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Artificial intelligence (AI) is what many in healthcare will come to remember about the closing years of this decade in healthcare – a decade of unprecedented technological changes, ranging from telehealth to algorithms.

And now AI is becoming an accepted technology for evaluation and management (E&M) coding. The results appear to be dramatic in terms of remarkable speed and extraordinary accuracy.

Join us during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when Angela Jordan, executive vice president of Chart Pal, the documentation service of Calm Waters, AI, Inc., reports on the latest validation research on E&M leveling and explains how AI can bring a renewed sense of confidence to coders who work tirelessly on E&M coding.

All this and more will be covered during the next edition of the weekly broadcast, which will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: Lidiya Ter-Markarova, president-elect of the California Health Information Association (CHIA), will serve as guest cohost of Talk Ten Tuesdays, reporting on a subject that has caught her attention.

A reported 700,000 suicides worldwide annually are the impetus for the World Health Organization (WHO) to recognize what it has called a major public health problem ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10. 

In recognition of this global issue, during its next edition, Talk Ten Tuesdays will feature world-renowned psychiatrist and award-winning author H. Steven Moffic as the program’s special guest. Dr. Moffic will report on how to detect early-warning signs of potential self-harm. Dr. Moffic first appeared on the long-running broadcast following the suicide of famed actor and comedian Robin Williams, whose death in July 2014 shook the world’s collective conscience.

All this and more will be covered during the next edition of the weekly broadcast, which will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, longtime editorial contributor to ICD10monitor and former career professional at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), now an IT consultant, will return to the broadcast to report on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington.
  
  
• Coding Report: Senior healthcare consultant Gloryanne Bryant will substitute for Laurie Johnson to deliver the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Despite their advanced capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) tools can occasionally misinterpret ambiguous documentation or lack the nuance necessary for complex decision-making. And that is why coders must continue to exercise their expertise and judgment when reviewing AI-assisted code assignment.

This level of vigilance is crucial for ensuring that AI-assisted coding assignment meets stringent standards of quality and compliance – as you’ll learn during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays. That’s when former American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) leader Angela Comfort will return to the weekly broadcast as our special guest to report the lead story on how coders need to be prepared to leverage AI technologies while safeguarding the quality and compliance of coding assignments.

All this and more will be covered during the next edition of the weekly broadcast, which will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Senior healthcare consultant Gloryanne Bryant will substitute for Laurie Johnson to deliver the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) affect Leapfrog’s ubiquitous reputation scores and contribute approximately 15 percent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) penalty determinations of 1 percent of a hospital’s total inpatient reimbursement. 

AHRQ finally released its PSI methodology for the 2023 fiscal year (FY) on Aug. 14, and it involves a significant expansion of the risk-adjusted universe to now include COVID and flag any fracture, not just hip fractures, not present at the time of the inpatient order as a patient safety event. Dr. James Kennedy will join the long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet radio broadcast this coming Tuesday to report on what you need to do to protect your facility’s reputation and reimbursement.

All this and more will be covered during the next edition of the weekly broadcast, which will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the finalized 2024 Part C risk adjustment model, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024. This revised model, V28, comes with substantial changes to the current V24 model, starting with using the ICD-10-CM classification system – which aligns with the rest of the healthcare system that has been using ICD-10 codes since 2015.

Comparing CMS V24 to V28, there is an increase in the number of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) and a decrease in the total number of ICD-10-CM codes that map to an HCC payment category.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Colleen Deighan Ejak, senior consultant with 3M, will share details of the revisions and how to outline a plan to get your organization ready to implement these changes.

All this and more will be covered during the next edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast, which will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

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The 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), plus half a dozen other final payment rules have arrived. To help you and your team prepare for the onslaught of new codes, Leigh Poland, vice president of coding service line for AGS Health, will offer practical tips and best practices so you can effectively adapt to the final rule’s coding changes, thus helping to ensure compliance, and optimizing reimbursement.

All this and more will be covered during the next live edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast, which will feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.
  
