Last week the Biden-Harris Administration submitted their budget proposal for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the 2025 fiscal year, which outlines several
May is National Mental Health Awareness month, and slightly more than half of American adults are estimated to be suffering from some form of mental
Numerous updates from CMS include post-acute transfers to skilled nursing. In the last week there have been a lot of updates that have come from
Proposed legislation hopes to add 400 Medicare-funded psychiatric residency positions. While President Biden may have declared an end to the Covid pandemic, the effects it
The question often asked is this a payable service or is this a preventative service for Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
“Thirty days has September, all the rest have 31,” including, of course October. Besides the memorable grade school rhyme, September is also Suicide Prevention Month
A new Talk Ten Tuesdays series on mental health debuts today, featuring internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. H. Steven Moffic. The popular long-running weekly Internet broadcast
A father’s mental health decline as reported by his son. EDITOR’S NOTE: In recognition of National Mental Health Awareness Week, ICD10monitor asked Marvin Mitchell, Director
Alzheimer’s and dementia are often the first concerns to come to mind regarding age-related mental health. But mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is different – and
The key is to focus on capturing everything relevant to a patient’s condition. As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month this May, what better time
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are remarks delivered by Dr. H. Steven Moffic during a recent broadcast of Talk Ten
Grieving adequately is painful, but the paradoxical outcome can be more resilience and emotional strength. I was so pleased to see that the ICD-10 Coordination
Get clear, practical answers to Medicare’s most confusing regulations. Join Dr. Ronald Hirsch as he breaks down real-world compliance challenges and shares guidance your team can apply right away.
Federal auditors are zeroing in on Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and hospital rehab unit services, with OIG and CERT audits leading to millions in penalties—often due to documentation and administrative errors, not quality of care. Join compliance expert Michael Calahan, PA, MBA, to learn the five clinical “pillars” of IRF-PPS admissions, key documentation requirements, and real-life case lessons to help protect your revenue.
During this essential RACmonitor webcast Michael Calahan, PA, MBA Certified Compliance Officer, will clarify the rules, dispel common misconceptions, and equip you with practical strategies to code, document, and bill high-risk split/shared, incident-to & critical care E/M services with confidence. Don’t let audit risks or revenue losses catch your organization off guard — learn exactly what federal auditors are looking for and how to ensure your documentation and reporting stand up to scrutiny.
Learn how to navigate the proposed elimination of the Inpatient-Only list. Gain strategies to assess admission status, avoid denials, protect compliance, and address impacts across Medicare and non-Medicare payors. Essential insights for hospitals.
Accurately determining the principal diagnosis is critical for compliant billing, appropriate reimbursement, and valid quality reporting — yet it remains one of the most subjective and error-prone areas in inpatient coding. In this expert-led session, Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, demystifies the complexities of principal diagnosis assignment, bridging the gap between coding rules and clinical reality. Learn how to strengthen your organization’s coding accuracy, reduce denials, and ensure your documentation supports true medical necessity.
Denials continue to delay reimbursement, increase administrative burden, and threaten financial stability across healthcare organizations. This essential webcast tackles the root causes—rising payer scrutiny, fragmented workflows, inconsistent documentation, and underused analytics—and offers proven, data-driven strategies to prevent and overturn denials. Attendees will gain practical tools to strengthen documentation and coding accuracy, engage clinicians effectively, and leverage predictive analytics and AI to identify risks before they impact revenue. Through real-world case examples and actionable guidance, this session empowers coding, CDI, and revenue cycle professionals to shift from reactive appeals to proactive denial prevention and revenue protection.
Sepsis remains one of the most frequently denied and contested diagnoses, creating costly revenue loss and compliance risks. In this webcast, Angela Comfort, DBA, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, provides practical, real-world strategies to align documentation with coding guidelines, reconcile Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 definitions, and apply compliant queries. You’ll learn how to identify and address documentation gaps, strengthen provider engagement, and defend diagnoses against payer scrutiny—equipping you to protect reimbursement, improve SOI/ROM capture, and reduce audit vulnerability in this high-risk area.
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