A Two-Year Anniversary
Two years ago, President Biden signed into law a transformative piece of legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act, marking a historic effort to lower healthcare
Two years ago, President Biden signed into law a transformative piece of legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act, marking a historic effort to lower healthcare
While many of you are used to me aiming my wrath at payers, today I have a different target: the U.S. Department of Health and
As some of you may have noticed, we are neck-deep in presidential campaigns. The two presidential candidates appear starkly different at first glance. On many
Israel Krush, CEO and Co-Founder of Hyro, the healthcare vendor whose company sponsored a groundbreaking new survey, is scheduled to be the special guest during
After previously telling my story regarding my treatment denial, there was an outpouring of kind words and emails. Thank you all. I was reminded by
In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Debby, which has since downgraded to Tropical Storm Debby, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Last week during the ICD10monitor’s IPPSpalooza, we reviewed changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The updates to IPPS are effective Oct. 1, 2024.
For noninvasive physiologic studies when both upper and the lower extremity arteries are studied, what codes do we report?
When do we report 94664 vs 94667?
Please clarify whether a screening mammogram or a diagnostic mammogram should be performed on an asymptomatic patient with augmented breasts (e.g., breast implants).
Can we report 36415 for finger sticks or draw lines? What are the status indicators for this code in 2024?
We have a patient who received three hours of IV hydration. During that time, the patient received two different drugs by intravenous push. Can the entire 3 hours of IV hydration be coded with the intravenous push injections?

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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