  
• Coffee Chat: The aforementioned Laurie Johnson and Dr. Erica Remer will discuss aspects of the 2024 IPPS final rule, which they will analyze on Aug. 15, 16, and 17 during the ICD10monitor IPPS Summit.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• CDI Report: Fran Jurcak, chief clinical strategist for Iodine Software, will report on how medical record reviews without any query identification can be tedious and often result in job dissatisfaction.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

The 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), plus half a dozen other payment rules, will all require new codes and fresh new thinking. And that is why ICD10monitor is producing an exclusive national coding update broadcast on Talk Ten Tuesdays.

All this and more will be covered during the next live edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast, which will feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will be on board with the latest coding news.
  
  
• Coffee Chat: The aforementioned Laurie Johnson and Dr. Erica Remer will discuss aspects of the 2024 IPPS rule, which they will analyze on Aug. 15, 16, and 17 during the IPPS Summit.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• This and That: The legendary Rose Dunn, past president of AHIMA, and current chief operating officer for First Class Solutions, will join the broadcast with a report on how best to measure coding accuracy.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Could clinical documentation improvement specialists (CDISs) be at risk as a profession, with the growing acceptance of automated query solutions? And what is driving the demand for them?

Today, with the advent of “smart hospitals,” automated query solutions are being used by providers and CDISs in capturing acute and chronic diagnoses, as specified by ICD-10. With this rapidly developing technology, real-time documentation prompts and automated queries are assisting providers as they are writing their notes. 

But could these advancements impact the careers of CDISs? Joining the next live edition of the long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays will be the chief executive officer of HITEKS Solutions, Gerasimos “Gerry” Petratos, MD, who will discuss the latest advancements as well as offer career advice to current and future CDISs.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• Revenue Cycle Report: Tony DiLuca, principal at PATHS, LLC, will make his debut appearance on Talk Ten Tuesdays, reporting on the revenue cycle.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, Talk Ten Tuesdays guest cohost, will share his unique point of view.

Revenue leakage presents a huge challenge for healthcare organizations. According to a study by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), it can account for up to 5 percent of a healthcare organization’s net revenue – potentially making the difference between an entity being profitable or not profitable.

Fear not, however – there are solutions to tackle revenue leakage. One effective strategy is strong denial management. In fact, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) found that healthcare organizations with robust denial management strategies experienced an incredible 15 percent increase in their overall net collection rates.

During the next live edition of the long-running and popular Talk Ten Tuesdays weekly Internet radio broadcast, Susie Vestevich, chief operating officer for TiaTech USA, will return to the broadcast to report on strategies intended to stop the leak.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• CMS Report: Stanley Nachimson, former career professional for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will report on two proposed rules published by CMS Thursday: the 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS).
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

At the intersection of ICD-10-CM social determinants of health (SDoH) codes and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Rating Quality Measures, one will find a wide array of socio-economic factors and competing issues, all of which carry the potential to profoundly affect healthcare outcomes and ratings.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, listeners will enjoy the benefits of learning new strategies to leverage these codes for enhanced quality scores and health equity – that’s when former American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) leader Angela Comfort will return to the weekly broadcast. During her presentation as our special guest, you’ll come to realize the pivotal role these codes play in the CMS pursuit of ensuring balanced, patient-focused care. This essential episode will enlighten healthcare practitioners, policymakers, and administrators alike on utilizing data-centric methods for improved patient services.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Juliet Ugarte Hopkins, MD, president of the American College of Physician Advisors, will substitute for Tiffany Ferguson, and will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Major updates regarding progress on the imminent ICD-11 code set were made during the recent meeting of the National Committee of Vital Health Statistics (NCVHS), including a request for information on the enigmatic code set, yet to be adopted by the U.S.

Stanley Nachimson, longtime editorial contributor to ICD10monitor and former career professional at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), now an IT consultant, monitored the recent meeting and will report other NCVHS actions, including the updating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards. Moreover, Nachimson is expected to report on a surprise move made by the Committee.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

What possible factors might trigger an audit or result in money being left on the table?  During the live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Gloryanne Bryant, an independent health information management (HIM) consultant, will report on highlights of the 2023 Second Quarter ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Clinic from the American Hospital Association (AHA) for the second quarter of 2023.

