Full Meeting Registration (postmarked on or before September 2)
Registration includes General Sessions, Educational Tracks, one ticket to the President’s Premier Celebration, and entrance into the exhibit hall.

AHIMA Member - $485
Nonmember, including Dues - $640
Nonmember - $695

Full Meeting Registration (postmarked September 3)
Registration includes General Sessions, Educational Tracks, one ticket to the President’s Premier Celebration, and entrance into the exhibit hall.

AHIMA Member - $585
Nonmember, including dues - $740
Nonmember - $845

Daily Registrations (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Includes General Sessions, Educational Tracks, and entrance into the exhibit hall.

Member - $295
Nonmember - $400

Senior Registration - $295
Limited to AHIMA senior members (age 65 and older). Senior membership number must be included. Registration includes General Sessions, Educational Tracks, one ticket to the President’s Premier Celebration, and entrance into the exhibit hall.

Guest - $50
Limited to spouses, significant others, and children of fully registered attendees.  Registration includes General Sessions and entrance into the exhibit hall only.

Students - $75
Limited to AHIMA student members.  Student membership number must be included.  Registration includes General Sessions, educational tracks, Student Academy, and entrance into the exhibit hall.

Exhibit Hall Only - $95
Does not permit or include entrance to any education sessions or the President’s Premier Celebration

Exhibitor with CEU - $385

Limited to exhibit booth personnel only.  Registration includes General Sessions, Educational Tracks, and one ticket to the President’s Premier Celebration.

Coding Community Meeting (Saturday & Sunday) – Cut-off Date September 2
Member 2 days - $269
Nonmember 2 days - $369

Daily Member - $199

Daily Nonmember - $284

Coding Community Meeting (Saturday & Sunday) - After September 2
Member 2 days - $329
Nonmember 2 days - $419

Daily Member - $249

Daily Nonmember - $324

Pre- Convention Workshops (Saturday)

Best Practices for Mastering Medical Necessity - $85

Business Process Engineering: Better Alignment Equals Better IT Value - $85

Claims Attachments - The Next Big Cash Flow Choke Point? - $85

Using Enriched Administrative Data to Change Patient Behavior, Improve Healthcare Delivery and Meeting Quality Initiatives - $85

When Is the PHR the EHR? - $85

Pre- Convention Workshops (Sunday)

A Practical Approach to Evaluating Health IT Project - $150

Stimulating Change in the Profession - $150

Hands-on Coding: Put the COding Guidelines to Work - $85

One Patient, One Record (OPOR): Planning, Designing and Implementing a Universal and Interoperable Strategy and Architecture for EHR/LHR - $85

Solving the Audit Conundrum: How to Perform Self-Audits in your Physician Practice, Hospital or Large Healthcare Organization - $85

Creating, Coaching, and Managing High-Powered Teams - $85

Solutions to the CHanges and CHallenges Posed by MS-DRGs - $85

Clinical Documentation: New Strategies and Methods for Improvement - $85

Absolute Return on Investment for the ROI In-House Operation - $85

The MDS 3.0: Assessment for the 21st Century - $85

Post- Convention Workshops (Thursday)

Auditing and Monitoring of CPT Coding Compliance - $85

Crossing the Bridge to ICD-10: Using the ICD-10 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) to Create an ICD-10 Ready Workplace - $85

Implement the IDEAL Coding Model - Essence of Outpatient Compliance - $85

MS-DRGs: One Year and Counting - $85

Educational Site Visit (Sunday)

Group Health Cooperative - $25

Educational Site Visit (Monday)

VA Virtual Tour and Demonstration of CPRS- $15

Educational Site Visit (Tuesday)

University of Washington Medical Center - $35

Educational Site Visit (Wednesday)

Harborview Medical Center - $45

Networking Breakfasts - $50 per session

Additional President Premier Celebration Ticket - $90

Note: Full meeting registration includes one ticket.

Privacy and Security Institute
Member - $335

Nonmember - $395

Delegates
All delegates will be pre-registered for the House of Delegates business meeting through the Volunteer Services Team.  The delegate badges and meeting materials will be available at the Seattle Sheraton. Registration for the full convention is a separate registration.

Letter of Invitation
If you require a letter of invitation in order to secure a visa to attend the 80th AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, please contact Kate Rulifson at kate.rulifson@ahima.org. All international, non-member attendees must provide proof of registration prior to issuance of Invitation.

Cancellation Policy

Other information: If you cannot attend the convention, you may provide a substitute or cancel your reservation. In either case, please notify AHIMA in writing as soon as possible. A $75 processing fee will be assessed prior to September 10, 2008. After September 10, the full registration fee will be forfeited unless cancellation is due to an emergency. In an emergency, please fax AHIMA's Meetings Registrar at (312) 233-1500 with an explanation for your cancellation. Students may provide a substitute or forfeit their registration fee.