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CONNotations

Winter 2011
In This Issue
A Word From Your President
Press Release from AHIMA
ICD-10 Readiness Course Available
Look What They Did!!!
Do you know who our Corporate Sponsors are??
Register Today For The Next Coding Roundtable!!
A Message from your President
 Dear CTHIMA Members
 
First off I want to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy Holiday Season, and a very Happy New Year.  The seasons seem to be coming around a lot sooner as I get older. It seems that it was just summer, then before I knew it it was Halloween, and Thanksgiving and Christmas really snuck up on me as is New Years. Oh well,  I hope all our members are doing well and that the New Year brings you all the best.
 
Now for The Board Update. Your board has been busy setting up educational sessions, as well as planning new and exciting things to come. First let me give you an update on The House of delegates. The delegates have elected Susan Parker, MED, RHIA from North  Carolina, as the New Speaker of the house for 2012. We also elected Kimberly Baldwin-Stried Reich, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ from Illinois as the Speaker Elect who will become Speaker in 2013. The new Speaker position will sit on the Board of Directors and be a voice for the members. Also starting in the new year all the House teams will start meeting again.

 

As for CTHIMA, we have had several educational sessions as well as a coding roundtable. We have had some great speakers at these meetings such as Jennifer Cox, David Mack, from Shipman and Goodwin, just to mention a few. I would like to thank all our speakers, that have donated their time and effort on our behalf. I would also like to thank all the volunteers who have helped our board with putting Baskets together for our raffles at our meetings, volunteering to be our point people on the New England Vendor Committee, as well as the Volunteers who have helped on our Coding Roundtable. Without these volunteers we would not be able to do as much as we do.

 

Now let me tell you what we have planned so far for the coming year. First we have a Coding Roundtable scheduled for January 19th at the Marriot in Rocky Hill. We are in the process of setting up the Agenda, and it should be out in the next week or so. We will have the CPT-4 update as one of the topic's. We are also looking to have another Educational Meeting either at the end of January or Beginning of February. We are working on that agenda as we speak so more to come on that. 

 

Now let me tell you about our ICD-10 training. Currently we have the A&P course through Barry Libman that you signup for through our website and receive a 5% discount. The cost is $122.00, and $85 FOR THE BOOK. It is all web based and we think it is a very good value for the money, and a very basic first step.  I have also asked for volunteers who have completed the "Train the Trainer" program to help with our training program. I have received offers from about 7 members who are willing to help us. I am going to have a meeting with these members to develop our plan for training our members, as we go forward through the start date of 10/1/13. I hope to have a plan in place by the end of January, with dates and topic's for the whole training program.  We are also looking at doing several all day workshops that would have A&P, terminology, and hands on coding for ICD-10. Another thing we are looking at for both ICD-10 and other educational sessions would be to have some as webinars. This is something we have looked at and it seems like a way to go for us and our members.

 

We have also started planning the New England Conference at Mohegan Sun from 5/6/12 through 5/8/12. I can tell you we are planning on having a full day of ICD-10 training which I think will be Sunday 5/6/12. We are also doing the CCS full day Training, as well as 1/2 day session on Interventional Radiology. We are also lining up speakers on RAC/ MIC Appeals Management, Release of Information topic's, Meaningful Use, and much more. This year we also will have the Long Term Care Annual Meeting  included with our meeting. They will have their own speakers, but would be able to attend our sessions as well as the Vendor Time, and Socials. We would also be able to attend some of their sessions if we wanted. So this looks like it's shaping up to be another great conference.

 

Now let me tell you about a fun event that I have set up for the members. Hold date of the evening of Saturday March 17th. We are planning on having a St. Patrick's Day  get together. It will be held at Elaine's Restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike, in Berlin CT. We will have a great buffet, D.J, and many more exciting fun things. We will have more on this over the next month or so as we set it up. This should be a great night out, and a beginning to the spring after a long winter.  Another thing we are working on is a CTHIMA  On- Line Store. Here you would be able to get some CTHIMA gifts, shirts, and other CTHIMA items for yourself or staff members.

 

So stay tuned, as we are working hard on your behalf.   So in closing, I would like to wish each and every one of you a happy and health New Year!
 
Thank You.
Marty Cohen, RHIT
President, CTHIMA
Press Release from AHIMA
 Click HERE for a recent press release from AHIMA
ICD-10 Readiness Course
 

CTHIMA Becomes an Affiliate Partner for ICD-10 Readiness Course

Anatomy & Physiology for Medical Coders

 

MASSACHUSETTS - November 09, 2011 - Connecticut Health Information Management Association (CTHIMA) signed a course affiliate partner agreement to resell Barry Libman Inc. Anatomy & Physiology for Coders course to its' members.

A non-profit organization, CTHIMA is a component state association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). CTHIMA represents over 383 members and 70 certified non-members HIM professionals responsible for managing patient health records in diverse settings.

"The organization's mission is to promote and advance national standards set forth by AHIMA and to support professional development, innovation and leadership. Barry Libman Inc.'s Anatomy & Physiology for Coders course, along with the affiliate program, demonstrates an innovative approach to professional development, and a first step in learning the new ICD-10 Code Sets that will be coming in Oct. 2013." States Martin Cohen, CTHIMA Chapter President.

 

Barry Libman Inc.'s Anatomy & Physiology for Coders affiliate program provides State Associations with everything necessary to promote this course to their members. When a member signs up for the course, they will receive a discount when using "CTHIMA affiliates" as the discount coupon when logging into Barry Libman Inc.'s or CTHIMA's website to sign up for the course. The Affiliates can use the program to develop an ancillary revenue stream and augment existing on-premise seminars, webinars and audio training programs.

 

The Anatomy & Physiology for Coders was developed to educate medical coders preparing for transition to ICD-10-CM and -PCS. The 12-week course provides a

comprehensive and complete review of the major body systems, as well as coverage of common diseases and disorders, frequently prescribed drugs, and common laboratory tests. The course uses the textbook and supplemental CD, Fundamentals of Anatomy &

Physiology by Donald Rizzo. Also included are lesson notes, multi-media videos, interactive educational games, and full-color anatomical drawings to amplify course content. Multiple quizzes and comprehensive weekly assessments assure mastery of the material.

 

As an online course, students can access Anatomy & Physiology for Coders 24/7. The course has received prior approval for 24 continuing education units (CEUs) from

the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and 12 continuing education units (CEUs) from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

For more about the affiliate program, visit

http://www.barrylibmaninc.com/training-education/affiliate-program/

To learn more about CTHIMA, including credentials offered in coding, health care

privacy, health care security and records management, visit

http://www.cthima.org/

 

ABOUT BARRY LIBMAN INC.

Barry Libman Inc. provides medical record coding, audit, and educational services to the Health Information Management departments of healthcare institutions. Barry Libman Inc. offers the right-mix of online and classroom education to ensure that the HIM professional is prepared to handle changes in the medical record coding systems and the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS.

http://www.barrylibmaninc.com

What an accomplishment!
 
Congratulations to the following members on becoming AHIMA Ambassadors for ICD-10 training:
  • Anita Barsalou
  • Rachael D'Andrea, RHIA
  • Faye Davis, CCS
  • Fe Dinneen, CCS
  • Andree Guerrette, RHIA
  • Wendy Kelly, CCS
  • Teresa Liao, RHIA, CCS
  • Alison Nicklas, RHIA, CCS
  • Allison Patavino, RHIT, CCS
  • Sarah Serling, CCS, CCS-P
  • Sharon Tarca, CCS
  • Laurie weyerstrass, CCS

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