Gloryanne — a 40+ year veteran Health Information Management (HIM) professional and past president of the California Health Information Association (CHIA)— is expected to report on important coding guidance including ICD-10-CM screening for COVID19, plus information on procedure coding.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Delays in billing can cost healthcare providers billions of dollars annually. Join us during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when the broadcast’s special guest, Susie Vestevich, COO of TiaTech USA, will discuss potential solutions that may be implemented to combat this dire issue.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD Physician Champions, will guest cohost Talk Ten Tuesdays and report on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.

A recurring conflict continues to plague America’s patchwork system of healthcare delivery.

How often, muses Mary Beth Pace, vice president of care management at Trinity Health, is the acute-care environment at odds with payers on the issue of inpatient versus outpatient care?

“Is there a better way?” she asks rhetorically. “What if we partnered together?”

During the next live edition of the popular and long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet broadcast, Pace will serve as special guest, reporting on how she envisions new relationships moving forward.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

A major focus for many hospitals is understanding the changes that impact Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) reimbursement methodology – changes made as a result of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule that will become effective in 2024.

Because it’s important for you to know about these changes, we invited John Pitsikoulis principal at Premier Health, to be the special guest during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.

Pitsikoulis is expected to report on these recent regulatory and payment model changes, noting that for the first time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used ICD-10 codes in their analytics for policy changes.

These changes are expected to impact your Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP), Medicare Advantage, and other payment models.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays are recognizing the major national milestone with a special appearance of world-renowned psychiatrist and author H. Steven Moffic, MD.

Every year since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in the U.S.

According to Moffic, this year could feature the worst state of America’s mental health since that year. Add to that another level of anxiety among healthcare providers, who are currently grappling with the unforeseen consequences of coming to grips with the end of the nation’s COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) May 11, and it’s a troubling scenario.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report the latest coding news.
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Nearly 80 percent of medical practice administrators struggle to keep track of and reconcile patient encounters, as you will learn during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when Susie Vestevich will serve as the special guest.

Without adequate tracking, insurance claims aren’t submitted, copays aren’t collected, and patient financial responsibility balances aren’t received.

Talk Ten Tuesdays will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Gloryanne Bryant, an independent health information management (HIM) consultant, will substitute for Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, with the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD -Physician Champions, will guest cohost Talk Ten Tuesdays and report on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.

The 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), plus half a dozen other proposed payment rules, will all require new codes and fresh new thinking. And that is why ICD10monitor is producing an exclusive national coding update broadcast on Talk Ten Tuesdays.

All this and more will be covered during the next live edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast, which will feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:

• Coding Report: Gloryanne Bryant, an independent health information management (HIM) consultant, will substitute for Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, with the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.

Continuing previous discussions of cancer screening covered under preventive benefits, the subject will get a second look on the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays – when Robin Miller Zweifel joins the broadcast to focus on non-invasive versus invasive procedure options for colorectal cancer screening. Robin is also expected to report on the recent National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) procedure-to-procedure edits released in October 2022, noting the sequencing of performance for screening procedures. She will also report on the more recent changes to the age requirements for patients to qualify for coverage under the preventive benefits for colorectal cancer screening. And no report on cancer screening would be complete without mention of related procedures, including the gold standard of occult blood testing, Cologuard, and other molecular-based testing, as well as colonoscopy.

All this and more will be covered during the ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays recognition of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Gloryanne Bryant, an independent health information management (HIM) consultant, will substitute for Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, with the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD Physician Champions, will serve as guest cohost of Talk Ten Tuesdays, reporting on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.

Is your facility suffering from revenue loss? If so, you’re not alone. A study by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) found that clinics can experience a 10 to 30 percent decrease in revenue due to coding errors alone, losing up to $125,000 per year. Moreover, the American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that coding errors cost the healthcare industry approximately $36 billion annually in lost revenue, denied claims, and potential fines.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Susie Vestevich, COO for TiaTech, will report on how errors are costing facilities and practices significant revenue losses. But she will also report on how five, ironclad strategies can be implemented to help prevent such losses. Her revenue cycle report is part of an ongoing services presented by TiaTech, USA and ICD10monitor.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD -Physician Champions, who will guest cohost Talk Ten Tuesdays, will report on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.