NHHIMA Fall Meeting
Friday, September 15th at the Fireside Inn in West Lebanon, NH
8:30 am -1:30 pm (8:30-9:00 will be registration and continental breakfast. Snacks will be provided in the afternoon)
Registration and more information will be sent out soon.
We hope to see everyone there.
Thank you,
NHHIMA Board
CSA Leadership Symposium
July 14-15, 2017
Chicago, Illinois
The AHIMA CSA Leadership Symposium is a two-day event that engages AHIMA and CSA leaders in strategic direction, envisioning the future, and leadership in the evolving HIM profession. Ann D’Arcy -James, our Past President, and I represented NHIMA. We participated in the interactive sessions that were developed to train CSA leadership in their roles.
Some of the many topics included were the future of HIM roles, global perspectives in healthcare, innovative CSA activities, HIM apprenticeship programs, CSA financial planning and membership engagement.
Being able to speak with members of other CSA’s was another benefit to attending. The best practices shared were beneficial. They provided us with the motivation and inspiration to incorporate new ideas into our state association over the next year.
If attending these kinds of AHIMA sponsored events interests you consider joining our Board or connecting with a Board member to inquire about opportunities to participate in upcoming events.
Respectively Submitted,
Allison M Bidgood, RHIA
NHHIMA President 2017-2018
Dear Colleagues,
It is an honor to be the 2017-2018 President of NHHIMA, an engaged professional organization which consistently influences and shapes the management of health information.
As our world and our profession changes we all need to stay relevant and grow. This year’s Board members will represent NH on a local as well as on a national level. Together we will continue to be your voice and resource.
As the year progresses regularly check into our website for updates on the work the Board is doing, dates for the various meetings being planned as well as any other HIM hot topics.
One item on the agenda for the upcoming year is for NHHIMA to participate in discussions about the planning and viability of putting together a 6 State Meeting. As you can imagine this is no small undertaking. There is a lot of work to make it happen but the end results can be great when we work collaboratively. More to come on the status of this potential event.
The NHHIMA Board is eager to work with of you. We encourage participation and welcome input from our members. We will be reaching out to individuals over the next year to increase membership engagement and hope that when called upon you will consider the professionally gratifying opportunity to work with your fellow colleagues.
Here’s to a great year ahead!
Sincerely,
Allison M. Bidgood, RHIA
NHHIMA President 2017-2018
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First and foremost, I want to thank the NHHIMA members and Board for the privilege of serving you over the course of the last nine years. As your Past President, I will continue to advocate for our Component State Association (CSA) within the framework AHIMA has provided. I thought this is an appropriate time to reflect and offer you highlights of what NHHIMA, as a professional association, has been doing on behalf of our membership.
During the past two years the AHIMA framework has allowed me to participate in interactive, online, training webinars. Information I learned has resulted in the choices the Board made regarding NHHIMA strategic initiatives. Just a few examples include realization that our association needed to file legal paperwork with the IRS as well as the State of New Hampshire in order to be recognized as a non-profit organization. The fact that I can communicate via our NHHIMA.org website is another example of lessons learned from other CSA’s, and networking resulted in our ability to offer ICD-10 coding workshops led by the best in the business of coding instructors, Lynn Kuehn and Gail Smith.
Our Education and Program Director, Mary Beth York, will soon be announcing the next ICD-10 based workshop, also featuring Lynn Kuehn and Gail Smith, as we continue on our quest for coding excellence.
Please check out the new NHHIMA Board listing now posted on this website, and be assured that we are here to serve and want to know what is important to you as we plan our programs and activities for 2015-2016.
Jean Wolf, RHIT, CHP
Past President
Each year NHHIMA offers one or more $500 scholarships.
Healthcare surrogates can now be appointed under certain circumstances.
Click here to read the revision to RSA 137-J:1.
Click here for the President’s 2015 New Year Message.