RRHIMA Annual Meeting 2022

RRHIMA will be holding it’s annual meeting from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m on May 5, 2022 at the Eagle Vale Golf Club: 4344 Nine Mile Point Rd, Fairport, NY 14450. We hope you can attend! There will be speakers, contests, food (breakfast & lunch) & drinks, prizes, and much, much more. And on top of all that, you earn 5 CEs for the day! Vendors: Medscribe   Topic Speaker(s) 8:00-8:30 Registration and Breakfast BOD Read more…

Spring Webinar Series: Privacy, Security & Compliance

RRHIMA is excited to announce its spring webinar series on Privacy, Security & Compliance.. These 4 webinars will cover current hot topics as well as broaden your horizons by providing insight into privacy and compliance issues in areas that are less familiar.   Privacy, Security & Compliance Tues. Mar 8, 2022 What’s New in CompliancePaul Mayer and June CrawfordBonadio Compliance Solutions Tues. Mar 22, 2022 ROI Requests via the Patient Portal & Patient Requests 21st Century StyleSally Deming, RHIT, Associate Director Read more…

NYHIMA Bylaws Update

The NYHIMA Board is proposing changes to the NYHIMA Bylaws. The following is proposed: Replace the Communications Director board position with a Second Year Education Director board position. NYHIMA is proposing this change to meet the various educational needs of NYHIMA members. The duties of the Communications Director will be performed by the Board of Directors and the Association Management company. Go to https://www.nyhima.org/bylaws-review-2022 to review these changes.

ACT NOW! Tell the Senate to Support the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act

The bipartisan “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act” has recently been introduced in the US Senate. We need your outreach to build support for this important legislation. Prior authorization continues to be the number one administrative burden identified by healthcare providers. In a 2018 report by the US Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of the Inspector General, it was found that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) overturned 75 percent of their own denials Read more…

AHIMA ‘living the name pledge” video competition. Watch and Vote.

This summer, AHIMA asked health information professionals to share with AHIMA how they are “living” the Patient Naming Policy Pledge.  Five finalists were selected from the entries received. The finalists are representing their respective component state association in the competition. AHIMA members are invited to learn about each of the finalists and vote for the one they find most compelling and impressive. Please watch the five videos and vote for your favorite.  Please send this link Read more…

RRHIMA Fall Webinar Series on Data and Analytics

RRHIMA is excited to announce its fall webinar series on Data and Analytics. The cost for the entire series is $30 for RRHIMA 2021-2022 dues paying and emeritus members and $50 for non-members.  The series is free for AHIMA student members.  Register by clicking on the link at the bottom of this email.  Thank you.Data and Analytics Webinar Series  09/28/21:   Quality Scores in SNF 10/12/21:   RRHIO – Health Information Exchange Data and Usage 10/26/21:   Middle Revenue Cycle/Coding/CDI Tools and Data Analytics   11/02/21:   Common Read more…

RRHIMA Annual Picnic

It is PICNIC time again.  It has been a year since we were last together in person and we can’t wait to see all of you.   This year our FY2022 ICD-10-CM/PCS and Coding Guidelines Update will take the form of a “College Bowl”  with a team of MCC Alums competing against a team of  “Other Colleges” Alums to find out who knows the most about the FY 2022 Coding and Coding Guideline Updates.  If you want Read more…

AHIMA Election 2021

Are you ready for the upcoming AHIMA elections this summer? The elections will be held online from July 12-July 26.and you can learn about the candidates on AHIMA.org. See the: candidate biographiesposition statementsvideos And if you are a fan of social media, be sure to search for the hashtag #AHIMAelection21 in the upcoming weeks to keep abreast of the latest news. AHIMA is also promoting the elections on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.