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OrHIMA e-Alert

February 18, 2022

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Register Now! | Virtual Hill Day Registration Closes 2/28
AHIMA Offers CE Credits for CMC Meeting Attendance
Are you Interested in Volunteering for an Elected Position at OrHIMA?

Register Now! | Virtual Hill Day Registration Closes 2/28

Join us for the 2022 AHIMA Advocacy Summit! Your voice and your story are critical in advocating directly to your lawmakers for federal legislative issues impacting patients and healthcare.

This year’s virtual members-only Summit will take place on March 28-29, and you will have the opportunity to meet by video conference with members of Congress and their staff to discuss meaningful legislative and regulatory changes.

Registration for the Summit is $99 for members and attendees can earn up to 7 CEUs. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come basis.

The last day to be included in the automatic scheduling for your virtual Hill Day visit is February 28.

If you have not already, be sure to explore AHIMA's Advocacy Agenda. AHIMA's 2022 Advocacy agenda addresses the most compelling issues facing the industry and discuss innovative solutions that impact patient care, including:

Improving the Patient Health Journey through Access to Information, Privacy, and Equity.
Ensuring the Quality and Integrity of Health Information
Advancing Healthcare Transformation

Deadline for Reporting 2021 PHI Breaches Affecting Fewer Than 500 Individuals Approaching

The deadline for reporting breaches of the PHI of fewer than 500 individuals to the HHS is 60 days from the end of the calendar year in which the breach was discovered. That means all PHI breaches discovered in 2021 that involved the PHI of fewer than 500 individuals must be reported to the Secretary of the HHS no later than 11:59:59 p.m. on March 1, 2022. Each breach must be reported to the HHS separately via the breach reporting tool on the HHS website.

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AHIMA Offers CE Credits for CMC Meeting Attendance

The tentative agenda for the CDC's virtual Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting scheduled for March 8 and 9 includes coma, craniosynostosis, insulin-resistant syndrome, leukodystrophies, observation and evaluation of newborns to rule out other suspected conditions, and an overview of the CMS' proposed new procedure request process. Attendees can earn continuing education credits from AHIMA and the American Academy of Professional Coders, and the CDC encourages feedback on the presentations.

Full Story: ICD10Monitor (2/14)

Are you Interested in Volunteering for an Elected Position at OrHIMA?

As our Nominating Committee gears up this month, we’d like to ask if you have ever considered volunteering for an elected position with OrHIMA? Now is the time to explore these roles so let us know what interests you and what questions you may have. You can learn more about each role by viewing the webpage below.
The positions we will be recruiting for are:

President-Elect (3-year term)
Secretary (1-year term)
Treasurer (2-year term)
Communication Director (2-year term), and
Education Director (2-year term).

Please think about what position you would like to run for and submit your nomination here. Encourage other HIM professionals to run for a position as well.

Student Survey

Dear Fellow AHIMA Member:

You are invited to participate in an important research survey on political astuteness that I am conducting as part of my graduate degree requirements for the Master of Science - Health Information Management (HIM) program at Stephens College, in Columbia, Missouri.

The goal of this research is to assess baseline political astuteness of HIM professionals with a minimum RHIA certification; understand the impact of key demographic and education variables on political astuteness; and, assess the degree to which political astuteness is correlated with entry into health policy careers. The results may be used to 1) inform opportunities for improved professional and academic curricula focused on the health policy development and related activities, and 2) support the professional association’s advocacy efforts and 3) inform future study on political astuteness of HIM professionals.

The survey is voluntary and should take no more than 10 minutes of your time. You may discontinue your participation at any time prior to submission. The results of my research may be presented as part of professional meetings and submitted for possible publication in the professional literature. However, to preserve anonymity and maintain confidentiality, individual or personal identifiers will not be collected or maintained with this survey.

There are no direct benefits to participants in this study. While low, potential risks include uneasiness by the survey questions and concerns about confidentiality and anonymity.

If you are willing to participate, use the link or QR code below to complete the survey. The survey requires confirmation of AHIMA membership and current certification as a RHIA, followed by a series of demographic, education and professional questions and 36 “yes” or “no” statements to assess political astuteness.

If you have any questions about my research, please contact me at emigraham20@sc.stephens.edu.

Click Here to Take the Survey