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KHIMA e-Alert

January 20, 2023

Inside this Issue:

KHIMA and MoHIMA Joint Annual Meeting – Registration is Open!
CMS Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule
Apply for an Elected Volunteer Position with AHIMA
KHIMA On-Demand Webinar with Lynn Kuehn: Genitourinary Procedure Coding in ICD-10-PCS
KHIMA Awards
HHS Proposes New Protections to Increase Care Coordination and Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Challenges
2023 Advocacy Summit
Job Board
Upcoming Events
Virtual Education

KHIMA and MoHIMA Joint Annual Meeting – Registration is Open!

KHIMA and MoHIMA will hold a joint Annual Meeting on April 12-14, 2023, at the Overland Park Convention Center.

Click here to review the meeting agenda. Click here for more information and to book your hotel room.

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CMS Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes proposed rule aimed at improving health information exchange and furthering price transparency efforts to assist patients in understanding the cost of their care prior to care delivery.

CMS previously released a similar proposed rule in 2020 that CMS has since retracted and replaced with this proposed rule.

Click below for more information.

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Apply for an Elected Volunteer Position with AHIMA

Take the Next Step in Your Leadership Journey

AHIMA is looking for strategic, innovative, dedicated members to be considered for one of our elected roles in 2024. View the opportunities for the AHIMA President/Chair-elect, Board of Directors, CEE member, CCHIIM Commissioners, and Speaker-elect of the House of Delegates on the AHIMA website.

The online application will be available in mid-January. Applications are due March 31, 2023.

Please contact profession.governance@ahima.org with any questions and to indicate your interest in applying.

KHIMA On-Demand Webinar with Lynn Kuehn: Genitourinary Procedure Coding in ICD-10-PCS

Virtual Event

Overview

Attend this session to learn about genitourinary procedures and how the 2023 additions to the PCS code set make coding easier for some GU procedures. This presentation will clarify the details on assigning reconstruction of GU structures using isolated segments of intestines, including correctly coding isolated segment bypasses. We’ll also cover hand-assisted procedures and many procedures performed on the Urinary, Male and Female Reproductive Systems.

After the training today, attendees be able to:

Identify the body parts assigned to the genitourinary systems of Urinary, Male and Female Reproductive.
Apply the definitions of the devices and qualifiers unique to these systems.
Apply knowledge of root operations to procedures performed and identify procedure details that support the root operation decisions for these systems.
Analyze operative report documentation to correctly assign all ICD-10-PCS characters for codes associated with the genitourinary systems.

Course Info

Published Date
November 2022

Total CEs
1.0

Domain(s)
Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

Pricing

AHIMA/KHIMA Member - $25.00
Non-Member - $40.00
Student - $10.00

Speaker

Lynn Kuehn

Learn More and Register

Registration will close at 11:59 PM CT on July 1, 2023.

KHIMA Awards

Now is the time to recognize and acknowledge those extraordinary people that we work with.

KHIMA offers an opportunity to recognize others through four award categories and recognition at the KHIMA Annual Business Meeting in April. There is no better time than the present to take a minute and nominate someone (including yourself) for doing an extraordinary job!

Nominations are now being accepted until March 1st!
To complete the award nomination form, click below.

Nominate

HHS Proposes New Protections to Increase Care Coordination and Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Challenges

New Proposed Rule to Implement the Bipartisan CARES Act Legislation

Today, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced proposed changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records under 42 CFR part 2 (“Part 2”), which protects patient privacy and records concerning treatment related to substance use challenges from unauthorized disclosures. Specifically, today’s proposed rule increases coordination among providers in treatment for substance use challenges and increases protections for patients concerning records disclosure to avoid discrimination in treatment.

Click here to read the full article.

2023 Advocacy Summit

Registration Now Open | March 20-21

The AHIMA Advocacy Summit is where health leaders and policymakers come together to address important key policy issues related to health data and health information.

You may earn up to 13 CEUs at this two-day event, taking place March 20–21, 2023, in Washington, DC, which includes a Public Policy Institute on March 20. AHIMA members also have an opportunity to advocate for issues impacting the health information profession to their elected officials at our Capitol Hill Day on March 21.

Watch a video message from AHIMA’s Lauren Riplinger, Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer.