Clinical-Insights Publications:

• FEB 2010: How to Identify Heart Failure Patients For Concurrent Abstraction
• DEC 2009: Building Organizational Awareness – Your Communication Plan
• DEC 2009: SCIP-9, Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections – Urinary Catheter Removal
• OCT 2009: ICD-10 Preparation – Are You Thinking About Getting Ready?
• OCT 2009: Surgical Care Improvement Project – Infection-6 – Appropriate Hair Removal
• AUG 2009: The Importance of a Coding Certificate
• AUG 2009: Surgical Care Improvement Project – CARD-2 – Beta-Blocker Perioperative
• JUN 2009: Common Coding Errors and How to Prevent Them
• JUN 2009: AMI and Chest Pain – OP 4 – Aspirin at Arrival
• APR 2009: CORE MEASURES 101
• APR 2009: Your RAC Auditing Plan: A Tool for RAC Readiness
• FEB 2009: How to Abstract Comfort Measures Only
• FEB 2009: Teamwork and the Query Process under MS-DRGs

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Professional Organizations:

• American Health Information Management Association
• North Carolina Health Information Management Association
• South Carolina Health Information Management Association
• American Academy of Professional Coders
• The North Carolina Board of Nursing
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Bridges to Excellence
• NCQA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program
• NCQA Heart/Stroke Physicians Recognition Program
• The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
• North Carolina Assocation for Healthcare Quality

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