Program Schedule

Wednesday, April 20th LHIMA General Session Detail

Time / Event / CEUs
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM / Registration
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM / Pre-Convention Workshop – HIM Professional Competencies – How Do YOU Fit in the Changing HIM Landscape?
Desla Mancilla, DHA, RHIA and Ryan Sandefer, M.S. / 3 MD
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM / Pre-Convention Workshop –CCS Prep Workshop –
Linda H. Donahue RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC and Sandy Ryen, CCS / 3 CDM
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM / Technology Showcase
The Facts - Computer Aided Coding (CAC) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) What Are They and Can They Help
Jeffrey Pike, MBA, CCS
All Coding Services / 1 T
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM / Technology Showcase / 1 T
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM / Exhibitor Booth Open/Silent Auction/Dedicated Hour / *
12:00 PM – 12:10 PM / Open Remarks/Welcome/Announcements –
Jennifer Perez RHIA, LHIMA President
12:10PM – 1:15 PM / Keynote Address – Reality 2016 and its Effect on our Future as Health Information Management Professionals
Desla Mancilla, DHA, RHIA and Ryan Sandefer, M.S. / 1 MD
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM / Break
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM / Competency: The Differentiator
Aimee Troxclair Hansen / 1 MD
2:30 PM – 2:45PM / Door prizes/Network Break
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM / Introduction to False Claims
Alec Alexander, III, J.D. / 1 EF
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM / ICD-10 - Bumps in the Road since Implementation
Panel of Experts:
Trudy Rioux, CCS, Pam Loftin, RHIA, CCS / 1 CDM
4:45 – 5:00pm / Network Break/Door Prizes/Silent Auction

*Exhibits only count for 1 CEU for the entire convention, not 1 CEU per day.

Program Schedule

Thursday, April 21st LHIMA General Session and Breakout Detail

Time / Event / CEUs
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM / Registration
7:50 AM– 8:00 AM /
Welcome/ Announcements – Melissa Norris
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM / Managing Healthcare Communications in a Social Media Driven World Chrisann Lemery, RHIA, CHPA, FAHIMA / 1 PS
9:00 AM– 10:00 AM / Inspire Big Thinking to Launch Our Future – AHIMA’s 2016 Report to the CSAs
Dwan Thomas-Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CCS
AHIMA Board of Directors / 1 MD
10:00am-11:00am / Vendor Hall - Dedicated Hour / 1* T
10:30AM – 11:00PM / Credentialing for Business Luncheon
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM / Business Luncheon
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM / Vendor Hall - Dedicated Hour
Break/Silent Auction/Vendor Door Prizes / 1 T
Track 1
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM / Driving a Successful Documentation Improvement Program
Trudy Rioux, CCS / 1 CDM
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM / Preparing for a RAC Audit in ICD-10
Leigh Poland RHIA, CCS / 1 CDM
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM / The Office of National Coordinator’s Road Map to Interoperability and the Learning Health System
Jackie Jones, RHIA / 1 EF
Track 2
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM / Leading Information Governance for Healthcare
Dwan Thomas-Flowers, MBA, RHIA, CCS
AHIMA Board of Directors / 1 MD
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM / HIPAA Compliance Audits & OCR Update
Mariela Twiggs, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA / 1 PS
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM / Advocacy - Hill Day
Danielle Berthelot MHIM, RHIA / 1 EF
Track 3
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM / Coding Spinal Fusions
Daniel Caillouet, CCS, CPC / 2 CF
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM / Ready or Not, CMS says GO: Hospitals to Manage Episodes of Care for Knee and Hip Joint Replacements
Denice Stelly RHIA / 1 EF
4:45-5:00pm / Network Break
5:00 – PM – 6:00 PM
6:30pm- 9pm / Student Poster Session – Vendor Hall
LHIMA Reception / 1 MD

*Exhibits only count for 1 CEU for the entire convention, not 1 CEU per day.

Thursday, April 21st Student Academy

Time / Event
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM / Preparing for the RHIA or RHIT Exam - ULL Faculty
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM / Hot New Jobs in HIM – Chrisann Lemery, RHIA, CHPA, FAHIMA
11:00 PM – 12:30 PM / Business Luncheon
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM / Meet LHIMA BOD
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM / Break
1:45-3:45pm / From the Writing your Resume to Interviewing Successfully Workshop
Stacy Collins, MHIM, RHIA, CHTS-IM and Melanie Comeaux, MBA, RHIA
Our Lady of the Lake, HR Recruiters
5:00 – PM – 6:00 PM / Student Poster Session in Vendor Hall

Friday, April 22ndLHIMA General Session Detail

Time / Event / CEUs
7:30 – 8:00 AM / Registration
8:00 - 9:00 AM / Person Identification - How to Approach this Critical National Health Safety Issue Pragmatically
David Muntz, CHCIO / 1 T
9:00 -10:00 AM / Transforming Healthcare and Inspiring Wellness through Consumer Engagement and Health Literacy
Angela Kennedy, EdD, Med, MBA, RHIA and Grace Kennedy / 1 PI
10:00 – 10:15 am / Network Break
10:15 -11:15 AM / LA Legislative Update
Greg Frost, J.D. / 1 EF
11:15 -12:15 PM / Volunteering – What’s in it for me?
Melissa Norris, RHIA, LHIMA Secretary/Treasurer
Jennifer Perez, RHIA, LHIMA President / 1 MD
12:15-12:30PM / Closing Remarks/Door Prizes
Jennifer Perez, LHIMA President