it operates in six different states and employs more than 52,000 team members across a dizzying array of services including insurance, ambulatory health centers, urgent care, acute care including three academic hospitals, behavioral health, children's post-acute services, pharmacy, labs, telehealth, and more. It also employs 3,300 staff in revenue cycle alone, of which some 400 ultimately report up through Jami. To put this all in perspective, when she started 19 years ago Banner had one hospital implementing one EMR. “Banner is a constant state of growth,” she says, which means a lot of change and a daily dose of the unexpected. For example, Banner recently re-orged, splitting up coding, CDI, and HIM operations into three separate verticals, which changed her job completely. Jami is now knee-deep in records management, release of information, records storage, and EMR management including data integrity audits, information blocking, SDOH, privacy and security. She's survived it all with a great attitude and a mindset shift, which we get into on this episode of Off the Record. We cover Jami's strategies for change management at a basic blocking/tackling level, including establishing a change management team and communicating changes to impacted stakeholders including physicians. We also cover her helpful personal routines (morning walks), tips and tricks like calendar blocking and meeting free times, managing life-work (not work-life) balance, and strategies for introverts in leadership positions (introverts unite!). Jami recently served on the Board of Directors at AHIMA and is a past-president of AZHIMA, which meant she had to get comfortable speaking in front of crowds, in a hurry. Enjoy the episode.
In this episode, Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, Chief Executive Officer at American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), joins the podcast to discuss her background & passion for advocacy, issues she's following in healthcare, the importance of paying attention to social determinants of health, and more.
This episode is the second installment about Clinical Documentation and Coding. Today, we have a conversation about Clinical Documentation Improvement with Amber Malone-Wright, Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity at CHESS Health Solutions. I want to pick your brain about clinical documentation improvement also known as CDI. So tell me amber what is CDI all about?Well Thomas, I think the main message about CDI is around quality initiatives. Most people who ask providers why good clinical documentation is necessary, many of them are going to say that it's important for the communication to other providers about the continuity of care. Physicians generally understand the need to make documentation legible, timely, complete, and clear and you know with electronic medical records a lot of that is resolved. They also understand that documentation is a legal health record. They understand the common phrase - if you didn't document it, it didn't get done. CDI programs have increased significantly over the past ten years and are predominantly used in the inpatient hospital setting. But now this is expanding into the ambulatory and provider office setting due you value-based care and contract changes. The key is to really just engage providers to correlate how clinical documentation provides an opportunity to demonstrate the quality of care that was provided during an office visit. The American Health Information Management Association or AHIMA really says it best. They say the message to physicians should be: simple good clinical documentation will improve communication, increase recognition of comorbid conditions that are responsive to treatment, and validate the care that was provided, and show compliance with quality and safety guidelines. Why should a provider change their documentation?So physicians are taught to ask why as part of a diagnostic training that they went through and the need to understand the reason for a change in clinical documentation in order to fully embrace the concept. So if a provider challenges a CDI recommendation, it's an opportunity to explain why CDI is necessary. Explain the concept around whether it's MSDRG for inpatient or value-based care contracts and how they're designed to increase reimbursement for care of complex patients. It's also important to explain the severity or the illness or risk or mortality score that's derived from the codable diagnosis codes. It's also important that providers understand the process of audits and denials and financial impact. Not only for hospitals but the outpatient office visits as well. Documenting all of the chronic conditions that are known for the patients that affect the care and treatment for that patient impact the medical decision making by the provider and can also impact the level of evaluation and management services.Amber, tell me how a provider can implement CDI into their workflow?Electronic medical record technology has really improved the ability for medical records to be legible and timely. Physicians generally use structured templates to input documentation or they can dictate in a standard progress note format. But sometimes, the benefits of the electronic documentation are not always great. Sometimes there are significant challenges with electronic documentation, such as copy and pasting documentation, which can increase the risk of audits including outdated problem lists and then the inability for providers to find the correct diagnosis code in a drop-down selection. It's important to remember that providers are not trained in coding, yet many providers now know the codes that are important for their billing. If the provider chooses a nonspecific diagnosis code to include in the medical record, it could potentially make it more difficult for someone to code the case with a more specific diagnosis code. The EHR creates the opportunity to...
