Dan Collins, RHIT recently attended an accredited health information management conference to obtain continuing education units (CEU) to go toward his RHIT credential.

“Dan Collins, RHIT recently attended an accredited health information management conference to obtain continuing education units (CEU) to go toward his RHIT credential. Halfway through the conference, Dan left because he was bored. When he recorded his CEUs through AHIMA’s online continuing education credential report system he included all CEUs for that day. Even though he left halfway through, he justified recording the whole day because he paid for the whole day.”

Determine if this case exhibits an ethics violation, determine the consequences of this violation, and explain how you would handle the situation.