President's Message

Looking Ahead to 2010-2011

I have been looking forward to my term as your President. I hope everyone enjoyed this year’s Annual meeting. We tried something new this year and added an additional day for Coding Roundtable. We have had a very good responses from attendees. I would like to continue this for this coming June. Hopefully, we will have an excellent meeting again this year.

We have great educational opportunities for increasing our knowledge of managing health data for the coming changes. Change is coming ARRA, HITECH and ICD-10. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?? We will all have to get CEU in ICD-10 starting 2011.

ICD-10-CM/PCS Specific CEU Requirements

AHIMA Certified Professionals are required by CCHIIM to participate in a predetermined number of mandatory baseline educational experiences specific to ICD-10-CM/PCS. These ICD-10-CM/PCS specific CEUs will count as part of all AHIMA certificants’ total CEU requirements for the purpose of recertification. Stated differently, the following CEU requirements will be included as part of each certificants’ total, required CEUs, by credential, per CEU Cycle.
The total number of ICD-10-CM/PCS continuing education units (CEUs) required, by AHIMA credential, is as follows:

• CHPS – 1CEU

• CHDA – 6 CEUs

• RHIT – 6 CEUs

• RHIA – 6 CEUs

• CCS-P – 12 CEUs

• CCS – 18 CEUs

• CCA – 18 CEUs
  
  *6 CEUs = 1 day of training (Please see the explanation under FAQs)

Certificants who hold more than one AHIMA credential will only report the highest number of CEUs from among all credentials held. For example, if a certificant has both an RHIA and CCS, the certificant would normally report 40 (30 CEUs for RHIA and an additional 10 CEUs for CCS) CEUs per recertification cycle, and 18 of these CEUs will be required to cover ICD-10-CM/PCS.

AHIMA CSA Core Service Achievement Awards

NJHIMA CSA was awarded two CORE achievements awards for the outstanding work performed by our committees. The purpose of the CSA Core Service Achievement program is to recognize excellence in Component State Association (CSA) efforts and to provide all CSAs with information and ideas that can be applied to their own state efforts. The categories are based on the AHIMA/CSA Affiliation Agreement. The reviewers will be considering the summary of the project, goals, innovations and outcomes. CSA volunteer involvement, budget and communicating on the impact of the program.

• Continuing Education Programs Relating to Coding (including Coding Roundtable Activity) 3rd place

• Member Communications 1st Place

Now is the time for joining for the upcoming year. Please go to the NJHIMA.org to join up. We are looking for new methods for keeping members informed. We have been emailing, and using the COP. Please make sure your email is correct. Update your member profile page in the AHIMA website. We also have a Facebook fan page. A survey will be coming asking your opinion. Let's have an exceptional and fun year.

Peggy Feeley RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
NJHIMA 2010-2011 President