Five Key Takeaways from CHIA

One of the largest regional coding organizations in America’s healthcare universe – the California Health Information Association (CHIA) – wrapped its final workshops this past week, with delegates flying home to share their insights on what was considered to be a pivotal experience. The ICD10monitor producers of Talk Ten Tuesdays have secured a rare appearance of CHIA’s past president, Gloryanne Byrant, who agreed to share five key takeaways from the annual conference. During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, coming up at 10 a.m. EST on June 10, the popular Internet broadcast will feature the additional following instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments: • CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson, Director of CDI for the vaunted Brundage Group, will have the latest CDI updates; • Field Report: Dennis Jones, a veteran Monitor Mondays and Talk Ten Tuesdays contributing editor, will report on the latest developments regarding the revenue cycle. Jones is the administrator of the revenue cycle at Jefferson Health; The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news; • News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk; and • MyTalk: Angela Comfort, veteran healthcare subject-matter expert, will co-host the long-running and popular weekly Internet broadcast. Comfort is the Assistant Vice President of Revenue Integrity for Montefiore Health.