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MHIMA Candidates for 2020 AHIMA ElectionExciting News for MNHIMA, we have wonderful candidates for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ballot this year. 🔹 Regina Kraus, Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM) 🔹 Laura Blabac, Speaker-elect of the House of Delegates 🔹 Christina Snaza, AHIMA Nominating Committee All members, except for students, are invited to vote on the 2020 AHIMA Ballot from July 13 - 27. Members of the...

Act Now to Urge Congress to Remove Section 510 from the FY2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations BillAction Alert From AHIMA   As we are seeing as a result of the worldwide pandemic, accurate and timely health and patient data to ensure patient safety is more important than ever. Yet even though the ECRI Institute names patient misidentification one of the top ten threats to patient safety, a two decade-old appropriations rider has stifled innovation and industry progress in advancing a nationwide...

2020 MHIMA Virtual Annual MeetingRegistration is now OPEN for the 2020 MHIMA Virtual Annual Meeting! We are excited to offer this new format with our great speakers and exhibitors, and at significantly lower registration prices: AHIMA/MHIMA Member – $150 Emeritus/Student AHIMA/MHIMA Member – $50 Non-Member – $225 The Virtual Meeting will be accessible from April 29 2020, through October 31, 2020, giving attendees ample time to listen to the available recordings and receive CEUs. The Business...

“Best Practices for Health Records Management in COVID-19” education is now available. Information about the webinar, and the link to register for it, can be found on the AHIMA Journal website at the link below. The webinar is available at no charge.  https://journal.ahima.org/ahima-webinar-addresses-covid-19-medical-record-documentation-challenges/ 

MHIMA Spring 2020 Connection e-NewsletterHello MHIMA Members and Corporate Partners! Your quarterly newsletter, the MHIMA Connection, is here! Please click on the newsletter to find the Spring 2020 issue. We have worked hard to bring you up-to-date with current information and announcements. Hope you enjoy! Stay Healthy. Thank you,MHIMA Marketing & Communications Committee

MHIMA BylawsDear Membership, Per MHIMA’s Bylaws, I am sending you the proposed 2020 MHIMA Bylaw changes at least 30 days prior to MHIMA’s 2020 Annual Business meeting. The document titled MHIMA 2020 Bylaw Changes outlines each individual proposed Bylaw change by section, the proposed language and the explanation for the proposed change. The document titled MHIMA Proposed Bylaws 2020 are the actual Bylaws with the markups for the proposed changes. Please review the proposed changes as these...

MHIMA 2020 Election ResultsThe votes are in and we would like to share with you the results from the MHIMA 2020-2021 Board Nominations. We had 12% of our memberships that voted.  Thank you to all of you who voted! And thank you to all of the individuals that were on the ballot.Newly Elected Board MembersPresident Elect: Sue Nathe, RHITSecretary: Katie Kerr, MA, RHIADelegate: Suzy Johnson,  MS, RHIA, CHPSAudit Committee: Elise Depew, RHIT, CCA, CPC, CRC, CPMA (top)Regina Kraus, MSA, RHIA,...

Achievement Awards Each year, the Nominating Committee seeks recommendations for individuals deserving of being recognized within the categories of our recognition program. Nomination is a way to recognize excellence at every level within our association, and we welcome all eligible nominations. For questions or to submit a nomination, contact the MHIMA Past President, MHIMA Executive Director or your Region’s President. Nominations are accepted during the Winter and awarded at the Annual...

MHIMA Winter 2020 Connection e-NewsletterHello MHIMA Members and Corporate Partners! Your quarterly newsletter, The MHIMA Connection is here. Please click on the newsletter to find the latest issue We have worked hard to bring you up-to-date with current association information and announcements. Hope you enjoy. Thank you,MHIMA Marketing & Communications Committee

MHIMA 2020 Scholarship MHIMA Scholarship Program For 2020- Deadline March 11, 2020 for Applications to be received at MHIMA.   MHIMA is pleased to once again remind our eligible students of our 2020 MHIMA Scholarship. This scholarship is based on merit and not on financial need. Eligibility to Apply: (ALL of the following requirements MUST be met) AHIMA member with Minnesota designated as their component state association Enrolled in an in-state or out-of-state CAHIIM accredited HIM program...

MHIMA Fall 2019 Connection e-Newsletter Hello MHIMA Members and Corporate Partners!Your quarterly newsletter, the MHIMA Connection is here! Please click on the newsletter to find the Fall 2019 issue. We have worked hard to bring you up to date with current information and announcements! Hope you enjoy!Thank you,MHIMA Marketing & Communications Committee

2019 Election Results The 2018 - 2019 MHIMA Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the results of our recent electronic ballot: President-Elect: Mary Juenemann, MS, RHIA, CCS Delegate Directors: Neysa Noreen, MS, RHIA & Lisa Schultz, MAOL, RHIA Secretary: Stephanie Peterson, RHIA Treasurer: Lorna Clodfelder, RHIT Audit Committee: Christina Nelson, RHIT, CPMA We had a 7.6% voter response this year. Thank you to everyone who voted! The newly elected officers, board members and audit...

MHIMA Outstanding Student Award The MHIMA Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors are pleased to announce Emma Peters-Axtell as 2019's MHIMA Outstanding Student!Click Here to learn more about Emma!

MHIMA Distinguished Member Award The MHIMA Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors are pleased to announce Diana M. Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, CPHI, FAHIMA as 2019's MHIMA Distinguished Member!Click here to learn more about Diana!

MHIMA Rising Star Award The MHIMA Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors are pleased to announce Nick Procaccini as 2019's MHIMA Rising Star!Click Here to learn more about Nick!

Scholarship Winners Announced The MHIMA Scholarship Committee has selected the following students to receive Minnesota Merit Scholarships:RHIT Program:Barbara EasleyRochester Community & Technical College$ 750.00RHIA Program:Logan JohnsonThe College of Saint Scholastica$ 750.00Emma Peters-AxtellThe College of Saint Scholastica$ 750.00Lynn ZormeierThe College of Saint Scholastica$ 1,250.00Graduate/Masters Program:Darlette HoppeThe College of Saint Scholastica$ 1,500.00Congratulations to...