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Confessions of an HIM Student Go to Source So as I think I mentioned before we have our EHR class in an online format. Our book comes with a CD that has a virtual EHR that we are supposed to use to build our own electronic health record so we are able to see the [...]

MT Connections Go to Source Our country is experiencing history-making firsthand with the inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th president. What a week in our country’s history! The challenges we face as a country, the economy, the wars, the environment, healthcare, etc., are now going to be addressed by new leadership. Regardless of the [...]

Passage Go to Source It seems like an eon since the election, and like a little kid at Christmas, it hardly seems real that today is finally The Day. Regardless of how you feel about the transition, I think everyone agrees that we’re on the cusp of some of the biggest changes in our lifetime. [...]

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source Health insurers are facing the costs of underpaying patients for out-of-network care. Last Tuesday, UnitedHealth Group settled an investigation by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that alleged the company’s database was miscalculating reimbursement rates for patients who used out-of-network doctors. UnitedHealth agreed to pay $50 million to [...]

The XY Files in an MT World Go to Source The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) has updated its website to include answers to frequently asked questions regarding the proposed settlement to the class action lawsuit brought against MedQuist on behalf of certain current and former MedQuist transcriptionist employees. The FAQ page lists the [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source The inauguration of Barack Obama is a historic event that has generated excitement across the country. I watched the pre-inaugural events this weekend and our nation has high expectations of this president. The problems that our country faces are mind blogging. The economic collapse, housing crisis, banking crisis and two [...]

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) scored a victory yesterday when it was announced that ICD-10 implementation would be pushed back from 2011 to 2013. AAPC took an opposing view to that of the American Health Information Management Association, which advocated for an implementation sooner rather than later. [...]

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source The eagerly awaited Final Rules for adoption of ICD-10 will be published in the next few days, and the implementation date has been bumped from 2011 to 2013. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a brief statement today applauding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]

MT Connections Go to Source Many stores in our region have been offering hundreds of generic drugs for $3-4 a month. Recently a few stores, mainly grocery stores, started offering free antibiotics for the first few months of 2009. Customers with a valid prescription are able to get a 14-day supply of certain generic antibiotics [...]

Someone sent me a link to the United States Medical Language Specialists Union Initiative. You can go to the site to see it, but their mission statement is as follows: Organized to emphasize the necessary return of United States citizens’ patient information to United States-based Medical Information Specialists, Medical Transcriptionists and Medical Language Specialists, furthering the [...]