Senate Expected to Vote on PPACA Repeal Legislation this Week
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Congressional Budget (CBO) on Monday scored the proposed Senate bill reporting 22 million more uninsured by 2026. On June 22, U.S. Senate
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Congressional Budget (CBO) on Monday scored the proposed Senate bill reporting 22 million more uninsured by 2026. On June 22, U.S. Senate
Innovation has had a tendency to move at a glacial pace, and world history is littered with scientific discoveries that took a long time to
To report the PSG codes, is there a certain number of hours that sleep must be recorded?
What codes should be reported for testing blood platelets?
I have a question concerning billing of the cardiac stress test. We perform the nuclear stress test in our nuclear medicine department. A cardiologist supervises the stress exam when the patient is on the treadmill. The cardiologist reads the ECG but not the nuclear images, and the nuclear medicine physicians read the nuclear images.
The nuclear medicine department bills CPT codes 78452, 93017 and A9500. Should the cardiologist be billing codes 93016 and 93018 for the supervision of the stress test and ECG read?
Does Medicare cover prednisone under part B?
We were asked to do a tibia/fibula x-ray on an infant. Is the appropriate code 73592?
What are Medicare rules on documentation of physician-patient telephone calls?
Monday, June 26, 201710–10:30 a.m. ET; 7–7:30 a.m. PT SPECIAL GUESTEmily EvansManaging Director of Healthcare Policy,Hedgeye ALSO FEATURINGJanelle Ali-Dinar, PhD; Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA,
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) is a national, advanced, medical home model that aims to strengthen primary care delivered through regionally based, multi-payer arrangements. The
This week we are going to flash back a few years. Our first stop is in 2011, when First Coast Services Organization, the Medicare Administrative

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.

RACmonitor is proud to welcome back Dr. Ronald Hirsch, one of his most requested webcasts. In this highly anticipated session, Dr. Hirsch will break down the complex Two Midnight Rule Medicare regulations, translating them into clear, actionable guidance. He’ll walk you through the basics of the rule, offer expert interpretation, and apply the rule to real-world clinical scenarios—so you leave with greater clarity, confidence, and the tools to ensure compliance.

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.

Only ICD10monitor delivers what you need: updates on must-know changes associated with the FY26 IPPS, including new ICD-10-CM/PCS codes, CCs/MCCs, and MS-DRGs, plus insights, analysis and answers to your questions from two of the country’s most respected subject matter experts.

This third session in our 2026 IPPS Masterclass will feature a review of FY26 changes to the MS-DRG methodology and new technology add-on payments (NTAPs), presented by nationally recognized ICD-10 coding expert Christine Geiger, MA, RHIA, CCS, CRC, with bonus insights and analysis from Dr. James Kennedy.
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