Hello AAHIM Members!

In order to better understand our membership, our Data Analytics committee put together a short survey to help obtain key information that will help plan events and topics in the future. Thank you for your continued support and responses to our surveys as we work to engage our membership and strive to meet your needs. We look forward to receiving your feedback and sharing the results of our efforts at the annual state meeting.

Thank you,
AAHIM Board

Take the Survey

The survey will close December 4, 2019.

The Alabama Association of Health Information (AAHIM) Nominating Committee wants you to suggest fellow members and/or yourself as possible candidates for the AAHIM Executive Board (BoD) positions for the next fiscal year, July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.

Board Position:   President 

Flower:  Camellia (Exquisite and Highly Valued)

Description:  The President shall preside at all meetings of the members, the BoD, and the Executive Committee., determine the regular agenda of all meetings of the members of the BoD and the Executive Committee,  present a report at the annual meeting, appoint the chairs of committees (unless otherwise specified herein) authorized by the BoD, and must be an active member of AHIMA and AAHIM and hold a current RHIA or RHIT credential.

Cost:  Priceless

 

Board Position:  President-Elect
 
Flower:  Lily (Purity, Passionate, Sweetness)
 
Description: Shall act in place of the President in the event of the absence of the President and shall exercise such other duties as may be delegated to the office by the BoD.  The President-Elect must be an active member of AHIMA and AAHIM and hold a current RHIA or RHIT credential.  
 
Cost:  

4-5 days per month for one year.
3-year commitment

 

Board Position:  First Year Director
 
Flower:   Rose (Beauty, Love, Sweet Aroma)
 
Description:  Serves a two year position, serves as Chairman of a Standing Committee of AAHIM or a Committee appointed by the AAHIM BoD, attends Board meetings regularly.
 
Cost: 

2 days per month for two years
2-year commitment

 

To see full position descriptions and to place your “order”, please click here.

Place your order early/ Nominations will close January 29, 2020.

Complete the Call for Nomination Form

If you need more than a few CEUs to complete your cycle for the year we have two bundle deals for you from our 2019 Quad-State event. Please check out these two deals at:

AAHIM On Demand Webinars

Bundle #1 Deal – 12 Coding Webinars – $115 (11 CEUs)

Bundle #2 Deal – 12 Management Webinars – $125 (12 CEUs)

If you only need a few CEUs, shop around for individual sessions at:

AAHIMA On Demand Webinar Library

Please join GHIMA and AAHIM members for an outstanding leadership symposium presented by Flowers Consulting on February 28, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia.

Please follow the link below to view the complete agenda, make hotel reservations and to learn about early registration savings through January 31, 2020.

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AAHIM is in the process of planning our state meeting and need your input on the topics that are of interest to AAHIM members. Our strategic direction for 2019-2020 is to service our members by creating opportunities for engagement and feedback. Your participation in these opportunities ensures AAHIM is creating events and deliverng content that supports you as an HIM Professional. If you can take a few minutes to respond to our 7 question survey, it will help guide us on the content that should be provided at the state meeting. The survey also includes an opportunity to provide insight on a topic if your area of interest is not listed. Thank you to all of the members who responded to our previous survey regarding the location! If you have not saved the date, please mark your calendars for April 15th-April 17th, 2020!! We look forward to providing you with a great meeting experience!   State Meeting Survey

In June, the US House of Representatives adopted an amendment striking language in the House FY20 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill that prohibits the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using federal funds to promote or adopt a unique patient identifier. Striking this language will give HHS the ability to evaluate a range of patient identification solutions that protect patient privacy and are cost-effective, scalable, and secure.

As Congress continues to consider the fiscal year 2020 spending bills, we encourage you to contact your elected officials to encourage them to remove this archaic ban from the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2020.

Thank you!!
AAHIM Board

 

Click Here To Visit AHIMA’s Advocacy Action Center

Please save the date and plan to join us for education and networking at the 2020 AAHIM State Meeting. 

April 15 – 17, 2020 

DoubleTree by Hilton
Birmingham Perimeter Park 
8 Perimeter Park South 
Birmingham, AL

As the Senate leaves town for August district work period, I wanted to provide a quick update on where things are with the patient matching issue in Congress and to ask for your assistance. As you may recall in June the House adopted an amendment that would strike language in the FY20 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill that prohibits the US Department of Health and Human Services from using federal funds to promulgate or adopt a unique patient identifier.

Striking this language will provide the US Department of Health and Human Services the ability to evaluate a full range of patient matching solutions and enable it to work with the private sector to identify a solution that is cost-effective, scalable, secure and one that protects patient privacy. Now that a budget deal has materialized, when the Senate returns in September, we expect them to quickly take up the Senate FY20 Labor-HHS appropriations bill. We are trying to build grassroots support for the Senate to reject inclusion of this outdated language as the House did in June.

Along these lines, we’ve created a new engagement at AHIMA’s Advocacy Action Center and we have two favors to ask— 

• Head to the Advocacy Action Center to contact your US Senator about this critical issue. 
• Encourage others to take action as well. 

Our goal between now and September is to garner as much grassroots support as possible to continue to move this issue forward. 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your support of HIM!! 

AAHIM Board

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