ARTICLES/RESOURCES AND UPDATES
Health Information Management Info!
AHIMA- American Health Information Management Association. Link
POST ACUTE CARE GUIDELINES Link
CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS Link
FEDERAL STATE OPERATIONS MANUAL - Guidance to Surveyors
Building New Policies and Procedures to Incorporate Telehealth -By Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, CHPC, SSGB, and Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, CPHI, FAHIMA 2021
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Who Has Rights to a Deceased Patient’s Records? 2021
Determining appropriate release of a deceased patient’s medical records can be complex. HIPAA, sometimes blamed for denied requests, is rarely cause for a roadblock, however. Aug 4,2009
HIPAA Individuals’ Right under HIPAA to Access their Health Information 45 CFR § 164.524
HHS.gov. Content created by Health Information Privacy Division
Content last reviewed on January 31, 2020
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
21st CENTURY CURES ACT: - Link What is the 21st Century Cures Act? The 21st Century Cures Act was enacted by the 114th United States Congress and signed into law by President Obama on December 13, 2016. The act includes a number of provisions that enhance electronic health information sharing and promote greater interoperability.- Antiblocking rules - implementation April 1,2021
COPY CHARGES BY STATE- Link
State-by-State Guide of Medical Record Copying Fees
ICD 10 CM
By Laurie M. Johnson, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
Original story posted on: June 25, 2021
New codes are effective Oct. 1, 2021.
Highly anticipated, the fiscal year 2022 ICD-10-CM codes have been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although still pending are the 2022 Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines which were not included in the package of new codes.
We are still waiting for the release of the 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule in early August 2021. The CDC release on Wednesday contains 159 new codes, along with the Tabular and Index Addenda. The following is a synopsis of the new codes by chapter.
FY 2022 ICD-10-CM codes now available- Link
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Cal Health and Safety 1418.8 - New Rules July 1, 2021
HSC section 1418.8 authorizes an IDT at a SNF or ICF to make treatment decisions for residents when a physician determines the resident is unable to provide informed consent for a proposed treatment intervention because they cannot articulate a decision or cannot understand the risks or benefits of a proposed intervention and where the resident has no health care decision maker to consent to the proposed intervention. The Court of Appeal decision upheld the constitutionality of HSC section 1418.8. AFL from CDPH dated Jan 12,2o21
CDPH - Link to the AFL
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