Here are my thoughts on what to expect when the federal shutdown finally ends. First, the lights don’t all flick back on at once. Agencies
When Medicare sends a letter notifying you of an overpayment the letter is relatively clear about the timeline you have to file the appeal. At
Today, I am going back to basics by turning a spotlight on the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a giant wave of panic through the industry this past week, when they announced that the
I recently offered training to a health system about how to respond to whistleblower complaints. Regular readers will know many of the tips I discussed.
As I am sure you all recall, a month ago, RACmonitor eNews broke the story of the new Aetna policy that will pay inpatient admissions
NGS needs to retract its wildly inaccurate instructions about split and shared visits. A client recently reached out to me trying to understand whether it
If you listened to Monitor Mondays last week, you heard me talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) can make up answers and provide inaccurate information.
Sorting through strident but contradictory opinions can be challenging. Last week, I explained why many new problems for an established patient can be treated as
I have two topics to cover today. First, let me start with criticism of an article I read wherein a healthcare executive was interviewed about
I think it is important to challenge one portion of an article that was widely distributed two weeks ago. The article included a statement that,
As we often notice when new leadership takes over at a federal agency, there is seemingly nonstop news from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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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