CHIA Monthly Digest - June Edition
Friday, June 13, 2025
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About the CHIA Monthly Digest
The Digest is a member-friendly, all-inclusive digital communication tool designed around the LEAD values that bring important topics to your email box every month. Find focused subject matter at your fingertips and accessible links to plan your CHIA and AHIMA activities. The Snapshot provides an outline of the stories, like a table of contents, so the reader can find information quickly.
CHIA - Always Connecting the California Health Information Community
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The Snapshot
Scroll to the corresponding section for more detail.
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EADERSHIP: Connect with Connie- President’s Message;CHIA Recognition and Scholarship Award Winners Celebrated; CHIA Members on AHIMA Ballot; Passing the Torch to President Freida Smith
EDUCATION:
CHIACON25 Success in Long Beach; Call for Proposals CHIACON26; Seeking CEUs for the Summer? Try eLearning and eBooks. CHIACON26 Back to Northern CA June
7-10, 2026
ADVOCACY: Watchlist Bills; Elevate your ‘Advocacy Intelligence’ and Take Action Now to Keep CHIA in the LEAD for Chasing Points for AHIMA CA Competition
DISCOVERY: Discover CHIACON26 Call for Proposals -- Open Now; Discover Website Treasures.
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Connect with Connie: President’s Message
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From Connie’s office to yours…one last time! Click on the Image and Play
🌟 CHIACON25
- “wonderful success”; almost 300 attendees and 45+ vendors.
🌟 Thank
you to the Convention Committee for its phenomenal work.
🌟 Celebrate
‘25 Accomplishments: Board-approved Volunteer Workgroup Success
Measures, Component Groups Launched, Committees and LEAD Teams
at Work; Dual-Membership Growth Campaign.
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Seek summer CEUs? Consider CHIA’s on-demand eLearning programs
and webinars.
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Ready to ‘Pass the Torch’ to Freida Smith, CHIA President 2025-26
and Freida’s Forum
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Thank you for the honor of serving our beloved CHIA-- President
2024-25 and Immediate Past President for 2025-26.
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Congratulations to the 2025 CHIA Award and Student Scholarship Winners
CHIA Member Winners Recognized in Long Beach at CHIA’s Awards and Scholarship Ceremony
The CHIA Recognition Awards are designed to encourage, nurture, and celebrate exceptional volunteerism and professional leadership within the health information community. The CHIA Board of Directors and the CHIA Awards and Scholarship Committee hosted the 2025 CHIA Recognition Awards during CHIACON25 in Long Beach, June 2.
Congratulations to these esteemed members and partners of CHIA 2025 Recognition Award and Scholarship Winners
- Distinguished Member | Maria Hewett, MBA, RHIA
- Educator | Alejandro “Alex” Ortiz, MS-HSM, RHIA, CHPS
- Mentor | Shirley Lewis, DPA, RHIA, CCS, CPHQ, CHC
- Volunteer | Lynda A. Russell, EdD, JD, RHIA, CHP
- Rising Star | Courtney Hoatson, RHIA, CDIP, CCS
- HIM Industry Champion | Rhonda L. Anderson, RHIA
- Student Scholarships | Halina Delgadillo & Alexalyn Olegario
A special thanks to CHIA's Awards and Scholarship Committee
for its work this year:
Chair: Marie Conde
Contributing Members: Shirlie Marymee, Heidi Nieves, Sandy Hames, Diane Premeau
Board Liaison: Sally Gibbs
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AHIMA Ballot Boasts CHIA Members: Larry Smith and Diane Premeau
Prepare to Vote in July for Fellow CHIA Leadership to Make an Impact at the National Level
All AHIMA Professional, Premier, Emeritus, and Global members are encouraged to vote by electronic ballot beginning July 7 at 8 a.m. CT through July 21 at 5 p.m. CT on the following positions: President/Chair-elect, Directors on the Board of Directors, CCHIIM Commissioners, and CEE Members.
Congratulations to our own Larry Smith, MHA, RHIA, for Board of Directors, and Diane Premeau, RHIT, RHIA, CHP, for Speaker-elect of the House of Delegates.
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CHIACON25 Did Not Disappoint!
