Physician Practice

While the size and type of physician practice may vary, each presents with its own exclusive set of administrative and operational tasks as well as HIM challenges.

There are many physician practices that may not employ a HIM professional, AHIMA offers resources to members and non-members to provide guidance on HIM best practices, compliance and achieving optimal outcomes.

AHIMA has many products providing the foundation for HIM principles as practices encounter the multitude of rules and regulations. Our resources are created by HIM professionals who have expertise in the physician arena in subject areas ranging from proper coding and documentation to privacy and security requirements. AHIMA resources also guide HIM practices in other areas such as:

• data management needs
• managing electronic records
• increased payer scrutiny
• quality reporting initiatives
• the switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS
• the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

In addition, the following links are samples of articles published in the Journal of AHIMA:

• The I-10 Impact, Preparing for ICD-10 in Physician Practices 
• Keeping Compliant - Managing Rising Risk in Physician Practices

AHIMA has multiple resources specifically for HIM in physician practices:

Physician Practice Education and Training Products

Physician Practice Resources and Links