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Medical Records Briefing

Issue 6, June 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Make your incomplete records complete

  Chasing down information on incomplete records can be overwhelming and a lost cause. What do you do...

• An HIM sit-down

  It was a gorgeous afternoon and a perfect day to hold an outdoor summer barbecue for the HIM...

• HIPAA Q&A: Updates to NPPs; BA agreements; accessing employees? medical information

  Q. If an organization’s human resources officer is also the plan administrator for the...

• Q&A on CAC

  Medical Records Briefing catches up on computer-assisted coding (CAC) with Deloris ­Farthing...

Issue 5, May 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• ACDIS/AHIMA brief ­provides guidance on query best ­practices

  At the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), questions on...

• Physician query Q&A

  Editor's note: Medical Records Briefing (MRB) catches up this month with Monica Pappas, RHIA...

• Pediatrics and CDI

  Editor's note: The commentary in this article was originally presented in the HCPro, Inc., February...

• The 'R' standards and what they mean to HIM

  The Joint Commission recently introduced the Focused Standards Assessment (FSA) tool and the risk...

Issue 4, April 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Tighten your HIPAA belts

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

• ICD-10 preparation: Avoid multiple-system implementation

  If the October 1, 2014, implementation date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is not altered by the time...

• Properly vet potential CAC vendors-and your facility's needs

  In the world of computer-assisted coding (CAC), things can get super competitive.

• HIPAA mega rule includes impact on HIM

  HIM directors must revisit and potentially refine processes for patient record restriction requests...

• Look for clinical clues when querying for CCs and MCCs

  Everyone knows that CCs and MCCs are under scrutiny these days. However, that doesn't mean...

Issue 3, March 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Lessons learned from the Canadian ICD-10 experience

  Will ICD-10-CM/PCS wreak havoc on coding productivity?

• Coder productivity study confirms losses, invokes calls for robust ICD-10 training

  Coders will take more time to code records in ICD-10-CM/PCS than they do now in ICD-9-CM/PCS. This...

• HIPAA Q&A: Public storage units, consent for disclosures, photo IDs at registration

  Q. Can paper patient records be kept in a public storage unit? The storage company we are...

Issue 2, February 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• The road to CDI

  When HIM professionals at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, looked into its...

• Quiz: How well do you know your 2013 ICD-9-CM pregnancy codes?

  1. A woman is illegally induced to have an abortion, which leads to complications of the genital...

• Professional vs. hospital coding

  In the coding world, it's a never-ending clash that can cause compliance concerns-facility vs...

• Stay in the de-identification loop

  Privacy officers must ensure their hospital removes potential patient identifiers from data sets...

Issue 1, January 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• One year later, ICD-10 implementation concerns much the same for HIM

  In October 2012, Medical Records Briefing (MRB) asked HIM managers and directors about their ICD-10...

• When good documentation goes bad

  There's a popular saying that states, "Too much of a good thing can be bad for you." I...

• AHIMA: Standardize EHR use

  The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) wants improved and unified health...

• Six-step HIPAA New Year's resolution guide

  It has been quite a year in the privacy world, hasn't it? The OCR website has reported 500 breaches...

• Medical Records Briefing 2012 index

  Here is a complete index of all the Medical Records Briefing articles from 2012.

• Joint Commission: Looking back at 2012 and forward to 2013

  How quickly time flies! As 2012 has now come to an end, it seems to be a good time to reflect on...