The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast

AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team

Join the AHIMA Advocacy & Policy team for a monthly exploration of five questions related to the happenings in Washington impacting health information professionals.

  1. 2d ago

    The State of Health Data Privacy with Deven McGraw

    Join Andrew Tomlinson, AHIMA's Senior Director of Regulatory and International Affairs, as he chats with Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer at Citizen Health. Learn what's on the horizon with privacy at the federal policy level, including about the forthcoming HIPAA Privacy final rule, and other key privacy battlegrounds in 2026.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    24 min
  2. Unpacking Learnings from the Future of Disease Classification in the United States Symposium

    May 14

    Unpacking Learnings from the Future of Disease Classification in the United States Symposium

    Join Sue Bowman, AHIMA's Senior Director of Coding, Policy & Compliance, as she chats with the Co-Chairs of the Future of Disease Classification in the United States Symposium, Dr. Chris Chute and Dr. Patrick Romano, about the event, the learnings from the sessions, and how the symposium hopes to help shape the future of how disease is coded and captured.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    27 min

  3. May 7

    Checking In on the MATCH IT Act During Patient ID Week

    Join Kate McFadyen, AHIMA's Senior Director of Government Affairs, as she chats with Congressman Bill Foster's (D-IL) Chief of Staff Samantha Warren. They chat about patient matching, the progress being made on the MATCH IT Act, and the importance of solving the patient ID crisis in healthcare. Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    18 min

  4. Apr 9

    LIVE! From the 2026 AHIMA Advocacy Summit

    Join the AHIMA Policy & Government Affairs Team as they take you on the ground live from the 2026 AHIMA Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC. You'll hear from both the expert speakers who participated in Advocacy Summit and even your fellow AHIMA member as this episode gives you a small slice of the two day event. Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    31 min

  5. Feb 9

    A Conversation with AHIMA CEO Dave Cella

    AHIMA Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, Lauren Riplinger, sits down with AHIMA CEO Dave Cella to discuss the importance of advocacy and how AHIMA's work in Washington furthers the mission of AHIMA and strengthens the health information profession as a whole. Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    14 min
  6. Projecting 2026 in Health Information Policy

    Jan 12

    Projecting 2026 in Health Information Policy

    Join the AHIMA Policy & Government Affairs team as they look ahead at the key policy questions in 2026, identify some hot-topics in each of their areas of expertise, and give advice to HI professionals on where their attention should be focused throughout the year.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    21 min

  7. 12/08/2025

    Episode 10 - Federal Policy Year in Review

    Join the AHIMA Policy & Government Affairs team as they recap the year in federal policy and give listeners a look at what may be coming in 2026. Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    27 min

  8. 11/10/2025

    Episode 9 - Chatting AI with Mark Sendak

    Join AHIMA as they chat with Mark Sendak of Duke's Health AI Partnership and Vega Health. Hear Mark's perspective on how AI is impacting healthcare, how to regulate it, and what sparked his interest in working with AI. Be sure to read Mark's article on eliminating the AI digital divide by building local capacity: https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0001026Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.

    29 min
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Join the AHIMA Advocacy & Policy team for a monthly exploration of five questions related to the happenings in Washington impacting health information professionals.

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  • Creator
    AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
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    The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast

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