What is a Career Path or Career Ladder? Career paths and ladders are trusted methods used over time that allow employees to progress within an organization, hence moving up the ladder. These methods can help an organization retain and develop employee talent in order to confront major workforce challenges including: the right employee recruitment, employeeRead about Tried-and-True Workforce Methods to Retain and Develop Healthcare Professionals

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much” – Helen Keller This quote has inspired so much of what we at NeKY RHIO strive to accomplish. In an era where bigger is better, we in the rural communities know this is not necessarily true. To provide quality care for patients, aRead about Networking – It’s Really Just Coming Together as a Community

The Kentucky Medicaid EHR Incentive Program has announced that the Medicaid Meaningful Use Attestation System will be available to accept 2015 attestations on Thursday, April 7th. All 2015 Kentucky Medicaid Attestations must be submitted by 11:59 pm EST on May 31, 2016. You can access the attestation system here. Here is a quick glance atRead about UPDATE: Kentucky Medicaid Attestations

Now that ICD-10-CM has finally been implemented and everyone is using these new code sets, many questions may be coming up on what is the best code selection with so many to choose from. Many questions can be answered with a thorough review of the guidelines. Now more than ever, coders need to be takingRead about It’s all about the Guidelines

The Security Rule T, transferred, or otherwise. But evaluating what measures are necessary for compliance, as well as the standards you must keep to ensure data security, can be a daunting task. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breaks down safeguards into three categories: Administrative, Technical, and Physical. For this week’s discussion, weRead about HIPAA Security – Facility Access Controls in Physical Security

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has become a very well known model in Primary Care today. Emphasizing the relationship between a patient and their health care provider for accessible, coordinated, comprehensive, and continuous quality of care.  Not only is this model beneficial for the patient but for the practice as well.  This model employs an evidence-based,Read about Is your practice ready for implementing the PCMH 2014 Model?

Patient Complaints? You have just found a recent negative Facebook or Twitter post about the poor customer service and unknowledgeable staff from your place of employment, what do you do now?  As an employer, you immediately question how well-trained or educated your employees are and wonder if it is time to intervene for the wellRead about Training Employees: Worth the Investment?

When it comes to how to get the most speed out of your programs, there are many factors that come in to play. The first and foremost are your servers, where are they hosted and how are they hosted? What kind of workload can they support? And does this align with your needs? Public CloudRead about Let’s Talk Speed

Ahoy Meaningful Users! We have survived the turbulent CMS waters of the EHR Incentive Programs and PQRS pirates and have reached the shore with a few life preservers (Modified Stage 2 for one) in hand! All nautical jokes aside, give yourself a HUGE pat on the back for holding yourself together and hanging in (yesRead about Meaningful Use Ship to Sail Toward the Island of MIPS

These links contain specific ICD-10 codes, documentation capture and scenarios to help you choose the correct codes:   ICD-10 Clinical Concepts for Family Practice ICD-10 Clinical Concepts for Internal Medicine ICD-10 Clinical Concepts for OBGYN ICD-10 Clinical Concepts for Orthopedics ICD-10 Clinical Concepts for Pediatrics ICD-10 ClinicalConcepts for Cardiology