Webinars

Live webinars are offered monthly and will be available on-demand following each event. Webinars are an exclusive member benefit! Registration and on-demand access is always FREE to CodingIntel members. Have a suggestion for a webinar topic? Email us using the contact link at the bottom of this page.

Overview of FQHC Coding | Webinar

Event Date: February 20th, 2025

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) operate in rural and urban areas, and provide services to Medicare, Medicaid patients and privately insured patients. Rural Health Centers operate in rural areas and also provide services to Medicare, Medicaid and privately insured patients.

Anatomy of an Audit™

Event Date: February 4th, 2025

Evaluation & Management E/M Services: Guest presenters Pam D’Apuzzo, CPC, ACS-EM, ACS-MS, CPMA and Debra Rossi, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA of VMG Health

Surgical Procedures & Diagnostic Tests: Guest presenter Pam Warren, MHA, COC, CPC, Fellow

Auditing an individual record is one part of conducting an internal or external audit. Anatomy of an audit will look at the entire audit process including: identifying the type and purpose of the audit, necessary research, record selection, utilization of appropriate audit tools, and reporting and response.

Advanced Primary Care Management Codes | Webinar

Recorded January 16th, 2025

CMS developed three HCPCS codes effective 1-1-2025 to pay primary care practices to manage the care of patients over time. CMS continues to believe that practices incur significant expense for the care that happens in between office visits.

Annual CPT® Changes | Webinar

Recorded December 19th, 2024

Guest presenter Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O

Each year the American Medical Association releases updates to the CPT® Manual. This year’s release contains 420 updates including 270 new codes, 112 deletions and 38 revisions that will be effective 1-1-2025.

CMS’s Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Recorded December 10th, 2024

Guest presenter Claire Ernst, Director, Government Relations & Public Policy for Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.

The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule rule, released in early November, includes policy changes for physician practices effective January 1st. This year, CMS proposed over 20 new HCPCS codes including an inpatient add-on code for infectious disease treatment, additional caregiver training codes, digital mental health treatment (with device), interprofessional consults for behavioral health and ASCVD risk screening.

DRG Red Flags: A Payor Perspective | Webinar

Recorded November 21st, 2024

Guest Presenter Dr. Amarin “Ty” Alexander, MD MBA MA, CHCQM-PHYADV, CPC-A, CIC, CRC, CPMA, CDIP, CDEI

Inpatient coding for DRGs is based on diagnosis coding. Some coding summaries can raise red flags with payers, even before looking at the medical record documentation. This webinar will detail what Present on Admission (POA) conditions invite scrutiny, why a short Length of Stay (LOS) with one Major Complication and Comorbidity (MCC) might raise a red flag and why payers will review malignancy as a secondary diagnosis.

Transforming Patient Collections: Expert Insights and Strategies | Webinar

Recorded October 16th, 2024

Guest Presenter Elizabeth Woodcock, DrPH, MBA, FACMPE, CPC

Gain valuable insights on how to effectively respond to industry changes and actionable steps to enhance your revenue cycle management. Join Elizabeth for an engaging and informative webinar centered around navigating the current inflection point in patient collections. Patient financial responsibility is increasing – and it’s time for you to rise to the challenge!

Where Does it Say That? | Webinar

Recorded October 9th, 2024

Guest Presenter Pam Warren, MHA, COC, CPC, Fellow

This webinar is a guide for auditors and coders looking for regulatory guidance when they are answering coding, compliance and regulatory questions from practitioners and colleagues. This presentation offers common healthcare compliance scenarios and provides the location of the associated guidance.

ICD-10-CM: 2025 Updates | Webinar

Recorded September 26th, 2024

Guest Presenter Adrienne Commeree, MLS, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP

The webinar will discuss the FY 2025 ICD-10 -CM code and guidelines updates. We will look at the changes the 2025 ICD-10-CM code book- most will be in the Alphabetic Index and Tabular list.

Developing an Audit Work Plan to Satisfy Your Compliance Program | Webinar

Recorded September 25th, 2024

Guest Presenter Pam Warren, MHA, COC, CPC, Fellow

There are seven elements of an effective Compliance Plan per the OIG, and one of them is to conduct internal monitoring and auditing.
This presentation will give you some ideas on how to determine what content to audit, how to evaluate your risk, how to set up your audit process, and how best to report your results to your leaders.