MedAxiom HeartTalk: Transforming Cardiovascular Care Together
Cardiac device techs are in hot demand, but gaps in staffing and education are causing difficulties for this role. On MedAxiom HeartTalk, host Melanie Lawson talks with Kelli Shifflett, MHA, FACMPE, AVP of Revenue Growth and Business Development, HCA Physician Services, Sirena Bridges, MSPH, MSN, FNP-BC, CCDS, Clinical Director, Melissa Hauck Center for Device Therapy at Centennial Heart, and Nicole Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, SVP of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, Medaxiom. Together, they discuss innovative strategies that your organization can use to help address this growing issue. Guest BiosKelli Shifflett, MHA, FACMPE, AVP of Revenue Growth and Business Development, HCA Physician Services – Kelli has been with HCA Physician Services for 20 years in a variety of practice operation roles from Practice Manager to Division Vice President. She resides in Austin with her family and is passionate about process improvement and finding practice efficiencies in a constantly changing healthcare environment. She enjoys her current role of partnering with companies whose products improve the daily workflows and needs patients, providers and healthcare teams. Sirena Bridges, MSPH, MSN, FNP-BC, CCDS, Clinical Director, Melissa Hauck Center for Device Therapy at Centennial Heart – Sirena has worked in the healthcare field for over 20 years; with the last 10 years working as a Nurse Practitioner in Cardiac Electrophysiology with a focus on device management of Cardiac implantable electronic devices at Centennial Heart. She became the inaugural Clinical Director of the Melissa Hauck Center for Device Therapy at Centennial Heart in Nashville in November 2021. In her role as the Clinical Director, she brings a wealth of clinical and technical expertise on interpretations, programming and troubleshooting of cardiac implantable electronic devices and remote transmissions. She also serves as a clinical resource for patients, peers and colleagues. Sirena has a Bachelor's Degree in Cardio-respiratory Care Sciences from Tennessee State University and a Master's Degree in Public Health from Meharry Medical College in addition to a Master's Degree in Nursing from Vanderbilt University. She is also a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) through the IBHRE (International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners). Nicole Knight, LPN, CPC, CCS-P, EVP of Revenue Cycle Solutions and Care Transformation, Medaxiom - Nicole's decades of healthcare experience include cardiovascular and neurology practice operations, clinical management, business office management and consulting. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiovascular consulting in operations, LEAN process improvement and the revenue cycle. Prior to joining MedAxiom, Nicole served as Practice Administrator for Baptist Neurology and Northeast Florida Cardiology and Director of Operations for Jacksonville Heart Center and Louisiana Cardiology Associates. She has extensive expertise in coding, compliance and education for various specialties including cardiology, neurology, radiology, hematology/oncology, orthopedic, ENT, gastroenterology and internal medicine. Nicole has provided physician and staff coding and compliance education sessions nationally. Nicole has completed numerous education hours towards a B.S. in Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains her LPN licensure in Louisiana and Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. She received her Advanced Cardiovascular Coding Certification with the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and completed the AAPC inpatient coding and reimbursement course. Nicole is a certified AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer and completed a LEAN Healthcare training course at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Physician Practice Council for AHIMA. This episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Medtronic.
Doug Lindsay has spent the last two decades investigating and tackling rare, complicated medical conditions – first in himself and his family and now through his Personal Medical Consultant service. An innovator, Doug partners with clients and experts to make new things happen. He works to get clients who are stuck in the medical system unstuck. To aid him in his work, he strives to understand healthcare from all levels of organization, from the individual to health systems, public health, and global health. Doug's dogged, indefatigable ability to chase down answers to an individual's complex problems makes him a special asset as a teammate and Personal Medical Consultant. In addition to his Personal Medical Consultant service, Doug Lindsay • Co-chairs PCORI's Congressionally-mandated Rare Disease Advisory Panel (RDAP) • Co-chairs Washington University School of Medicine's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences and the Institute for Public Health (ICTS & IPH). • Is Community Advisory Board member for the National Institutes of Health's ACTIV-1 IM trial. (ACTIV is the US government's public/private/nonprofit collaboration for Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccines research.) • Is member of the National Institutes of Health's ten-person ACTIV COVID Biospecimen Prioritization Committee. (NIH) • Is member of Academy Health's Global Health Interest Group. • TEDx talk Operation: Adrenal Gland can be found at TED.com • Was speaker in the panel kicking off Academy Health's Datapalooza, 2019 • Has twice been an ePatient Scholar at Stanford Medicine X (2017, 2019) • Appeared on The Dr. OZ Show in fall 2019 as example of The Power of 1 (to make a difference). • Was the first patient invited to give a fireside chat for the Health Management Academy, which hosts C-Suite education conferences for the nation's 100 biggest hospital systems, 2017. • Co-chaired aviation humanitarian nonprofit Wings of Hope's “Taste of Hope” fundraiser • Has been keynote speaker for national organizations like AHIMA, for healthcare conferences like the Society for Participatory Medicine, and at internal corporate events for firms like Pfizer. • Graduated with honors from Rockhurst University's Honors College with a BS in biology in 2016. • CNN online feature “This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself” on his story was the #3 article globally across all media platforms for all of 2019 for time readers spent reading it.