Long Beach Convention Ignited Passion for Connections and Education Success
Thank you for joining us in 2025 in Long Beach, where we hosted almost 300 attendees and 45+ partners/exhibitors for innovative leadership, connections and dynamic education.
- Official launch of Component Groups
CHIA Component Groups,
LEAD teams, committees and the PEC Consortium
- Recognition of CHIA Member Leaders and Student Scholars CHIA 2025 Awards & Recognition
- Proud Past Presidents raised $2000+ for CHIA’s Awards & Scholarship Fund
- Facilitated 9 Partner/Member B2B PowerMatches in our exclusive CHIAxchange.
- Celebrated CHIA Leadership and 2024-25 accomplishments at a very special Ignite the Night in White: Celebrating California's HI Community at CHIACON25
- Formally announced CHIACON26 – Returning to Northern CA at the Hyatt Hotel South San Francisco Airport, June 7-10, 2026
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Legislative & Advocacy Committee Identifies Bills2Watch
Keep
Up
by
Visiting
the
CHIA
Bill
Watch
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Stay
Informed
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Build
‘Advocacy
Intelligence’
CHIA’s
Legislative
&
Advocacy
Committee
evaluated
over
100
Bills
to
determine
relevance
for
the
health
information
profession.
The
key
Bills
impacting
the
profession
have
been
identified
and
placed
on
CHIA’s
Bill
Watch
.
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Advocacy Efforts at AHIMA Update | Act NOW
CHIA Chasing Points to LEAD the Component Association Competition for AHIMA
AHIMA has endorsed HR3514 / S1816, the reintroduced, bipartisan, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, to establish a standard process and increased transparency for prior authorization use with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans among other provisions. Please write to your members of Congress and ask them to support this legislation.
Remember....CHIA’s advocacy efforts support and contribute to AHIMA’s grassroots component association competition, where California’s HI leaders through CHIA, are challenging each other to make a difference as the LEADing Component Association. All CHIA members are asked to ACT NOW by clicking TAKE ACTION to have our CHIA voices heard. Learn all you need to know from a quick demonstration shown in the video below from Roberta Baranda and Elia Toscano.
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Discover CHIACON26 Call for Proposals | NOW OPEN
Ignite | Innovate |
LEAD
Innovation by the Bay – L
E
A
Ding California’s Health Information Professionals to Ignite Better Health Outcomes
CHIACON26 returns to Northern California June 7-10, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency South San Francisco. Join us to Ignite, Innovate and L
E
AD
by the Bay with bold ideas, transformative
leadership, and a shared commitment to
partnering for enhanced data quality and
integrity.
CHIA is now accepting presentation proposals. Topics have included: Emerging Technology (Artificial Intelligence (AI) and beyond), Innovation in Health Information, Data Analytics, Data Integrity, Revenue Cycle Integrity, Coding, Data Quality, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Privacy, Compliance, Leadership best practices, Behavioral Health, AI/Information Governance, EHR/HIE L
E
A
Ding
practices, and more.
CHIA invites professional colleagues to answer the Call by submitting engaging, relevant, and forward-thinking presentations supporting our vision of L
E
A
Ding
California’s Health Information Professionals to Ignite Better Health Outcomes.
Share your expertise and help shape the future of health information! Submit a CHIACON26 proposal by October 10, 2025 today!
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Discover CHIA's HI Resources
Discover HI Access Resources | Privacy & Security in CA
Unlock the knowledge and skills needed to confidently navigate the complex world of patient health information with CHIA’s latest Health Information Access resources. Designed by leading health information professionals and informed by expert legal advisors, these comprehensive tools provide practical guidance to help master the intricacies of managing protected health information, privacy and security regulations and best practices.
Discover eBook Series | Release of Information in CA
CHIA’s Release of Information in California (ROI) eBook series empowers health information professionals to confidently master the complexities of managing and releasing protected health information in California. Featuring eleven (11) detailed eBooks.
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Discover the ELAC HIT Program
Now accepting applications for Fall 2025. Zoom Information Sessions in June and July.
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Discover Upcoming Events
(Registration Coming Soon)
FY Coding Updates
September 17, 24, and 30 2025
FY Coding Updates In-Person - Consumnes River College, Sacramento
September 20, 2025
Revenue Cycle Integrity
October 2025
Confidentiality/ROI
November 2025
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