Resources

American Health Information Management Association – AHIMA is dedicated to managing healthcare data and accuracy to ensure quality. AHIMA represents the entire health information management (HIM) community through representation and certification for medical coding and medical record documentation improvement.

https://www.ahima.org

Office of Inspector General– the OIG has been at the forefront of the Nation’s efforts to fight waste, fraud and abuse and to improving the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid and more than 100 other Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) programs.

https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/index.asp

Association of Healthcare Auditors and Educators– the AHCAE is dedicated to excellence in quality education and healthcare auditing certification.

https://www.ahcae.org

Health Care Compliance Association – HCCA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance professionals and others who share these principles.

https://www.hcca-info.org

Center for Medicare & Medicaid – CMS site provides all the information required to bill the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

https://www.cms.hhs.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs – provides news and other information related to Veterans Affairs
https://www.va.gov/

Click to Download VA Health Information Management Coding Handbook

Click to Download 2024 OIG General Compliance Program Guidance

Click to Download GAO VA Report Medical Center Billings and Collections Third-party Payers