You need access to use and understand your health information for better health outcomes. In this episode of Marketing Mondays, Andreea Borcea has Amanda Krupa, director of communications and marketing for AHIMA Foundation on the show. Hospitals and health systems don't have website accessibility as part of their top priorities, which, in addition to a lack of awareness and understanding, makes it hard for consumers to access the information they have the right to have. Amanda explains how the increase in accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion with the help of certified professionals is present in hospitals and health systems, especially in the teams in charge of digital content. She talks about marketing having a focus on making equitable content for better accessibility with the use of relatability and storytelling, something figures like influencers might play a role in the future. Tune in to this episode to learn from Amanda Kruppa about health communications and marketing helping people access their health information! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health
Today's guests are Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, director of HIM practice excellence, CDI nurse planner at AHIMA, and Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim ACDIS director and director of CDI education for HCPro. Today's show is part of the “Talking CDI” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren discusses CDI topics with guests including members of the ACDIS Advisory Board or other experienced CDI leaders from around the country to discuss strategic topics related to the state of the industry, where CDI is going, or opportunities for advancement. During today's show, Combs and Prescott discuss the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice brief, which was released on Monday, October 10. You can read the practice brief by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/rZSu50L3ABa) Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at acdis-inquiries@simplifycompliance.com. ACDIS update: Respond to the 2022 CDI Salary Survey by October 31! (http://ow.ly/RTsh50L3APV) Apply for the ACDIS CDI Scholarship program by November 30! (http://ow.ly/pwtG50L3ARZ)
Host Don Hardwick interviews HIM experts Angela Rose and Rita Bowen live from the AHIMA 2022 National Convention. Angela and Rita share insights on what they're hearing during sessions at AHIMA, focusing on the hottest topics in the HIM industry. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
Today is the very last day to comment on the recently posted industry practice brief titled Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice, co-authored by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS). The updated brief was released on Oct. 10, 2022 and has been open for comments.During the next live edition of the popular and long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays broadcast, Karen Carr, an AHIMA CDI practitioner, will explore the next steps in the process of finalizing the practice brief for publication.Other segments during the live broadcast will include the following:Revenue Cycle Report: Dr. Ramesh Madhavan, founder and CEO for TiaTech, will discuss the results of the recently deployed survey that asked both Monitor Monday and Talk Ten Tuesday listeners to describe their biggest holdup in the revenue cycle management (RCM) process. Dr. Madhavan, practicing neurologist and program director for neurology, has expertise in understanding the challenges, pains, and disconnects within the RCM process, having had leadership in hospital data-mining and clinical informatics. He will speak to those RCM pains, as well as the survey results, in his segment.Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO for Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entry.News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.TalkBack: James Kennedy, MD will report on a subject that has caught his attention.
So you're thinking about a career in medical coding? There are two main professional organizations for medical coders: AAPC and AHIMA. Both offer great credentials, but which one should you choose? Tune in and find out more and make the best decision for your career! Coding Consultant Confessions was created by three female entrepreneurs working in the healthcare industry. In this podcast Stacie Buck, Toni Elhoms, and Victoria Moll come together to share unique perspectives, engaging dialogue, entertaining commentary, and funny stories for those working in the healthcare profession. Join these subject matter experts and dynamic thought leaders for a lighthearted take on the daily struggles of working in the healthcare industry. Contact the Coding Consultant Confessions Production Team at codingconsultantconfessions@gmail.com
Our final, and maybe more coherent, comments on the new query brief.We published the comments we will be sending to ACDIS/AHIMA on our Linkedin page.Find the ACDIS document herePublic comment period is open until 10/25. Comment herePC Tip Card on Malnutrition Here Coder vs. CDI is the industry's first talk show format podcast focused on bringing you interesting and new perspectives on clinical and coding topics. Regularly you'll hear the voices of Allen Frady, Amy Czahor, and Kyle Boyd discussing things that we all think but nobody wants to say out loud. Make sure you listen to our Saturday episodes when Dr. Stark, Physician Advisor Extraordinaire, will answer YOUR questions on clinical and coding topics - You can submit your questions here.Don't forget to use the #Allensaysthedarndestthings hashtag to tell us when we've made a mistake or you disagree with us in some way, no matter how small. Support the show Follow us!- Linkedin- Twitter- Website Support the show
Long awaited and highly anticipated is the new the Industry Practice Brief Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©, scheduled to released Monday, Oct. 10.The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) have co-authored an update to the Industry Practice Brief Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©.Many important elements have been updated and added to the practice brief to meet the demands of the ever-changing landscape of America's healthcare ecosystem to help ensure all query professionals have the tools necessary to remain compliant. The practice brief was developed with many industry experts to ensure it is all encompassing. Reporting our lead story during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be Melissa Potts, a CDI practitioner of HIM Practice Excellence for AHIMA. She provides clinical documentation (CDI) practice expertise to AHIMA and its members. Other segments during the live broadcast include the following:E&M Update: Senior healthcare consultant Colleen Deighan with 3M Health, continues her series on the updates to E&M codes for 2023.Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO for Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entry.TalkBack: Erica Remer,MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.
