AHIMAAHIMA

Angela K. Dinh, MHA, RHIA, CHPSManager, Professional Practice

AgendaAgenda• Organizational Structure• HIM Professional Team Structure• Product & Resources Development• Lifecycles– Product (e.g. meetings, webinars, online courses)– Resource (e.g. articles, practice briefs, toolkits)

• Navigation– AHIMA Website– Body of Knowledge (BoK)

• CEUs: Did You Know?• Ask Me Anything!

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Organizational StructureOrganizational Structure

• AHIMA Board of Directors - elected• Executive Management– CEO– Vice Presidents

• Directors• Managers• Staff• Support Staff3

Organizational StructureOrganizational Structure• Marketing• Planning & Business Development• Advocacy and Policy• AHIMA Foundation• Member & Customer Services• CAHIIM• Information Resources• Financial Services• Professional Practice Leadership4

Practice Leadership

Influencing the industry

Practice Resources

Resourcing members

Advocacy & Policy

Advocating for HIM

HIM Professional Practice Teams HIM Professional Practice Teams (Pro Prac)

Different perspectives, working together for one profession

Professional Practice Resources TeamProfessional Practice Resources Team

• Virtual team, residing in 11 states• Collectively representing the breadth and

depth of HIM practice• Over 200 years cumulative experience in

HIM practice• Not counting Practice Leadership or Policy &

Advocacy

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Janie Batres Karen Kostick (Alaska) (Michigan)

Kathy DeVault Melanie Endicott (Colorado) (Washington)

NEW Open Position

Coding skills for today & tomorrow ICD-9-CM CPT HCPCS

DRGs APCs UB04 POA Reimbursement Revenue cycle

ICD-10-CM ICD-10-PCS

Coding TeamCoding Team

June Bronnert Jill Clark Theresa Rihanek(Ohio) (Pennsylvania) (Nebraska)

Data content standards Data capture

SNOMED LOINC Mapping validation Terminology tools

Coding skills for the future (CAC)

Data TeamData Team

Lou Ann Wiedemann Angela Dinh (Oklahoma) (Florida)

Diana Warner Julie Dooling(Minnesota) (Missouri)

eHIM EHR LHR PHR HIM operations Document imaging

Privacy and SecurityHIPAA/HITECH

HIE/RHIO

EHR TeamEHR Team

Product & Resources DevelopmentProduct & Resources Development• Products– Meetings– Webinars– Online Courses– Books

• Resources– Practice Briefs– Articles– Toolkits

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Life CyclesLife Cycles• Product– Product Planning– Assigned to Professional Practice Staff– Identify subject matter experts (SMEs) – where needed– Staff or SME creates content– PPR Staff reviews all external content for accuracy and

consistency with AHIMA messaging– “Go –Live”

• Review Cycle– Normally 2 years – Webinars – retired after 3 years

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Life CyclesLife Cycles• Resources – Product Planning – topic identified and assigned to staff– Identify subject matter experts (SMEs) – where needed– Staff, SME, or workgroup/taskforce creates content

• Practice Briefs and toolkits go through defined vetting process

– Once professional staff work is completed, moves onto relative resource life cycle (e.g. Journal)

• Review Cycle– Practice briefs are reviewed and updated every 2 years and

goes through complete vetting process again

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NavigationNavigation

• AHIMA Website– www.ahima.org (resources: coding, ICD-10, clinical

terminologies, CDI, data, privacy, security, physician Practice, long term care, etc.)

– www.ahima.org/arra– AHIMA Store– Speakers Bureau– Continuing Education options– Others?

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NavigationNavigation

• Body of Knowledge (BoK)– Use welcome page links– Use “Advanced Search”• Search by author – use only last name• Search for key word in title – try different terms with same

meaning

– Use left pane folders

• Feedback for an improved BoK?

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FREE TO MEMBERS!FREE TO MEMBERS!• Toolkits– Amendment in Transcribed Reports– Terminal Digit Filing Toolkit– Copy Functionality– CDI– ICD-10– RAC

• Sample Job Descriptions• Practice Briefs• Articles

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CEUs: Did You Know?CEUs: Did You Know?• In School?– 15 CEUs for each semester/trimester credit– 10 CEUs for each quarter credit

• Author of educational article– 5 CEUs for Journal– 2 CEUs for state or local

• Speaking Engagements– 1 CEU for each 15 minutes at the podium– 1 CEU for each 15 minutes on a panel

• Tons more…http://www.ahima.org/downloads/pdfs/certification/Recertification_Guide.pdf

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Ask me anything!Ask me anything!

Thank you!Thank you!

Angela K. Dinh, MHA, RHIA, CHPSManager, Professional Practice

angela.dinh@ahima.org312-233-1545813-250-2849

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