MHIMA MISSION STATEMENT:

Transcription

1 MHIMA MISSION STATEMENT: The Montana Health Information Management Association is the professional community and trusted source that improves healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information management. MHIMA President s Message Fall 2012 Happy Holidays to all of our MHIMA members! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that the coming few weeks is festive and joyful! My sincere apologies for the delay in our Fall newsletter interesting how the implementation of an electronic health record consumes your life! I m getting back on track now and am looking forward to This year s fall meeting was fairly well attended and I appreciate the conversations that we were able to have. We had a good discussion about transitioning to electronic health records and challenges, as well as best practices that we face on a day to day basis. Jane Schumacher, Jennifer McManis and Traci Waugh represented our state association at this year s House of Delegates session. My understanding is that they had a great experience. AHIMA has redesigned the House of Delegate meeting to be more interactive and sharing than what has been the traditional meeting in the past. I believe this will provide additional feedback from the delegates on items that matter to their component state associations and more leadership training. This year s not-so-silent auction item at National Convention was a Montana made wine and class basket. Traci Waugh graciously volunteered to coordinate this donation and in return it contributed $210 to the AHIMA Foundation. Thanks again Traci! We have had a lot of changes announced for this coming year. For those that may not know, Jennifer McManis has been elected to AHIMA s Speaker of the House Elect. Her position starts in January and she will be stepping down from the Past President position for MHIMA. Jane Schumacher has moved to Bismarck, ND and is working as an Informaticist. She will finish out her term of President Elect until June 30, but will not be transitioning to the President position. With that said, I will remain as the MHIMA President for another term. Joanne Romasko has graciously agreed to return as Past President. MHIMA will have several positions open in our election. We will be electing the following positions: President Elect, Board of Director (1), Secretary, Treasurer and Nominating committee. Please see further information in the newsletter from acting chair Laure Agostinelli Hamel. Our annual Spring meeting will be April 17-19, 2013 at the Best Western Grand Tree in Bozeman. Jane Schumacher will be coordinating the meeting this year and I will be requesting assistance from any of you who could help to organize. Please her at janeschumacherrhia@gmail.com if you are able to assist. May you all have a wonderful holiday season. Make time for yourself and I look forward to seeing you next April in Bozeman! Sincerely, Patti Reisinger, RHIT, CCS Inside this issue: President s Message 1 MHIMA Business Mtg 2 \ Fall Meeting Wrap-up 3 MHIMA Nominations 3 Newly Certified! 5 Spring Meeting 6 Volunteer Form 8

2 MHIMA Business Meeting By Patti Reisinger MHIMA Business Meeting Minutes September 20, :00 9:00 am I. General Business/Consent Agenda Business Meeting Minutes Approval April 20, 2012 Minutes were approved. Budget Review Traci updated on the budget Introductions members introduced themselves as the sign-up sheet was passed around. II. Environmental Scanning RAC Audits: RAC continues to increase volumes at the IPPS facilities EHR Implementation Good discussion amongst members about experiences with electronic record implementations good experiences and challenges were shared III. Committee Updates Fall Meeting summary 22 registered for bonus session and 36 for convention Stacey Bradley and some of her staff providing session on Clinical Documentation Improvement Bylaws Quorum was available, Revised Bylaws for MHIMA were approved Spring Meeting summary - April 17-19, 2013 in Bozeman with HFMA at the Grand Tree Inn With Jane s move out of state, we ll need a committee to work on planning and coordinating the event. V. MHIMA Business Silent Auction Traci coordinated a made in Montana wine basket on behalf of MHIMA Nominations for The following current positions will be up for elections: President Elect, Board of Director (1), Secretary, Treasurer, Nominating Committee IV. AHIMA Business Jennifer McManis elected to Speaker of the House Elect Adjournment

3 MHIMA Nominations It s your chance to get involved more involved in MHIMA! There are several MHIMA positions up for grabs in the upcoming election to be held in February Open positions include: President-Elect Secretary Treasurer Board Director (1 position) Nominating Committee Representative (3 positions) If you are interested in running for or learning more about any of these positions, or know someone who would be a perfect fit, please contact one of our nominating committee members: Traci Waugh (twaugh@nvhosp.org), Laurie Agostinelli Hines (lagostinelli@mt.gov), or Joanne Romasko (jromasko@bcbsmt.com). Fall Meeting Wrap-up Submitted by Jane Schumacher, RHIA MHIMA sponsored several sessions at the MHA Annual Convention in September. There were a total of 36 registered under the HIM specialization, with 22 attending the coding bonus session. Stacey Bradley and Bridgett Siemens, along with their knowledgeable team from Kalispell Regional provided coding bonus session attendees with a wealth of valuable information related to clinical documentation improvement. Stacey and Christine Seager also provided a CDI overview concurrent session. Kathryn Peterson, Healthcare Informatics Tech program director at MSU-Great Falls College of Technology provided an excellent overview of process analysis and how this activity can enhance quality of patient care. As we move toward increased use of electronic medical records, process and workflow analysis is a key success factor. Thank you to everyone who attended the MHA convention, as well as the MHIMA Business meeting at that event! Although our group was small, it was great to have a round table type of discussion about the various happenings in our HIM world. Your feedback to the organization is greatly appreciated!

