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Medical Records Briefing

Issue 3, March 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Consider dual coding in advance of ICD-10

  Most HIM directors have October 2013 looming in their minds as the ICD-10 implementation deadline...

• HIPAA Q&A: Privacy according to HIPAA, individual states, and your own facility

  Test staff knowledge of HIPAA with these questions from readers.

• Get ready for ICD-10 with a fracture coding case study

  ICD-10 will bring many changes, particularly when it comes to fracture coding. But practice will...

• Look toward the future: What you need to know about ICD-10 and principal diagnosis selection

  Some interesting changes are occurring with the implementation of ICD-10-CM that are going to...

• Manage privacy, security, and mobile devices. Really.

  Mobile devices are here to stay-so now you have to manage the risks.

Issue 2, February 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Reinvigorate EHR quality monitors for the new year

  HIM directors must renew efforts in the new year to ensure the effectiveness of EHR quality...

• Permanent RAC program changes and new Medicaid program and pre-bill audit demonstration under way

  Just when you thought you had your RAC processes in place, more changes appear on the horizon.

• Quiz: How well do you know your V codes?

  Use this quiz to test coding staff members.

• Get to know new ICD-10-CM coding conventions

  Coders must learn and adapt to several new conventions in ICD-10-CM. Consider the following.

• Take note of second-generation tracers

  First we had patient tracers, then system tracers, and now second-generation tracers! Wow!

• Revise your physician queries to prepare for ICD-10

  On October 1, 2013, the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCSclassification systems will take effect, and should...

Issue 1, January 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• How you're doing with HIPAA compliance

  In November 2011 we asked readers all about their HIPAA compliance efforts, from training to HITECH...

• Manage the changing nature of HIM jobs

  Times are changing, and, most likely, so are the jobs of your HIM staff members.

• Apply a risk analysis to an EHR environment: It's not just HIPAA and meaningful use

  The death of an infant at an Illinois hospital made ­national news in June 2011. Genesis...

• Time for EHR New Year's resolutions ?

  Happy New Year! It's 2012-do you have your HIPAA version 5010 programming done?

• HIM's role in quality initiatives

  Value-based purchasing (VBP).

• HIPAA Q&A: Protecting and securing various types of patient information

  Test staff members' knowledge of HIPAA with these questions from readers.