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Wednesday, April 7th
Thursday,
April 8th
Friday,
April 9th
This Annual Meeting program meets the AHIMA guidelines
for 15 hours of
continuing education credit. Wednesday and Thursday are each
6 hours and Friday is 3
hours.
Please visit the THIMA silent auction table. The
proceeds from the silent
auction are used to support the
attendance of one student from each HIA/HIT
program at
the annual meeting. Door Prizes will be given throughout
the
meeting during General Sessions and exhibit Time.
You must be present to
win! |
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| 7:00 |
Registration Open for All Annual Meeting
Attendees |
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| 8:00 –
8:30 |
Exhibits Open! |
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| 8:30 –
8:45 |
Opening Presentation & Welcome
Elizabeth Delahoussaye, RHIA
THIMA President |
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| 8:45 – 10:00 |
Living Rich: Giving, Working, and Leading for a Better Tomorrow
Tim Richardson
 Tim Richardson, a 20 year veteran of professional speaking and creator of the
new I'M RICH series, helps his clients discover and attain “Real Richness.”
“Richness” has as much to do with what’s inside you and your organization as it
does with what’s inside your wallet, purse, bank account, or company budget.
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| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Break/Visit Exhibits |
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| 10:15 –
11:30 |
The Health Information Partnership for TN (HIP TN)
Bob Gordon, Chairman
 Executive Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer
Baptist Memorial Health Care
 The Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (HIP TN) is a public-private
entity that brings together the state’s local, regional and state electronic
health information initiatives and resources into a collaborative partnership
and framework. HIP TN will work to improve access to health information so health
care providers and consumers can make better, more informed health care
decisions. What part can you play? |
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| 11:45 -
1:00 |
Lunch / Visit Exhibits |
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| 1:15 – 2:15 |
REC Update
Jennifer McAnally
Health IT
Program Manager
QSource
 The Regional Extension
Centers (RECs) will play a pivotal role in the
implementation of electronic records,
particularly in physician practices. How can
HIM professionals work in concert with the RECs
to ensure that providers implement and
meaningfully use EMRs?
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| 2:15 – 2:45 |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
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| 2:45 –
3:45 |
AHIMA Update and Open
Forum
Alan
Dowling, PhD
CEO, AHIMA
Come and
get to know Dr.
Alan Dowling, the new CEO of
AHIMA.
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| 4:00 – 5:00 |
The Intersection of Quality & EHR – Keeping
Patient Safety on Track
Speaker, TBA
The proper
use of electronic records can improve efficiency
and promote patient safety, but improper use may
put patients at risk! Attend this session to
learn how to prevent this from ever happening in
your organization. |
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| 5:30 – 6:30 |
Awards Reception
Come help us
celebrate our best and brightest! Enjoy light
hors d’oeuvers and a cash
bar! |
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| 6:30 |
Customer / Friend
Appreciation Night
Enjoy some
time with colleagues, business partners, and
friends!
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| 7:45 |
Continental Breakfast
with the Exhibitors |
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8:15 – 9:15 |
It’s More than Rock & Roll
George Prentice
Let's start the day having some fun! Come learn about the art of
collaboration, communication, and creativity using lessons from the Beatles,
Rolling Stones, U2, and other great bands of rock and roll. |
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9:15 – 10:00 |
Healthcare Alphabet Soup –RACs, MIPs, MACs
Joy King, RHIA
Brought back by popular demand – come
hear an update on these audit programs and how you can be ready when they come
knocking at your door!
Sponsored by
DocuVoice |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Break / Visit Exhibits
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10:30 – 11:15 |
HIPAA on Steroids –
Privacy & Security Changes from ARRA
Barry Herrin, JD
Mr. Herrin is a partner in the firm Smith Moore Leatherwood and is a frequent
lecturer on medical records confidentiality matters and HIPAA compliance. If
you’ve been asking yourself, can we afford any more performance enhancement? Come to the session! |
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11:20 – 1:30 |
Business Meeting
Luncheon Rita Bowen, RHIA, President of AHIMA and Mary Reeves, RHIA, AHIMA Board Member
will be leading an open forum during the Business Meeting. You don’t want to
miss it!Vendor Door Prizes at 1:30
pm
Silent Auction Ends!! |
Computer-Assisted Coding
Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC
Karen Scott Seminars and Consulting
Sponsored
by
DocuVoice
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CPOE – Implementation Strategies
Laurene
Vamprine,
CIO
Erlanger
Health
System
Cynthia
Ford,
RHIA
Corporate
Documentation
Specialist
Methodist-LeBonheur
Healthcare |
Closing
the
Generation
Gap
in
the
Workplace
Jay
Conner,
Ph.D.
