What HI Professionals Can Expect in 2024
By Elizabeth McElhiney, MHA, CHPS, CPHIMS, CRIS Director of Compliance and Government Affairs Verisma January 2, 2023Privacy gets (more) complicated We’ve said it before – the US is overdue for a national conversation on privacy. 2023 only increased the stakes with...
What HI Professionals Can Expect in 2024
By Elizabeth McElhiney, MHA, CHPS, CPHIMS, CRIS Director of Compliance and Government Affairs Verisma January 2, 2023Privacy gets (more) complicated We’ve said it before – the US is overdue for a national conversation on privacy. 2023 only increased the stakes with...
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Recap on Recent Regulatory Announcements
While there were multiple regulatory announcements in the news this week, we’ll recap the President’s Executive Order on AI and ONC’s proposed rule on appropriate provider disincentives.
Top Reasons to Optimize Payer Audit Management
In today’s ever-evolving healthcare landscape, navigating the challenges posed by increasing payer audits and denials demands a proactive and expertly crafted approach to claims accuracy and compliance.
Overcoming Staffing Challenges in Healthcare Information Leadership
In my role as the CHIA President-elect, I had the privilege of addressing our California members on a pressing topic that resonates with healthcare information leaders across the industry.
Five Ways an FQHC Can Save on Administrative Costs
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) provide critical care for underserved patients nationwide, but on a limited budget supported mostly by donations and grant funding. By focusing on decreasing administrative costs, FQHCs can make their dollars more impactful...
Key Takeaways: HIPAA Update from the OCR
Verisma Academy recently hosted an informative webinar featuring Timothy Noonan, the Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy, Data, and Cybersecurity at the HHS Office for Civil Rights. The session provided attendees with crucial updates on the proposed...
How Leveraging an HIM Partner Helps Decrease Staff Stress
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” isn’t just the title of an award-winning movie that many viewers found quite confusing. It’s how a lot of health information management (HIM) employees feel about their jobs. There aren’t enough hours in the day, and one person...
How to Use a Gap Analysis to Build Your ROI Roadmap
One of the best tools for ensuring organization-wide ROI compliance is a gap analysis. A gap analysis looks at the entire disclosure management process to give you a sense of where you are today versus where you need to be to achieve and maintain compliance. In...
Advancing Information Sharing: Understanding EHI
What is EHI for the purposes of information blocking? Here’s a summary according to the ONC.
AHIMA22 Overview and Takeaways
AHIMA’s 2022 Global Conference (in-person) highlighted the emerging changes and responsibilities that healthcare information management professionals face today.
Using Technology to Achieve Centralized ROI
Having disparate processes and various policies sets your organization up for compliance risks in addition to redundant and costly processing. We need to ask ourselves; can we truly account for all disclosures of protected health information taking place across our entire organizations?