4

5 Congratulations to the following Montana individuals who have received certification in the past year! Nora Aaron 7/28/2012 CCS MT Angela Alm 3/24/2012 CCS-P MT Julaine Anderson 1/28/2012 CCA MT Felecia BlackHoop 7/13/2012 RHIT MT Cindy Boggess 5/30/2012 RHIT MT Misti Bowles 2/23/2012 CCS-P MT Catherine Cline 3/30/2012 CCA MT Aundrea Cormier 12/8/2011 CCA MT Kim Gordon 2/23/2012 CCA MT Kim Gordon 7/14/2012 RHIT MT William Grilley 4/14/2012 CCA MT Jillian Hicks 7/28/2012 CCS MT Shirley Hinther 10/27/2012 CCS MT Gwen Hughes 6/6/2012 CHPS MT Laurie Lea Kimball 1/28/2012 RHIT MT Cynthia Martin 9/25/2012 CCS MT Mary McMann 8/13/2012 RHIT MT Gay Mergenthaler 10/30/2012 CCA MT Christie Minemyer 11/16/2011 CCA MT Dawn Muckley 8/14/2012 CCA MT Melissa Nuebel 11/8/2012 CHDA MT Kimberly Nygard 11/26/2012 CCA MT Angela Plocher 12/17/2011 CCA MT Ryan Rottenbiller 9/1/2012 RHIT MT Tanja Schilger 5/26/2012 CCS MT Tanja Schilger 4/18/2012 CCA MT Karen Turk 6/16/2012 CCA MT Noreen Udall 4/11/2012 CCS MT DeDee Williams 7/14/2012 RHIA MT

6 Bylaws Update Revised MHIMA Bylaws Members of the business meeting this fall approved the revision to the bylaws as presented to the membership via our website and blast. Current bylaws are now posted to the MHIMA website and CoP for you to review. Please contact Patti Reisinger or any of the board members for any questions you might have. Spring Meeting 2013 Submitted by Jane Schumacher Mark your calendar for the 2013 Spring Meeting, April 17-19, in Bozeman. We plan to meet in conjunction with HFMA once again. We are seeking volunteers to help with planning and organizing the event two skills HIMer s are known for! J If you can lend a hand, please contact Jane Schumacher at janeschumacherrhia@gmail.com. Patti Reisinger will be assisting with the vendor showcase. If you have new vendors or new reps with longstanding vendors to invite the showcase, please contact Patti at PReisinger@communitymed.org.

7 Marketing News Tesa Topley Peterson has graciously volunteered to take on Marketing Chair for MHIMA. Look for updates coming this spring for members to purchase! There are still several MHIMA Cookbooks available for sale!!! They make great gifts for family, friends, staff or anyone who enjoys cooking. Please contact Patti Reisinger for more information. We re wigging out on Wiggio.com MHIMA will be using Wiggio.com to manage our blasts. Please modify your preferences so that you have the notifications coming to your as you would like. I suggest a daily summary; that way you still get notification, but not receiving several s throughout the day. The s will come to you, the member, from MHIMA@wiggio.com Find us on Facebook!!

8 MHIMA MEMBERS WE NEED YOU! Are you interested in serving as a volunteer? We are always looking for members to join in our activities. It is a wonderful chance to network with your peers, meet new members, and get involved at our state level. Please consider volunteering and lending your expertise to make MHIMA the best ever. SO, COME ON GET INVOLVED! Member Coordination includes activities such as nominations, awards and positive recognitions of our members. Governance includes activities such as our bylaws, policies and procedures, and job descriptions. Communications includes activities such as our newsletter, website and our community of practice Education includes activities such as the coding roundtable, spring and fall meetings, and our academic programs Public Relations - includes activities such as marketing and community education on the PHR Advocacy includes activities such as legal and legislative affairs as well as e-him (More information on all of these committees can be found on the Montana CoP.) Yes! I would be interested in participating in MHIMA s future! I want to volunteer with a project involving the following: Advocacy Policies and Procedures Nominating Coding Roundtable Marketing Bylaws Job Descriptions Newsletter Website CoP Spring Meeting Fall Meeting Academic Programs Member Retention Member Recruitment Positive Recognition e-him Community Edu Campaign/PHR General, just get me involved! PRINTED NAME CONTACT PHONE NUMBER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ADDRESS Please completed forms to: Joanne Romasko, RHIA, CHDA (406) jromasko@bcbsmt.com