Donna Barnard has been working in the HIM field for 37 years and contributes her multi-faceted HIM career path to “being in the right place at the right time and finding the right thing I enjoy doing.” Currently, she is the Director of Health Information Management/Utilization Management at University of Read more…
As Congress is working to pass a final federal budget before the end of the year, we need your help to urge Congress to finally repeal Section 510 from the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Labor-HHS appropriations bill. For the fourth year, the US House of Representatives has repealed Section 510 Read more…
November 21, 2022 In attendance: Leslie Mills, Karen Getman, Beth Ann Hinog, Donna Barnard Staff: Alexis Vetro, MaryBeth Schneider Upcoming webinars: Other Items for follow-up
Beth Ann Hinog, Co-Director of Education (1st year), and Mary Pasciak, President of RRHIMA, had a great time today at the Breast Cancer Walk at Frontier Field. There were many walkers today. The walk was sponsored by Rochester Regional Health System. There were over 509 walkers from RGH alone!!
Elizabeth “Lisa” Wild, RHIA, CHPS, has been working in the HIM field for over 30 years. As Senior Manager of the Privacy Program at Rochester Regional Health for the past seven years she says, “I can’t say I fell into the position. I kind of ran into it.” Like many Read more…
Ann Ortolaza, RHIT and former “roving” reporter for this column for the past four years will be celebrating her 10th Anniversary as an Outpatient Coder for Rochester Regional Health on July 5, 2022. Her love for the HIM field began when she as a teenager visiting her mother in the Read more…
AHIMA needs your help to raise support for the LINC to Address Social Needs Act! Take part by visiting the AHIMA Action Center now to urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the bill and foster improved linkages between clinical health and social services. Improving Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) is an AHIMA Read more…
Yes, it is picnic time again!! Join us in person at Mendon Ponds Park – at Stewart lodge on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 from 3pm to 7:30pm for some fun, great food and meet old friends and make some new ones. Tamara from Medscribe will also be there. The picnic Read more…
A good time was had by all NYHIMA members that attended the 2022 NYHIMA Annual Conference in Rochester, NY this week. The conference offered excellent speakers and education, networking, food and so much fun!!
It’s Patient ID Week! Take part by visiting AHIMA’s Action Center now to urge your members of Congress to protect patient privacy and safety by supporting the repeal of Section 510 in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill. It’s essential this Read more…