Senior
Consultant
Strategic
Advantages,
Inc.
Why
do
young
professionals
prefer
texting
to
talking?
Why
do
some
professionals
resist
new
ideas
and
new
ways
of
communicating?
This
session
will
provide
interesting
insight
into
these
and
other
issues
that
often
create
challenges
in
the
workplace. |
InHouse
or
OutHouse?
Tracy
Hickey,
RHIA
Director
Health
Information
Management,
Jackson-Madison
County
General
Hospital
Cathy
Clawson,
CCS
Transcription
Manager,
Mountain
States
Health
Alliance
Come
hear
a
discussion
of
the
management
pros
and
cons
of
outsourcing
from
two
HIM
professionals
who
have
firsthand
experience. |
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Preparing
for
I-10
Kathy
Hallock,
RHIA
THIMA
I-10
Coordinator |
EMR
&
Meaningful
Use:
Reaching
Out
to
Physicians
Jim
King,
MD,
FAAFP
Whether
you
work
in a
hospital
setting
or
in a
physician
practice,
you,
as a
HIM
professional,
have
a
role
to
play!
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Leveraging
HIM
Credentials
in a
Vendor
World
Tempe
Kelly
BCBS
of
TN
Kim
Vernon,
RHIA
Kayce
Dover,
RHIA,
Moderator
Does
a
nontraditional
HIM
career
interest
you?
Attend
this
session
and
learn
how
to
capitalize
on
your
HIM
skills
in
areas
beyond
health
care
provider
settings. |
HIM
Update
Debbie
Johnson,
RHIT,CHP
Director,
HIM/Privacy
Officer
Life
Care
Centers
of
America
Come
and
learn
the
latest
trends
and
challenges
in
health
information
management
in
long
term
care
settings.
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Coding Jeopardy
Coding Roundtable
Team
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Bringing a Community Together for HIE
Panel Discussion:
Rita Bowen, RHIA
and Erlanger Team |
Leveraging HIM Credentials Within Your Organization
Brenda Neas, RHIA
Vice-President
Blue Ridge Medical Management
HIM skills provide the basis for a diverse listing of job titles. This discussion will provide insight into how you can mobilize your career path with your HIM credentials. |
Electronic Behavioral Health Records
Janice Watkin, RHIA, CCS
Director, HIM
Parkwest Medical Center
Electronic record systems can be successfully implemented in behavioral health settings. Attend this session to hear one facility’s experience.
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| 5:30 –
7:00 |
Dinner On Your Own |
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| 7:00 |
Dance - Soul Train Let’s go back to the 70s and enjoy dancing to the oldies & new tunes as well.
Whether you like rhythm & blues, soul, hip-hop – whatever! We’ll have it!
You never know what might happen at a THIMA Dance! Sometimes we have very
special guests! |
| 8:30–9:15 |
Legal Update
THIMA Legislative Committee
Always a popular session, come & learn the very latest legal aspects of health
information management. |
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9:15–9:35 |
Break (check-out) |
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9:35–10:35 |
The Power of
Professionalism
Abby Cooper, RHIA |
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| 10:35–10:45 |
Break |
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10:45–11:45 |
Lean Healthcare
Charles Hagood
President/Founding Principal
Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP), Inc.
More
and more healthcare providers are realizing the
imperative of improving quality and safety and
eliminating waste as strategies for responding
to the challenges. Enter Lean Healthcare, the
“how to” of managing change and creating
continuous improvement. |
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| Noon |
Adjourn |
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