Question

Joe Smith, RHIA, works for an outsourcing company as interim health information department director in a large hospital. By the terms of the contract, the hospital pays the company for Joe’s services based on a 40-hour workweek with overtime for any hours exceeding 40. Joe typically works 9 hours per day, Monday through Thursday, and 4 hours on Friday. He then flies home for the weekend. After several months, he discovers the hospital is billed for 44 to 48 hours per week almost every week. Joe confronts the company billing department because this practice conflicts with the tenet of the AHIMA Code of Ethics that states that health information management professionals:

Answer 1

Refuse to participate in or conceal unethical practices or procedures

Step-by-step explanation:

Health information management (HIM) is a practice of analyzing, acquiring and protecting the traditional and digital medical information which is important in providing quality patient care.

AHIMA stands for American Health Information Management Association. The AHIMA code of ethics are the best principles and the ethical procedures to be followed by the HIM professionals.

In the context, Joe Smith is an interim HIM professional and he works for a 40 hour in a week for which the hospital pays for it. Joe is also payed over time if he woks beyond 40 hours a week. As in the question, Joe worked for 40 hour every week but the company had made a bill showing 44 hours to 48 hours per week by Joe which is unethical.

When Joe came to know about it, he confronted the company for it and refused to be a part of this unethical process which is against the AHIMA code of ethics.