ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy Trula Gross, RHIA PHIMA Legislative Chair
PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
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What is Advocacy? Why Advocate? Research your MOC Visit AHIMA’s Advocacy Assist to write letters to your MOC • Visit AHIMA’s Engage Site Community - State Leaders and House of Delegates • PHIMA Update PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
What is Advocacy? • Advocacy is the pursuit of influencing outcomes. -Enactment or defeat of legislation -Changing regulation • An advocate is “one who supports or defends a cause.” • An Advocate is “one who works on behalf of another person or group.”
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Why do We Advocate? • To build name recognition of the association and profession • To make valuable contacts • To collaborate with other organizations • To inform and be informed • To ensure HIM professionals are a part of the decision making process PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
This is an Election Year!!
So What Does This Mean For You…. • This is an optimal time for AHIMA and PHIMA to make inroads on key issues. • Members of Congress are receptive to hearing from their constituents. • HIM professionals should be a part of the decision making process for healthcare related issues. PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
H.R. 1701/S.972 The Cutting Costly Codes Act
Both of these bills would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing ICD-9-CM with ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.
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Express Your Opposition to the ICD-10 Delay • On April 1, 2014 H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 was signed into law. This bill delays ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation until at least October 1, 2015. This was done after legislators rushed the bill through both the US House of Representatives and Senate. • Contact your Members of Congress to express your disapproval for the ICD-10-CM/PCS delay and let them know that code sets must be implemented. PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
ICD-10 Coalition
http://coalitionforicd10.wordpress.com/ • The Coalition for ICD-10 is a broad-based healthcare industry advocacy group, including— hospitals, health plans, hospital and physician office coding experts, vendors, and the health information technology (HIT) community— united in support of the U.S. adoption of the ICD-10 coding standard. • The Coalition for ICD-10 promotes the critical importance of ICD-10 to improving quality measurement, public health surveillance, clinical research, and healthcare payment through research, education, advocacy, and mobilization. PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Continued… Coalition Members: Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) Altegra Health American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) American Hospital Association American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) BlueCross BlueShield Association College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Health IT Now Coalition Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM) Roche Diagnostics Corporation Siemens Health Services 3M Health Information Systems WellPoint PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
What’s My Role???? Grassroots Advocacy!
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Action Items Timeline: Present-December 31st • Meetings/Conference Calls with Legislative Offices – CSAs are asked to meet with every US Representative and both US Senators in their state – This does not include retiring legislators Letters to Congress – http://capwiz.com/ahima/home/
• Letters – http://capwiz.com/ahima/home/ – Minimum of one letter per CSA member
• Phone Calls • Social Media (– #ICD10Matters) PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Research Your Member of Congress (MOC) • Get to know your Member of Congress -Visit their official website -What committees do your MOC serve? -What are your MOC’s legislative priorities? Are these issues important to you? PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Research Your Member of Congress • Subscribe to receive their legislative newsletter -Most MOCs have an e-newsletter • Read the “About Me” section of the page -Do you relate to their background and experience? • Want to learn more? -Visit the MOC’s social websites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Find Your US Member of Congress • Find your US Representative www.house.gov • Find your US Senator www.senate.gov
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PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Visit the AHIMA Advocacy Assistant
Visit the State Leader & House of Delegates Community
CSA Resources on Engage Folders State Leaders and House of Delegates
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Action Items and Webinars August ICD-10 Grassroots Campaign Check-In House of Delegates August ICD-10 Grassroots Campaign Check-In Meeting Minutes & Leadership Resources Recording Newsletters Grassroots Campaign August CheckIn MTG.pdf ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy Campaign Webinar Leadership Symposia ICD-10 Grassroots Campaign- August Check-In Meeting Notes & ICD10 Grassroots Advocacy Recording Webinar Slides and Recordings ICD-10: A Legislative Review ICD-10: A Legislative Review of the Delay Recording: Intro to Congressional Advocacy Webinar Recording: Scheduling a Congressional Meeting Webinar Slides: Physician Members of Congress & Health Influencers Webinar: ICD_10 Legislative Delay Webinar: Introduction to Congressional Advocacy Webinar: Scheduling a Congressional Meeting Component State Associations
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PA Voting Record on HR 4302 • In the House- No public record since it passed by a voice vote • In the Senate Senator Casey – Yes Senator Toomey - No
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We Need Your Action Re: ICD-10 Delays! • Visit the AHIMA Advocacy Assistant • Write your MOC and express why you are opposed to any further delay in the implementation of ICD-10 (for both the House and the Senate) • Edit the letter to tailor it to issues within your area of expertise • Email and phone calls are also effective PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
AHIMA’s Advocacy Assistant
http://www.ahima.org/about/advocacy
PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
AHIMA’S Webinar “ICD-10: A Legislative Review” • View the webinar • Share the information with your colleagues • Link: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=curu7i
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Advocacy Uses of Social Media • It’s a forum for advocacy • It turns our friends and followers into advocates • It is also an outlet for engaging decision-makers in issues that are important to the HIM profession • It is an avenue for connection with MOC • Congressional offices are using social media to help gauge public opinion
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Schedule Meetings with Your MOC • If you are interested in scheduling a meeting, please contact your Regional Advocacy Contact Lauren Houseal • AHIMA has a specific process for scheduling these meetings
• Resources are available at the AHIMA Engage Site – State Leaders and House of Delegates Community PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
Take Aways • Research your MOC for both the House and the Senate • Utilize AHIMA’s Advocacy Assist to write letters to your MOC’s • Visit AHIMA Engage Site – Community – State Leaders and House of Delegates • Get connected via Social Media • Schedule meetings with your MOC PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
PHIMA Update
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Leadership Symposium • • • •
Date: November 14, 2014 Where: Sheraton-Harrisburg/Hershey Time: 8:30 AM (Registration) 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Description: This meeting focuses on today’s Health Information Management (HIM) leader • Topics • Information Governance • Working in a Changing Environment • Getting HIM to Health Information Exchange • Big Data: A Cautionary Tale PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
PHIMA Gift Card Drawing • In an effort to encourage the PHIMA members to reach out to their Senators and Representatives, PHIMA will be drawing names for $25 gift cards. • There will be two drawings for each region based on the e-mail date. – The first period is now through October 31, 2014. – The second period is November 1 through December 31, 2014.
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PHIMA Gift Card Drawing • You must forward your e-mail response from your Senator and/or Representative to
[email protected]. • When sending your e-mail, please include your regional association (WPHIMA, CPHIMA, SePHIMA, LVHIMA, NePHIMA) • Trula Gross and Beth Chernoff will coordinate the drawings and notify the winners.
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Thank You! Trula Gross, RHIA
[email protected] 717-329-6971 PHIMA ICD-10 Grassroots Advocacy 2014
