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COMPLIANCE issues to see the latest hbma videos on Youtube, go to the journal of the healthcare billing and management association 47 your own company. 8. use a newspaper with a hole for your face when suggesting that employees never do anything they don’t want on the front page of the newspaper. 9. Post the oig’s seven elements of a compliance plan on your company bulletin board. 10. give all new employees a compliance training t-shirt after they have completed training. these are available on the web with slogans such as, “i love compliance.” 11. create a compliance quiz on your company website, and reward employees upon completion. 12. assign case studies during training and discuss solutions. 13. stroll through your office and thank employees caught following the rules. 14. have your or your staff attend an hbma compliance meeting. compliance is really not difficult but it takes everyone’s cooperation. robert fulghum states in his book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, “When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, stick together, and hold hands.” Cindy began working as a radiology administrator 30 years ago. After completing her business degree at LeTourneau University in 1993, Cindy formed her own billing company, Acclaim Radiology Management. She serves on the HBMA Compliance Committee and is a past president of the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA). In 1998 Cindy was asked to serve on the RBMA Coding Certification Task Force. She led the development of the Radiology Coding Certification Board (RCCB) and served as the first president of the RCC Board of Directors. hbma has re-designed the certification program to encourage excellence through education and awareness of the billing industry. attaining this distinction requires attendance and participation in hbma sponsored programs. initial chbme certification requires 60 hours of credits, including attendance at 3 national conferences. maintaining chbme certification requires 60 credits over a three year period and attendance at two national conferences. the 2013 spring conference offers you the opportunity to acquire 14.0 hours of credit toward your chbme designation. the pre-conference programs afford 4.0 additional credit hours. Elevate your professional stature and gain a competitive edge by pursuing certification as a CHBME! the certification program designed to encourage excellence within the hbma membership through education and awareness of our industry. www.Youtube.com/HBMAbilling


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