On April 22, the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) sent out a request for support for HR 4105: The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program Moratorium Act of 2007. The legislation seeks to impose a one-year moratorium on the use of RACs under the Medicare Integrity Program.  

Ask the expert: How can I access the RAND report that analyzes the six alternative methods to MS-DRGs?

HIM directors should ask open-ended questions to encourage dialogue during an employee evaluation, says Jackie Raymond, RHIA, HIM director at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. For example, employees at Brigham and Women’s Hospital complete a questionnaire one week before their evaluations. 

When Community Health and Counseling Services (CHCS) assigned her the title of chief privacy officer in 2003, Rhonda Edgecomb, RHIT, CHP, welcomed several additional responsibilities.