NNY Fall Education Session 2026

About this event

🍂 NNY FALL EDUCATION SESSION 2026

Presented by CNYHIMA & HIMANNY
Friday, November 20, 2026

📍 Comfort Inn & Suites     110 Commerce Park Drive, Watertown, NY
🎓 Registration: 8:30 AM; Education Sessions Begin: 9:00 AM

Join Us for a Day of Learning, Networking & Professional Growth!

CNYHIMA and HIMANNY are excited to partner once again to bring healthcare professionals together for an outstanding educational event featuring:

✅ 6 AHIMA/AAPC Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
✅ Morning Coffee & Refreshments
✅ Lunch Included
✅ Industry Updates & Expert Speakers
✅ Networking Opportunities
✅ Door Prizes & Giveaways

Giving Back to Our Community ❤️

We will be collecting monetary donations and non-perishable food items for the TPS Backpack Program. Your support helps local children and families in need.  Every dollar/item donated increases your chance to win one of our prizes! 

Non-perishable “Wish List” items:  Cereal/Instant, granola bars, spaghetti-o’s/ravioli, canned vegetables, canned fruit/applesauce, fruit snacks, peanut butter crackers, any grab-n-go snacks, peanut butter, jelly/jam (plastic jars), instant potatoes, juice boxes. 

Lodging Information

The Comfort Inn is offering discounted accommodations for attendees.  Reservations must be made by October 23rd, for special group price discount. 

🛏 Single or Double Room: $95
🛏 Booking Link:   https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/QZ69C0

For reservations on Thursday, November 19, 2026, please contact the hotel directly.

Registration Fees
Early Bird Registration
Register by October 31, 2026

  • Professional Admission: $69 ($79 – After November 1st)
  • Student Admission: $30 ($40 – After November 1st)

⚠️ Registrations received after October 31 will incur an additional $10 fee.
⚠️ Due to hotel commitments, refunds cannot be issued after October 31, 2026.

If you pay via Venmo, please email cindyalsheimer@cnyhima.org your information.

We hope to see you on November 20th for a great day!

Any questions, please email Cindy (cindyalsheimer@cnyhima.org).

Thank you,

CNYHIMA and HIMANNY

Schedule

  1. –
    Registration & Networking
  2. –
    Welcome & NYHIMA UpdateJeffery Youngs
    1 CEU
  3. –
    "Coding Diabetes"Dawson Ballard Jr, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA
    1 CEU
  4. –
    Break - 50/50 Raffle
  5. –
    Denial Prevention through pre-bill documentation and coding opportunitiesDr. Hassan Rao
    1 CEU
  6. –
    Lunch Provided - 50/50 RaffleCNYHIMA & HIMANNY
  7. –
    "The Great Modifier Mystery: Solving CPT's Most Chaotic Plotlines"Dawson Ballard Jr, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA
    1 CEU
  8. –
    Compliance/Risk Management - Samaritan Medical CenterKelly Roes, RHIT, CHC
    1 CEU
  9. –
    Educational Session - Legal RiskTBD
    1 CEU

Event details

When
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 8:30 AM – Fri, Nov 20, 2026 3:45 PM
Where
Comfort Inn & Suites
110 Commerce Park Drive, Watertown, NY
Cost
  • Members $69.00 Early bird through October 31, 2026, then $79.00
  • Non-members $69.00 Early bird through October 31, 2026, then $79.00
  • Students $30.00 Early bird through October 31, 2026, then $40.00
CEUs
6

Register

Your price: $69.00 Early bird

Parent Associations

New York Health Information
Management Association

American Health Information
Management Association