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.

Please note: Registration for webinar events closes at 12:00 pm ET the day before the event.

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.

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.

HCC Transition from V24 to V28 | Webinar

Recorded July 20, 2023

CMS is transitioning risk coding from the 2020 V24 model to V28 beginning in 2024. This webinar will provide an overview of HCC coding, its purpose and methodology. We’ll describe the changes and enumerate some of the key differences in coefficients for commonly used conditions between V24 and V28. And finally, learning from OIG audits of Medicare Advantage Organizations and HCC coding, identify diagnosis codes that are frequently incorrectly reported.

Reporting the Global Surgical Package | Webinar

Event date July 17, 2025

The global surgical package provides a single payment for services normally performed before, during and after a procedure. This webinar will review both CPT and CMS rules and explain what services are included in the payment and what services may be reported separately.

CPT® Coding for Bronchoscopy Procedures | Webinar

Recorded May 18, 2023

Guest Presenter Shannon McCall of HCPro joins us once again for a CPT® focused webinar on all things bronchoscopy! This webinar will describe coding for bronchoscopy, with and without biopsy, with ultrasound guidance, and with procedures. It includes coding by the number of lobes visualized for certain procedures. There are three case studies to illustrate the coding rules for these procedures.

Coding for Hospital Services | Webinar

Recorded April 20, 2023

First, CPT® updated their E/M code set. Then, CMS interpreted the updates and applied their own reimbursement rules to the code set. This webinar will summarize CPT® rules and CMS’s February 2023 transmittal that addresses inpatient and observation billing by the admitting and consulting physicians, admission to inpatient status following observation care, and multiple visits in a single day. The webinar will discuss when coding instruction is the same for CPT® and CMS and when it varies.

2023 E/M Guidelines for Hospital, Nursing Facility, Home and Residence Services | Webinar

Recorded September 22, 2022

As expected, the AMA has revised the definitions and guidelines for hospital and other E/M services, including ED visits, nursing facility services, home services, and domiciliary care codes. They extended the documentation framework in place for office visits to these codes. They also deleted twenty-five codes. Coding for prolonged care services gets…

Coding Principles for Practice Administrators | Webinar

Recorded: July 21, 2022

Administrators managing both fee-for-service and value based payment contracts must maximize revenue and minimize risk in coding for services performed in their practices. Administrators—who aren’t coders—can accomplish this through by knowing where to find definitive answers and how to assess citations and conflicting information that is presented. This webinar will provide a framework for administrators when they are called about to mediate coding disagreements within their practices.

CPT® Coding for Obstetrical and Gynecological Procedures | Webinar

Recorded: June 23, 2022

Guest Presenter Shannon McCall of HCPro

This webinar will review obstetrical global package codes , colposcopic/hysteroscopic procedures, and FY 2023 ICD-10-CM proposed additions for OB/GYN diagnoses. Shannon will also describe when it is appropriate to unbundle pregnancy package codes, how to assign CPT® codes for abortive outcomes and more.

Best Practices in Revenue Cycle Management | Webinar

Recorded October 21, 2021

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

Medical practices face new risks and opportunities as changes to the healthcare marketplace ignite the pressure to strengthen revenue cycle management (RCM). In this webinar, speaker, author, and consultant Elizabeth Woodcock provides a roadmap to optimize your practice management system, prevent denials, and strengthen cash collections. Find out about initiatives you can implement immediately.

How Medical Practice Services are Paid | Webinar

Recorded May 20, 2021

The coding and reimbursement system is anything but simple. This webinar will explain how services are paid in fee-for-service medicine, and the use of CPT codes, HCPCS codes, ICD-10-CM codes, bundling, and payer policies. It is a broad overview aimed at describing “who makes up these rules” and where to look for definitive, citation-based answers.

HCC Coding for Medical Practices | Webinar

Recorded April 15, 2021

The rules related to HCC coding in physician practices are found in the ICD-10 book itself and in CMS guidance. Long before selecting the correct code, clinicians and coders need to understand the guidelines. This session will describe the guidelines, based on citations from these definitive sources.

On-line Digital Services and Remote Monitoring | Webinar

Recorded February 27, 2020

New CPT ® codes for non-face-to-face services include both on-line digital evaluations and remote physiological monitoring. Hold your celebration—the digital E/M codes are not office visits through your portal and have very specific documentation requirements. The webinar will start with a brief overview of Medicare covered telehealth, and then describe these two new sets of codes, with the documentation rules and clinical examples.

Coding Skin Procedures in Dermatology, Family Practice and Urgent Care | Webinar

Recorded February 21, 2019

This webinar will tell coders and practitioners how to document and code biopsies, destruction of benign and malignant lesions, and repairs. It includes specific examples of how to bill for multiple procedures with the correct modifiers, and when to use modifier -51, -59 and -58.

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