| INLAND NORTHWEST HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 2nd QUARTER 2010 =============================================================================== 2010 INHIMA BOARD MEMBERS Cindy Paap, Director 509-928-7741 cinpa5@aol.com Susan Blue, President 509-323-2101 susan.blue@va.gov Nancy Knight, President-elect 509-535-8495 nnaatk@hotmail.com Monica Cantrell, Treasurer 509-796-2022 MChristian101@hotmail.com Rhonda Kabage, Secretary 509-477-4615 Rhonda.Kabage@uhc.com Darlene Christiansen, Newsletter 509-324-0901 christd2@empirehealth.org =============================================================================== 2nd Quarter meeting will be Tuesday, May 11th, at Deaconess Health and Education Center room 268. Please see the attached registration form for information. Remember to get it in by Tuesday (May 4) to avoid the late charge. Click Here to Download the Meeting Registration Psychologist Dr Peterson will speak on Mental Health Diagnosis with focus on Bi Polar. Neuropsychologist Elisabeth Ziegler PhD will speak on the correlation of Alzheimer, Dementia and the psychology evaluations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing….. My name is Rhonda Kabage, a 2008 graduate of Spokane Community Colleges HIT program and a newly credentialed RHIT. I was born in Reykjavic, Iceland and lived in Brooklyn, New York till the age of ten. My family moved to Washington State in 1976 and my parents retired to Spokane in 2002. I have four grown children, five grandchildren (three girls/two boys), a wonderful mate, and two rambunctious dogs. I am a member of AHIMA, recently elected 2yr Delegate for WSHIMA and the secretary for INHIMA. As a student, I devoted my spare time to volunteering at American Behavioral Health Systems (ABHS), The VA, Good Samaritan’s Society and the Legislative Manual. I have been employed at Behavioral Healthcare Options (BHO) in Spokane Washington for two years as an Associate Clinical Administrative Coordinator. BHO is the utilization management subcontractor for the Spokane County Regional Support Network, providing inpatient and outpatient authorization for mental health services. I love the work that we do and find the mental health field very interesting and rewarding. Welcome Rhonda Kabage and thank you for accepting the Secretary position for our Association! Congratulations! as our elected Delegate for WSHIMA, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kudos to Amy Bledsoe! My name is Amy Bledsoe, and I am the new Health Information Management Instructor at Spokane Community College. After graduating from the Health Information Management program at Spokane Community College, in 1998, I sat for the national examination and passed, earning my RHIT credentials. After working in the field, I decided to broaden my knowledge and attend Stephens College online, earning my bachelors in Health Information Administration. I sat for the national exam and successfully passed, earning my RHIA credentials in 2008. I have been employed in the Health Information Management field since graduating from Spokane Community College. I started my career as the Quality Improvement Specialist at Spokane Mental Health. After 1 ½ years at Spokane Mental Health, I accepted a position at Eastern State Hospital where my main duties included coding and release of information. I was employed at Eastern State Hospital for 9 ½ years. I am now employed at Spokane Community College as the Health Information Management Instructor, I feel honored to teach in the program that I graduated from. On a personal note, My husband Rich and I have three children. Alyxandria is 10, K’den is 3, and Lilly is 1. In my free time I enjoy traveling and craft projects. ***************************************************************************************** Reminder: 2010 WSHIMA Annual Meeting to be held 4/13-4/15 at the SeaTac Marriot Hotel. All information is available at: Click Here ***************************************************************************************** Please bring in moneys from tickets sold to 2nd quarter meeting and get more tickets to SELL, SELL, SELL!!! Scholarship Fund: 2010 Themed: A Day at the Beach Picnic Basket Plates Silverware Tablecloth 2 Wine Glasses 2 Bottles of Wine Hickory Farms Food (Meat , Cheese, Crackers) Godiva Chocolates 2 Movie Passes Gift Certificate for Dinner Sale of tickets Starts Feb 9, 2010 Cost $2.00 per ticket Proceeds : for RHIT Scholarship Please email or call me w/ information for our Newsletter in support of our association. Please visit our website INHIMA.ORG. We welcome comments/suggestions to best serve our association. As always, we would love to hear any comments or suggestions about the INHIMA wesbite. Click Here to give some feedback |