What's New   HITECH and IT Competencies Test yourself against the IT competencies of new RHIA/RHIT graduates. There's also a link to the Region D HITECH Workforce Training site. AHIMA Career Resources Click Here Take the quiz on Breach of PHI Click here for the test Electronic Health Records & Meaningful Use Click Here AHIMA’s All new Online Practice Exams Click here AHIMA Merit Scholarships Click here To change your email address or opt in/out of mailing list Click here CMS Proposed Rule on Hospital CoP Federal Register Link Meaningful Use Stage 2 Deadline Extended for Early Adopters Click Here Six Most In-Demand HIT Skills Read the list in its entirety to see how your knowledge is going to make you shine in 2012 Revised Eligibility Criteria for CHDA and CHPS AHIMA credentialing Web page New Information on Patient Privacy and Data Security A study conducted by Ponemon Institute, LLC CCS and CCS-P Certification Programs Earn NCCA Accreditation Read the press release

Upcoming Events

WEBINAR
Speaker: Kelly McLendon, RHIA, CHPS Founder, CompliancePro Solutions, LLC
Presentation: Privacy Automation
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Time: 1:00p - 2:00p
Registration is now available in CVent!
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Kelly McLendon Biography

NCHIMA Hill Day
Hill Day is May 22,2012. For information on Hill Day, invitation, and registration, see the state advocacy page. The registration code for the $139 Marriot room rate is NCH (by phone) or NCHNCHA (on line).

NCHIMA Coding Roundtable Workshop:
“GETTING READY FOR ICD-10-CM/PCS”
Upcoming Dates/Locations:
May 24th and 25th, 2012 at McDowell Tech in Marion, NC
Online registration for this event.
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View this event’s agenda.

October 2012 Charlotte, NC TBD

ICD-10-CM Training & Implementation Issues (Phase II) for the Provider Office
NCHIMA is pleased to announce another year of partnership with NC AHEC to teach ICD-10-CM Training & Implementation Issues (Phase II) for the Provider Office in 2012. All dates and cities are posted on our Calendar page. Please visit the AHEC statewide website http://my.ncahec.net/education.php and search the Continuing Education Calendar to sign up for an ICD-10 session in your area.

NCHIMSS Spring Conference
Our sister organization NCHIMSS will have their Spring Conference May 21-22 in Concord. This is free for all healthcare provider organizations. Click Here for the flyer.

NEWS

AHIMA Needs You to Advocate for ICD-10
AHIMA is asking all of its members to take a proactive role in helping maintain the October 1, 2013, compliance date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS by sending letters to the Health and Human Services secretary and CMS administrator. To date, over 350 letters have been sent from the general membership of AHIMA and another 160 have been sent from HIM educators. We are pleased with these results but know that we can do much better. AHIMA has two letters in the Advocacy Action Center of the Advocacy Assistant: one letter for all AHIMA members and a second letter specific to HIM educators. Click here to go directly to both letters. Send your letter today!

NCHIMA 2011 RACE Award Winner AHIMA recognized the best and brightest coding roundtable coordinators and CSAs for excellence in programming with the 2011 Roundtable Achievement in Coding Excellence (RACE) Awards on Saturday, October 1, 2011 during the Clinical Coding Community Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

NCHIMA was presented an award in each of the three RACE categories:

1st Place: NCHIMA Coding Roundtable Activities (tied with SCHIMA and LHIMA). Honorable Mention: Coding Roundtable Coordinator Recognition for Excellence, Kou Yang, RHIA. Honorable Mention: Recognition of Coding Leadership in North Carolina.

NCHIMA would like to congratulate and thank Kou Yang, RHIA, Coding Roundtable Coordinator 2010-2011 for her work in organizing and providing excellent meetings and networking opportunities for the NCHIMA coding community.

	NCHIMA Delegation to the 2011 AHIMA National Convention
	AHIMA 2011 Pioneer Triumph Award
	William Lee Ford, MHA, RHIT, CPC, CPC-H, CHC is the well deserving recipient of AHIMA's 2011 Pioneer Triumph Award, The award honors those individuals, groups, or organizations who are focused on moving HI and HIM into the future of the healthcare wellness industry. Lee has utilized breakthrough thinking, actions of HIM, and visionary leadership for data quality, and the future application of ICD-10-CM/PCS. As a result, he has pioneered new relationships for the successful implementation of ICD-10. The ICD-10 education led by Lee has resulted in North Carolina being one of the top CSAs relative to ICD-10 education. Because of his forward thinking, passion, and dedication, Lee is well deserving of this award. For the AHIMA announcement click here .
	AHIMA 2010 Pioneer Triumph Award
	Since their inception in 1994, the AHIMA Triumph Awards have honored those professionals responsible for advancing the field of health information management (HIM). Each year, AHIMA members nominate those that have demonstrated extraordinary leadership, volunteerism and talent. As part of a long and cherished tradition, the Triumph Awards continue to be the highest recognition of excellence, dedication and service, and are presented annually at the AHIMA Convention & Exhibit. NCHIMA is very proud to honor our AHIMA 2010 Pioneer Triumph Award winner Kay Gooding, MPH, MAEd, RHIA. For the AHIMA announcement click here.

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