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AAHIM e-Alert

July 23, 2021

Inside this Issue:

Upcoming Regional Council Dates
AHIMA/ AOE Conference Next Week
AHIMA Triumph Awards
AHIMA Elections
Save the Date
Telehealth Toolkit Released:
AHIMA21 Virtual Conference: Sept. 20-22, 2021
Virtual Coding Symposium - You Can Still Register!
AAHIM 2021 Virtual State Meeting:
Documenting Medical Necessity for the 2021 Evaluation & Management (E/M) Changes Webinar – Registration Open!
Mentee Opportunity

Upcoming Regional Council Dates

Montgomery -
September
Northeast -
July 26th at 5:00
South Alabama -
October 19th
Southeast -
September 15^th at 3pm;
November 17^th at 3pm

Please contact Karen Price at karenprice@aahim.org with any questions.

AHIMA/ AOE Conference Next Week

Two AAHIM Members are presenting at AHIMA/AOE conference next week. If you are attending, make sure to log into their sessions.

Tuesday, July 27, 11:45am -12:30pm

Presentation Title: Aligned with industry: Developing competency-based curriculum approaches with real-world relevance

Presenters: Jasmine Agnew, MHIIM, RHIA, CAHIMS, and Stephanie LaPuma, PhD, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT

Tuesday, July 27, 3:40pm -4:25pm

Presentation Title: Health Information Roles in Clinical Documentation of the Telehealth Environment

Presenter: Shannon H. Houser, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

AHIMA Triumph Awards

Congratulations to AAHIM’s Shannon Houser, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA for being the recipient of the 2021 AHIMA Triumph Mentor Award!! We are very proud of you!

AHIMA Elections

The 2021 AHIMA elections are underway! All eligible AHIMA members are invited to make your voice heard and cast your vote. Elections will run through July 26^th, 5:00 pm CST.

Save the Date

2022 Annual Meeting:

April 25-27
Orange Beach Convention Center
Orange Beach, AL.

Telehealth Toolkit Released:

Just released - AHIMA’s Telehealth Toolkit offers thorough guidance to organizations that are looking to implement or expand their program. Here, readers receive the most up-to-date resources with a special focus on tele-consultations. We also took special care to craft a global perspective, with advice for any country, not just the United States. Click Telehealth Toolkit for more information. AAHIM's own Shannon Houser, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA was one of the co-authors.

AHIMA21 Virtual Conference: Sept. 20-22, 2021

Learn, Lead and Thrive. Health care professionals face unprecedented challenges. We are called upon to innovate our heath information management systems while adapting to new regulations and evolving technologies. AHIMA21 shows you where leaders have made important strides toward this new future. Join us in this critical endeavor. Learn to lead at AHIMA21! Register now.

Virtual Coding Symposium -
You Can Still Register!

It is not too late to register for the prerecorded two-part AAHIM 2021 Virtual Coding Symposium. You can still purchase either one of the mini sessions or the entire meeting. Here's the agenda for both sessions. Session 1 offers 5.5 CEUs; Session 2 offers 5.5. You will be able to view each recording at your convenience. Click the links below for more information and to register. There are 6 Nursing CEs Available for the 1st session and 6.5 CEs available for the 2nd.

Session 1: Learn More & Register

Session 2: Learn More & Register

AAHIM 2021 Virtual State Meeting:
Navigating the Tides of Change

26 AHIMA CEUs & 27.6 Nursing CEs Available

Registration Is Still Open!

Join the Alabama Association of Health Information Management (AAHIM) leadership and membership for our Virtual Annual Conference. Health Information Management (HIM) Professionals from across the state are invited to experience on-demand learning at their own convenience in innovative ways that will translate into real-world solutions and be embraced long after they leave. Broaden your knowledge by participating in our virtual annual conference.

Learn More & Register

Documenting Medical Necessity for the 2021 Evaluation & Management (E/M) Changes Webinar – Registration Open!

With medical decision making (MDM) the key element for the new E/M services guidelines, documenting the medical necessity is more important than ever. This session will walk through the key revisions to the E/M guidelines and discuss ways in which basic documentation principles will ensure that the medical record documentation paints a complete picture of the services rendered, and support the medical necessity of code selection for each level.

1 AHIMA/AAPC CEU and 1.2 Nursing CEs will be awarded.

Learn More & Register

* This is an on-demand webinar.

Mentee Opportunity

Do you have a completed project? Are you currently working on an HIM related project?

Dr. Shannon Houser, member

of AAHIM Board of Directors, chair of Research and Data Analytics Committee, would like to offer her services and expertise to work with you and possibly to publish or present your work. Contact Dr. Houser at shouser@uab.edu to discuss further.