Lexa Records Joins AHIOS

Newest Member of Association to Work with Colleagues from the Industry’s Premier HIM Outsourcing Organizations to Promote Excellence in PHI Disclosure Management

The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS), an organization of executives from the leading health information management (HIM) outsourcing companies who promote excellence in managing risk and compliance issues around disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) announced recently that Lexa Records has joined the growing industry association.

Based in Southlake, Texas, Lexa Records provides medical support services throughout Texas to a network of more than 500 physicians, saving them time, reducing record management costs and improving quality while ensuring compliance with ever-changing state and federal regulations. The backbone of the company’s success is its highly efficient methods of organizing, storing and handling medical records and its staff of medical record professionals who are renowned for delivering highly personalized customer service. The company offers a range of services including Release of Information (ROI), scanning and EHR conversion, hospital medical records department ROI management, and custodian of record for retired physicians.

“We are thrilled to be a part of AHIOS and to be working with other executives from the leading HIM outsourcing organizations to promote excellence in the delivery of ROI outsourcing services,” said Eileen Lexa, Managing Member, Lexa Records. “Joining AHIOS will help ensure that we continue to keep abreast of the critical and ever-changing regulations and compliance issues, while also benefiting from the association’s educational programs such as the Certified Release of Information Specialist (CRIS) test which recognizes member organization employees who have mastered the knowledge required to manage the intricate risk and compliance issues around PHI disclosure management.”

“In today’s quality and performance driven healthcare environment, staying on top of the legislative, regulatory, technological and educational issues required to successfully manage PHI disclosure management can be a daunting task for any one company,” said Stephen Hynes, president, AHIOS. “Our newest member Lexa Records is an important addition to AHIOS and will strengthen our advocacy and educational initiatives which are vital to ensuring that our industry can continue to deliver the highest quality PHI disclosure management services and to do our part to create a more efficient healthcare system in this transformational era of reform.”

For more information, visit http://www.ahios.org/about/our-members.php.

About the Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services
Established in 1996, AHIOS promotes, strengthens and enhances the health information management outsourcing industry while ensuring excellence in managing risk and compliance issues associated with the disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI). Its goals are to increase awareness of the value, importance and complexity of the industry’s services; establish standards of excellence for the industry of health information management outsourcing; pursue fair and equitable treatment of the industry through legislative, regulatory and legal processes; and create educational and networking opportunities for members.