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June 2018 Newsletter - News & Views Inside this Issue: President's Message HIM Curricula Competencies Tell Your US Representative to Co-sponsor and Support the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act! NHIMA Web Page Redesign Coming Soon! Congratulations...

1. What is your first and last name, current school, which program are you in, and how many years do you have left? My name is Sara Ingram-Bandur. I’m currently enrolled at Grand Island Central Community College in the HIM program. I’m currently taking...

1. What is your first and last name, current school, which program are you in, and how many years do you have left? Shari Colabello Clarkson College, Omaha Ne. Health Information Management Pursuing an associate degree in Health Information Technology...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Mary Wolfe, RHIT 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? There are a lot of people, professionals and patients who do not take HIM seriously 3. What do you like...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Dawn Goodsell / Instructor 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? The changes that are constantly developing 3. What do you like best about being an HIM...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Monica Seeland, RHIA, Vice President Quality Initiatives 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? The variety of opportunity that is available to us; the profession...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Mary Jo Chandler, RHIA Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital - Omaha, HIM Supervisor 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? I am surprised about the amount of federal...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Mindi Husman, RHIA - Auditor 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? The complexity of it all! 3. What do you like best about being an HIM professional? You are...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Brenda Machmueller, RHIT, CPC, Director of Health Information Management, Privacy Officer 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? I have been surprised by the...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Brenda Jewett, CCS, Coding Supervisor at Lexington Regional Health Center. 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? The amount of knowledge you continue to learn. 3....

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Ruth Gappa, RHIA, CCS, in career transition at the moment from Senior Application Analyst position in IT 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? Close knit network;...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Barbara Marsh, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P Currently HIMS Instructor at Central Community College, Grand Island 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? Maybe how many times a...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Jessica Fiorelli Medical Records Coder CCS, CCS-P 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? How quickly the profession has grown and changed. 3. What do you like best...

1. What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Gretchen Jopp, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPC. I am Assistant Professor in the Healthcare Business Program at Clarkson College 2. What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? That is...

1.  What is your first and last name, current title/role, and credentials? Tina Mazuch, HIMS Instructor, RHIA 2.  What has surprised you about being the HIM profession? One thing that has surprised me is the number of opportunities there are in this field....