The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has appointed a new CEO. Alan F. Dowling, PhD, will assume leadership in January, as current CEO Linda Kloss, RHIA, CAE, FAHIMA, prepares to step down. AHIMA released the following statement this morning: The American Health Information Management Association's ...

Well, my feet hurt, my brain hurts and I can barely keep my eyes open at this point, but it was all well worth it. My first day at the AHIMA 2009 conference did not disappoint. Busy is an understatement, and I even got a bit of a cardio workout in-with all the walking to and from the various meetings and sessions. This place is huge! After a ...

The ADVANCE staff will be rather far flung early next week. Cheryl McEvoy is heading off to Chicago for the HIMSS conference, and I'm boarding a flight to Las Vegas early Sunday morning to take in the AAPC show. We'll be bringing you all sorts of conference coverage from the show and when we get back to our little hub outside of Philadelphia. I ...

The eagerly awaited Final Rules for adoption of ICD-10 will be published in the next few days, and the implementation date has been bumped from 2011 to 2013. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a brief statement today applauding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on approving the Final Rules for ...