American Health Information Management Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362181841
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3129281100
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,550,697
Expenses
$31,641,072
Assets
$65,456,994
Liabilities
$23,619,709

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Mueller (AHIMA Past President)
  • Amy Mosser (Interim CEO (6/2023 until 1/7/24 - term date though was 4/1/24))
  • Kevin Klauer (CEO (1/8/24 until 11/21/24))
  • M Cristina Iaboni (Interim CEO (started 11/22/24 ); CHRO/HR Consultant prior to 11/22/24)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kevin Klauer (CEO (1/8/24 until 11/21/24)): $709,125 total reported compensation
  • Amy Mosser (Interim CEO (6/2023 until 1/7/24 - term date though was 4/1/24)): $501,044 total reported compensation
  • Carl Aiello (VP Sales): $413,079 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

"empowering people to impact health" the american health information management association (ahima) is the leading voice and authority in health information, wherever it is found. Our people work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and business. While our patients don't often see us, we see our patients in a way no other healthcare professional does. That is because ahima-certified professionals ensure that sensitive health stories remain accurate, accessible, protected and complete at all times. Professionals, our mission of empowering people to impact health is a prescient rallying cry during the covid-19 pandemic.

What it reported doing in 2024

Him profession - ahima actively advocates for the him profession, serves as a thought leader in the world of him, and is one of the four cooperating parties responsible for the icd-10 coding guidelines. Ahima's advocacy and policy team represented the him point of view in numerous comments on regulation and legislation, as well as teaching members to advocate during the 2021-2024 advocacy summit and hill day event. Ahima also worked with industry collaborators to direct policymakers' work on issues such as patient matching and patient access to information. In 2020 ahima staff members explained and illustrated him perspectives in high-profile media interviews in modern healthcare, kaiser health news, and other outlets. Ahima's mission is to empower people to impact health worldwide, and its goal is that him professionals are recognized around the world as a key member of the healthcare team that him.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $709K · 25 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $327K reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.