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HIM Transitions Go to Source The beginning of the new year is a time to assess accomplishments that you made during the past year and the failures. It is human nature to look back at those things that didn’t go the way we planned. During the past year, our country spiraled into an economic free [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source In case you haven’t heard you only have a few days left to complete your Christmas shopping. I do my Christmas shopping early to avoid the chaos. I have never been able to enjoy shopping with the masses. The idea of driving around the parking lot several times to find [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source Most of you know by now that I teach several courses online. These courses are taught during the week or weekends during the morning or evening no later than 8:00 p.m. I agreed to teach a course on Monday nights from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. This is definitely way [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source The economic downturn in the economy led me to write an article a few weeks ago about holding on to my existing teaching contracts. The doom and gloom on Wall Street has affected just about every sector of the job market. Across the country, education is taking a hit with [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source I have a friend that has just be named Interim Health Information Management Director of an acute care hospital. When she called me to tell me the news, I was just thrilled to hear about her accomplishment. Sherry came to the hospital almost three years ago as a release of [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday. This weekend will start the beginning of the holiday season. For most of us, this means shopping for those we love on a tight budget. This time of the year is considered the best time of the year. As we [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source My week started off the same as usual. I was preparing for classes, grading assignments, and answering endless e-mails. The kids had their homework and projects that needed my attention. Of course, don’t let me forget the house work that never seems to end. I have my week planned out [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source The most urgent thing on my plate is studying for the CPC exam. I have purchased the CPC exam review guide, attended the CPC exam review, purchased index cards to study the medical terminology and came up with a study schedule. My intention this week was to stick to my [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source I attended the CPC Exam Review on Friday to prepare myself to take AAPC CPC exam. The exam review was offered by the local AAPC chapter to prepare applicants to take the exam. There were about forty participants representing insurance, physician offices, hospitals, clinics, education and students. The majority of [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source I have been thinking of ways to tackle the CPC exam. The process of preparing for the examination is overwhelming. The CPC exam will cover medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, practice management, CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS coding conventions and guidelines. I will have to apply the CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS [...]