To say LifePoint Health is a large healthcare system is like saying Nashville has a few good country music bands. Per its website, LifePoint's healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 62 community hospital campuses, 33 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum including acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers, and post-acute care facilities. With that size and diversity comes incredible complexity and challenges. These include multiple EHRs (Epic, Cerner, MEDHOST, Meditech) and upwards of 16 different versions of said EHRs, including 9-10 versions of Meditech alone. Fortunately Angie Comfort is there to help run the show. How does she manage it all? How did she go from coal miner's daughter in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia (no relation to Loretta Lynn) to Assistant Vice President of HIM Operations where she oversees a staff of 300? And find time to work on her Doctorate's in Business Administration, in progress? You can't call her Dr. Comfort—yet. That's coming soon. We talk about an incredible career arc that has taken her from reviewing ER documentation for missing signatures, to outpatient coder at Stuttgart Regional Medical Center, to Community Health System's very first coder at the corporate office (where she ultimately trained 600 coders in ICD-10), to Senior Director of HIM Practice Excellence at AHIMA, and finally to her present role. With many fun side detours along the way, as I'm wont to do. Angie has seen it all but is not stuck in the past—80s nostalgia aside—and thinks remote coding and CDI work has been a blessing for the industry. She talks about what got her to make the leap to leadership, including the help of a mentor. Hers is a story of paying your dues in a remarkable climb to the top—and using her influence to give back, including in her personal life with The General Federation of Women's Clubs. What is Angie's EHR of choice and, just as importantly, what is her favorite Def Leppard song and first ever concert? Tune in to find out.
In this shiur we look at the history of Jews in Italy in the Middle ages, and try to develop an understanding of the Payytanim that lived in this time. We explore the Megillat Ahima'ats, and the Piyyutim that are still recited to this day.
Are you uncertain about the school you would want to attend? One thing to consider is whether or not the institution is accredited. Accreditation protects the interests of students and potential employers by ensuring that educational programs meet or exceed standards set by experts in the field. In this episode of the H.I.M. Careers Club Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Angela Kennedy EdD, MBA, RHIA, CEO, Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), Chicago, IL. Dr. Kennedy is a strong advocate for “Health Information Where & When You Need It.” She is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in the area of consumer health advocacy and consumer health literacy. Dr. Kennedy is a former president and chairman of the board of directors of AHIMA. She testified before the US Senate HELP Committee and was appointed by the US Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services to serve on the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Health Information Standards Federal Advisory Committee and ONC Consumer Task Force. Dr. Kennedy has served on the board of directors for Go Care, Bayou Health, and Claiborne Memorial Medical Center. In 2016, she was recognized as one of the Top 20 Professors and Minds in Health Informatics in the United States. Dr. Kennedy has received the Vantage Health Visionary Educator Award, AHIMA Triumph Mentor Award, and the 2017 AHIMA Distinguished Member. Highlights: [03:19] Why should students consider accredited schools? [14:56] CAHIIM's Standard [16:41] What does this mean for those who completed a program prior to 2018 and are planning to take the RHIT or RHIA exam? [19:29] Dr. Kennedy's Recommendation for Students [24:12] Where can students search for program changes? [27:48] CAHIIM's 2018 Call of Action: Status Update [35:32] Dr. Kennedy's words of advice for all aspiring students in H.I.M Professions Links: Website: https://ahima.digitellinc.com/ https://www.cahiim.org/ HealthManagement.org: Angela Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA
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