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Just found out one of my articles won the Helen Yerger/L. Vann Seawell Best Article Award for outstanding editorial achievement!

HFMA recognizes top 9 articles published in hfm, 3 awarded for editorial excellence HFMA is recognizing the top nine articles published in hfm during FY23-24, with three selected as the winners of the Helen Yerger/L. Vann Seawell Best Article Award for outstanding editorial achievement. Also lauded are the top three runners-up and top three staff-written articles. Myriad topics fr...

Are there any coders out there who left the field for a while (e.g., to have children, retire, or switch careers for a period of time) and then returned? I want to learn more about your experience making the transition back to coding. Also looking for HIM managers and/or recruiters hiring these individuals. This is for an upcoming story that will appear in the Journal of AHIMA. Please contact me at [email protected]. Thanks!

LLMs continue to evolve, and medical coding will be one of many professions affected by them. Thanks to all of the SMEs who contributed to this article I wrote for JAHIMA.

Are LLMs Coming for Coding? Yes, and Medical Coders Should Prepare First, it was robotic process automation. Then machine learning and natural language processing. These technologies continue to shape the medical coding profession in unprecedented ways, increasingly tasking coders with novel responsibilities like auditing and validating codes rather than assigning....

There has been a push to report SDOH codes, but data reporting limitations may stand in the way. Thanks to all of the SMEs who spoke with me for this story that appeared in the Journal of AHIMA!

Data Reporting Limitations Need to Be Addressed When Including SDOH Z Codes on Medical Claims While institutional and professional medical claims accommodate up to 25 and 12 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes respectively, experts say this isn’t always enough space to meet new and emerging value-based payment and quality measure requirements. That’s especially true when you start adding Z codes f...

This was definitely an interesting topic to write about: ROI for deceased patient records. Thanks to all of the SMEs who shared their input!

How to Avoid Inappropriate Disclosures of Deceased Patient Records Consider these scenarios:   A 22-year-old woman dies in a car accident, and her parents want to access her medical record to understand her injuries.   A 35-year-old man dies after a medical error, and his brother wants access to his record so he can file a wrongful death lawsuit.   A 40-year-...

This looks like a great video series on health in rural America. Looking forward to checking it out.

Health Wanted: Finding Care in Rural America Rural Americans are facing a health care crisis. The 1 in 5 Americans who live in rural areas get sicker and die sooner than people living in urban areas. Th...

Did you know there are several new codes/services that took effect January 1 that can help medical practices generate additional revenue? Check out this article I wrote for Medical Economics, and thanks to Toni Elhoms, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CEMA for sharing her fabulous expertise!

Newly billable services can boost revenue in 2024 Medical Economics is the leading health care business media brand for physicians, serving our audience of doctors through our print magazine, in-depth features, video interviews, podcasts and more.

There are many things going on at the federal level to improve healthcare cybersecurity...and there's plenty of room for health information professional to augment those efforts! Check out this article I wrote for the Journal of AHIMA to learn more. Thanks to all of the sources who contributed!

Federal Cybersecurity Efforts Seek to Improve Protection of Health Data Healthcare data breaches affect millions of people every year, and it’s a growing problem. Medical records include financial and personal information that hackers can sell on the dark web and use for various other nefarious purposes. In 2022, healthcare organizations in the United States suffered ...

Check out these social media stars of coding and health information making waves in the industry and online.

Four Social Media Stars of Medical Coding and Health Information You’ve probably seen their posts on LinkedIn, heard their voice on a podcast, or watched their videos on YouTube. They’re the coding and health information (HI) gurus leveraging social media to provide coding education, build brand awareness, or expand their professional networks. Here are four ...

Honored to be given this award from HFMA!

Had a great call yesterday with Michael Liebowitz. I can't say enough about his approach to helping me craft my message and providing insight on how to improve my freelance writing business!

Michael Liebowitz - CEO, Magnetic Mind Studio - Value Articulation and Communication Strategy - Magnetic Mind Studio | LinkedIn View Michael Liebowitz’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Michael has 6 jobs listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Michael’s connections and jobs at similar companies.

Wrote this article about the impact of ChatGPT on healthcare data analytics. Thanks to all of the sources to contributed!

Leveraging ChatGPT and Generative AI in Healthcare Analytics ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022, has already made headlines for its ability to write essays in the style of best-selling authors and pass the Bar Exam and U.S. Medical Licensing Examination. Not surprisingly, experts say its impact....