Assuring Compliance for Behavioral Health Services | Webinar

Recorded August 15th, 2024

Guest Presenters Cheryl Krusch, LPN, CPC, CPMA, COC, CMDP, ICDCT-CM, and
Natalie Laaman, MHA, CHC, CPC, COC, CDEO

Join us for a comprehensive webinar on assuring compliance for behavioral health services. We will explore essential documentation requirements and coding standards, understand common denial reasons, and learn proactive steps to mitigate risk effectively. Elevate your practice’s compliance standards and ensure proper documentation and coding for revenue integrity

IRE Inpatient Determinations: Case Studies | Webinar

Recorded August 13th, 2024

Guest Presenter Dr. Amarin “Ty” Alexander, MD MBA MA, CHCQM-PHYADV, CPC-A, CIC, CRC, CPMA, CDIP, CDEI

Independent Review Entities review inpatient records for diagnostic accuracy and DRG determinations. This case-study focused webinar will describe important ICD-10-CM Guidelines that establish the rules for these decisions.

2025 CMS Proposed Physician Rule | Webinar

Recorded July 25th, 2024

CMS released its 2025 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule rule on July 10, and it’s packed with coding policy proposals. The conversion factor is always bad news. But, there is good news too.

Five Novel Reimbursement Opportunities – and More to Boost Your Practice’s Payments | Webinar

Recorded: June 2024

Guest Presenter Elizabeth Woodcock, DrPH, MBA, FACMPE, CPC

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have approved five new payment opportunities for 2024 – just the beginning of what promises to be a significant shift in the reimbursement landscape for medical practices.

Shared Services: CPT and CMS Rules | Webinar

Recorded May 16th, 2024

Shared services are E/M services jointly performed by a physician and non-physician practitioner in a facility setting. The service is reported under the National Provider Identifier (NPI) of the practitioner who performs the substantive portion of the service. The substantive portion of the service can be determined by time or medical decision making (MDM).

Preventive Medicine, Wellness Visits and Problem-Oriented Visits | Webinar

Recorded April 18th, 2024

Two for the price of one? Or, double-billing? There are varying opinions about when the documentation supports adding a problem-oriented visit to a CPT preventive service or a Medicare wellness visit. This webinar provides a framework for determining if documentation shows the additional work that was done. We’ll review the examples from the CPT Assistant for guidance (including using time) and discuss what to do about copy/paste.

Home and Nursing Facility Category of Code Rules | Webinar

Recorded March 21st, 2024

This webinar will explain the rules for using Evaluation and Management (E/M) services (E/M) in home and residence locations and nursing and skilled nursing facilities. This includes CMS regulations for nursing facility services. It will discuss reporting multiple E/M services when one of the visits is in a nursing facility. It will describe the correct category of code for…

E&M: Key up the Focus to Complexity and Risk

Recorded February 15. 2024

Guest Presenter Shannon O. DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT

Prior to the new E&M guidelines, AMA CPT did not reference medical necessity. The Claims Process Manual was our main point of reference for the statement Medical necessity is the overarching determining factor. While 2021 Documentation Guidelines uses 2 key components of time and MDM, the guidelines came armed with references of medical necessity littered throughout inferring that maybe it’s NOT always just 2 of the 3 key components.

2024 Reimbursement Reality | Webinar

Recorded January 18, 2024

Discover how shifts in the changing healthcare reimbursement landscape will impact your medical practice in 2024 – and beyond. In this fast-paced presentation, national speaker, trainer, and author Elizabeth Woodcock, DrPH, MBA, FACMPE, CPC highlights emerging trends that can pose both opportunities and threats to your practice in the coming year.

E/M Services: High Volume, High Risk | Webinar

Recorded October 19, 2023

According to CMS, E/M services comprise 40% of allowed charges in the physician fee schedule, 20% office visits and 20% other E/M services. Medicare’s expense is medical practice revenue, with the income from some primary care practices comprising 70% or more of total charges. To protect the organization, compliance professionals can focus on four components of E/M:

A Conversation with Two Auditors: Lessons Learned about MDM | Webinar

Recorded September 28, 2023

Medical practices can prepare for audits, improve documentation and decrease compliance risk by sharpening their focus on high-risk areas, high volume services, and/or identifying confusing areas of MDM and developing and following consistent guidelines from appropriate resources. Join Pam D’Apuzzo, CPC, ACS-EM, ACS-MS, CPMA and Debra Rossi, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA of VMG Health and me for a lively and informative discussion.

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