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NEWS

HealthPort Goes Pink In Support of Breast Cancer Awareness

October 1, 2009

ARTICLES

Time Out For News!-RAC Permanent Program Update
by Lori Brocato and Nancy Hirschl
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals, October 22, 2009

RAC 'Time Out' A Chance To Review
by Lori Brocato
Health Management Technology, October 2, 2009

Coding, Compliance and RAC: How CIOs Can Help
by Lori Brocato and Nancy Hirschl
ADVANCE for Health Information Executives, September 23, 2009

Understanding RAC Appeals
by Lori Brocato and Nancy Hirschl
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals, September 23, 2009

Winning Physician Cooperation with RAC
by Lori Brocato and Nancy Hirschl
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals, August 27, 2009

Ushering in Change: ARRA adds new challenges to ROI Requests
by Elizabeth Roop
For The Record, August 17, 2009

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COLUMNS

 

RAC Ready

By Lori Brocato, Product Manager of HealthPort, and Nancy Hirschl, CCS, of Hirschl & Assoc.
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals

Welcome to your monthly survival guide for Medicare's recovery audit contractor (RAC) program. We have been heavily involved with RAC since the first record request was received and the first audit was conducted nearly 4 years ago. A lot has changed and a lot of lessons have been learned. We invite you to visit our column every month and uncover the know-how, skills and techniques you need to help your organization thrive under RAC.

1.28.09 
Get Ready to RAC
2.25.09 
RAC Preparedness: It Takes a Team!
3.25.09 
Identify Your Risk!
4.22.09 
Analyze Your RAC Workflow
5.20.09 
Technology for RAC: The High Cost of Doing Nothing
6.17.09 
CDI and RAC: It's Time to Join Forces
7.15.09 
Coding Compliance and RAC: The Secret Sauce
8.26.09 
Winning Physician Cooperation with RAC
9.23.09 
Understanding RAC Appeals


Managing Hybrid Medical Records: A Virtual Roundtable

By Aaron Brandwein, Divisional Vice President of HealthPort
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals

ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals has a new online column called "Managing Hybrid Records: A Virtual Roundtable." Each month, you'll learn from your peers how to manage in a hybrid world.  Click on the articles below to read more.

12.17.07  Kick-off Article
1.14.08  Meet the HIM Panel & Their EHR Aspirations
2.11.08  Workflow: What's the Hype?
3.10.08  Staffing: The Human Element of Hybrid
4.07.08  Arrivederci or "Welcome to Your New Job"?
5.05.08  Keeping up with KPIs
6.02.08  Communicating Success, Conveying Obstacles
8.25.08  Defining the Legal Medical Record in a Hybrid World
9.22.08  Downtime Policies That Lift Up Your Organization 
10.20.08  Trading Places 
11.17.08  The Butterfly Effect and the Hybrid Environment 

Diary of an EDMS Implementation

By Traci Waugh, RHIA
Advance for Health Information Professionals

1.01.07  Welcome!
1.30.07  Let the Demos Begin
2.26.07  Contracting for an EDMS
3.26.07  The Kick-off Meeting
4.23.07  Schedules, Timelines, and Project Plans 
5.21.07  Success in the ED!
6.18.07  Same-Day Surgery: A Whole New World
7.16.07  Planning for Inpatient Records
8.13.07  The Flexible Project Plan
9.10.07  Different Users, Different Needs
10.08.07  Electronic Signature with EDMS
11.05.07  The Bottom Line of HIM Improvement
12.03.07  Do We Ever Really Say Goodbye?

PRESS RELEASES

Click on one of the announcements below or contact us directly to get the latest news. You may also access archived press releases.

10.01.09 HealthPort Goes Pink In Support of Breast Cancer Awareness
9.28.09 HealthPort's April Robertson Named AHIMA's 2009 Legacy Award Recipient
9.22.09 HealthPort Launches New, Online Education Community For Health Information Management and Cancer Registry
9.18.09 HealthPort RACPro Achieves Certification Status From Executive Health Resources
9.02.09 Wisconsin Community Health Center, Bridge Community Clinic, Turns to HealthPort For Three Key Technology Solutions
8.10.09 HealthPort a Proud Sponsor of National Health Center Week 09
7.10.09 HealthPort Inks RAC Software Deal with Resurrection Health Care
6.19.09 HealthPort Ranked 25 of Top 100 HIT Companies
3.27.09 HealthPort Announces ROI-QuickLink
10.09.08 HealthPort Achieves Company and Industry Milestone in E-delivery of Medical Records
10.07.08 HealthPort's EDMS Software Benefits Students and Educators Using AHIMA's E-HIM Virtual Lab
10.07.08 HealthPort Pulls Together Expert Panel to Discuss RAC
9.23.08 Industry Leader HealthPort Acquires ChartOne
8.08.08 Community Health Centers Are Recognized During National Health Center Week
8.06.08 Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program Takes Back nearly $1 Billion
8.05.08 HealthPort Sells its Document Management Services (DMS) Division
7.01.08 HealthPort Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer
6.23.08 HealthPort Implements "Going Green" Program
6.05.08 HealthPort Partners with Summit Healthcare
6.02.08 Appalachian Regional Healthcare System Chooses HealthPort RCM!
5.27.08 HealthPort's Director of Clinical Sales Support Awarded the Title of Distinguished Fellow of the AAPA
5.16.08 HealthPort Launches HealthPort EMR v. 9.0
5.05.08 HealthPort's Electronic Medical Record System Receives 2007 CCHIT Certification!
3.26.08 HealthPort Adds Two Key Features to its Revenue Cycle Management Application!
3.18.08 HealthPort Ranks High in TACHC's EHR Summit Event
3.05.08 HealthPort Appoints Brian Grazzini as its New Chief Financial Officer
2.25.08 HealthPort Adds More to its Electronic Document Management System
2.25.08 WellSpan Signs HealthPort to Conduct Large-Scale, Back-Scanning Project
2.06.08 HealthPort Becomes a SureScripts Certified Solution Provider
1.15.08 SDS Changes Name to HealthPort

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I just read the article you have in ADVANCE. It is very informative. Thanks for accurately hitting on so many important HIM issues and for providing such useful advice!

 

Renee Williams, RHIA, CHP, Director of HIM
St. Joseph Mercy Health Center
Hot Springs, AR
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