"It is not normal in most countries for medical care to be something that you fear because it will put you in debt from which it's impossible to recover." -SCAN CEO Sachin Jain. (I couldn't agree more) Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA

Health insurance execs: 'We need to take a hard look at billing practices' Two nonprofit health insurers are funding medical debt relief through a nonprofit organization, but the leaders say more needs to be done.

Best takeaway from today's ASJA '23 conference? Thought leadership and content marketing are NOT synonymous. With thought leadership, it's about providing truly unique insights. How can you differentiate yourself in a competitive marketplace? With content marketing, it's about subtly selling your products and services. What are you trying to accomplish, and who are you trying to reach? That will dictate the best approach. A professional writer can help.

Health vs. care - and why it's important to focus on wellness and prevention instead of reactive care. Check out this special report I wrote for HFMA that's part of the Healthcare 2030 series!

HEALTHCARE 2030: HEALTH vs. CARE | HFMA If you’re resisting wellness models, prepare to be left behind. By Lisa Eramo, HFMA Contributing Writer Laura Kaiser is on a mission to help people live healthy lives. As president and CEO of SSM Health, Kaiser is moving the St. Louis-based Catholic health system toward an approach that promotes h...

Did you know that advance care planning is on the OIG's radar? Here are some tips to avoid denials, audits, and recoupments. Thanks to all the sources who contributed! https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/ace-potential-medicare-audits-of-advance-care-planning-in-2023-with-these-tips

The denials just keep coming...is there any end in sight? Experts weigh in on how to protect your revenue and mitigate compliance risk in this annual coding story for Medical Economics. https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/stamp-out-payer-denials

65% of U.S. adults feel managing healthcare is “overwhelming” and “time-consuming," according to a recent study.

U.S. Adults Spend Eight Hours Monthly Coordinating Healthcare, Find System "Overwhelming" U.S. adults spend the equivalent of an entire eight-hour workday per month coordinating healthcare for themselves and/or their family or loved ones, according to a new patient experience survey conducted by The Harris Poll, on behalf of the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA).

This is a really important study that highlights the financial impact of health disparities in the United States.

NIH-funded study highlights the financial toll of health disparities in the United States Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels.

Enjoyed this conversation with Susan Fuehrer about how her organization leverages social determinant of health data.

How Health Information Professionals Can Help Their Organization Leverage SDOH Data Nearly eight in 10 healthcare organizations currently collect social determinants of health (SDOH) data. However, challenges persist in leveraging this data to improve outcomes, a recent AHIMA survey found. The Cleveland, OH-based MetroHealth Population Health Innovation Institute created the Instit...

Interesting, but not necessarily surprising: Amazon Clinic patients must authorize Amazon to access their complete patient file and potentially redisclose information that HIPAA will no longer protect.

Analysis | To become an Amazon Clinic patient, first you sign away some privacy You agreed to what? The ‘HIPAA authorization’ for Amazon's new low-cost Clinic offers the tech giant more control over your health data.

Working with a ghostwriter can be fun, collaborative, and rewarding! Have you thought about it? Here are three reasons why you should.

Culturally competent care is so important, and the connection with value-based care is clear. What are you doing to make patients feel comfortable and understood?

Providing culturally competent care How cultural competence helps physicians improve outcomes and achieve value-based financial incentives

Health equity will become an important topic in the year ahead as the Joint Commission makes it a national patient safety goal.

Hospital operational changes underway as health equity becomes one of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals | HFMA The designation means health equity will become a stronger focus of hospital accreditation surveys by the Joint Commission.

Writer's block happens to all of us. Here are three ways to address it. Before you know it, that case study, blog, white paper, or thought leadership article will be ready to go.

Editors are busy people - the more you can do to give them the content they need, the better!

Attended this thought provoking conversation by a local physician/author. We can't underestimate the value of primary care.

It's Monday again. Wow, how the time flies.

A day late, but here it is! Client conversations are a goldmine. Have you dug into one yet?

Patients need more billing support. What are you doing to provide it? Check out these strategies in this article I wrote for Inbox Health.

Want to Increase Patient Collections? Provide Better Billing Support By providing support when patients need it most, providers not only improve patient collections; they also boost patient engagement, trust, and loyalty.