Patricia A King, CHDS, CHDP, AHDI-F

Manager, Medical Necessity – Pre-Services

Tucson Medical Center

Patt King, CHDS, CHDP, AHDI-F, currently serves as AHDI’s President-elect for the 2025–2026 term. She has served 2 terms on the Board of Directors. From 2013 to 2024, she was a Health Information Management (HIM) manager at Tucson Medical Center (TMC) in Tucson, Arizona, where she led a team of healthcare documentation specialists. In January 2024, she transitioned to a new role as Manager of the Proof-of-Concept Department for Medical Necessity – Pre-Services within TMC’s Revenue Cycle. Her former team of HDSs also transitioned and now serve as medical necessity analysts.  In addition to her leadership roles on AHDI’s Executive Committee over the years, Patt continues to chair the Best Practices Task Force, which is currently focused on updating AHDI’s Best Practices for roles around AI-assisted Documentation.  She remains committed to supporting AHDI through ongoing volunteer work on future initiatives.