Talk Ten Tuesdays

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Z Codes: How Mapping Patient Responses Reveals Community Health Disparities Nov 29, 2022

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Be sure to join us for the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when Karen Bartrom, director of clinical integration and documentation at Cameron Memorial Hospital in Indiana, will report on how Z codes – the social determinants of health (SDoH) and ICD-10-CM codes – can reveal insights related to the health of a community.

With the mapping of patient SDoH responses to Z-codes, valuable aggregate data on a community’s health disparities can be validated and measurable. And the capturing of Z-codes then moves from anecdotal patient stories to strategic analysis, which opens opportunities to identify and develop community programs – as you will learn during the next upcoming edition of the popular weekly Internet broadcast.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO of Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entries.
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.

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: More to Come in 2023? Nov 22, 2022

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Will the United States experience another federal public health emergency (PHE) beyond Jan. 11, 2023? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Oct. 13 renewed the PHE for an additional 90 days. Meanwhile, states continue to wait for a 60-day termination warning, as HHS had promised earlier.

Joining the broadcast during the next live edition of the popular Internet radio program Talk Ten Tuesdays will be nationally recognized professional coder, auditor, and consultant Terry Fletcher, who will weigh the pros and cons of continuing the PHE. Also appearing on the program will be Dr. Jennifer Brettler and Kimberly Seery, both from ChristianaCare, a Delaware-based health system; they will give you on a close-up look at Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
The Mental Health Report: Internationally renowned psychiatrist and author H. Steven Moffic, MD, will return to the broadcast with a special Thanksgiving report.
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.

Mary's Bookclub: Ultrasound Coder Nov 16, 2022

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Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the books you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In today's episode, Mary explains the importance of Ultrasound Coder. Listen in to find out why this textbook could be a great addition to add to your essential library.

Patient Safety Indicators: Under Pressure to Reduce PSI Composite Scores Nov 15, 2022

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Our exclusive series on patient safety indicators (PSIs), being produced by ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays in association with ChristianaCare, will continue next week.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Jennifer Brettler and Kimberly Seery, both from the Delaware-based health system, will give you on a close-up look at AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator 90 – Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite. Diving deep into the subject, you will also gain critically important information on PSI 03 – Pressure Ulcer and PSI 09 – Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate.

Both will share with you areas of opportunity and how a multidisciplinary chart review can help reduce your PSI composite score.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
The Dunn Report: Rose Dunn, a nationally recognized professional in health information and former CEO, president, and board member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), will file her popular Dunn Report. She currently serves as COO of First Class Solutions, Inc.
Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO of Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entries.
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.

2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Health Equity at the Intersection of Cancer Screening Nov 08, 2022

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Long-awaited and highly anticipated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2023 released this past week supports the expansion of access to behavioral health and cancer screening, while promoting health equity.

The timing of this Final Rule brings to mind the loss of actor Chadwick Boseman of Black Panther fame. Boseman died in 2020, following his battle with colon cancer – an issue addressed in the Final Rule with a focus on cancer screening, as colon and rectal cancers continue to be a leading cause of death in the U.S., with even higher numbers of new cases and death rates for Black Americans, Native Americans, and Alaskan Natives.

Reporting our lead story during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be senior healthcare consultant Sharon Easterling, who is writing a series of articles for ICD10monitor on the experience of Black Americans dealing with the country’s healthcare system.

Other segments during the live broadcast will include the following:

RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, former CMS career professional-turned-well-known healthcare IT authority, will report on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington, D.C.
Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO of Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entries.
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.

Medicare Disadvantage: Diagnosis Manipulations, Denying Care Nov 01, 2022

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Much like urban legends, the recurring tales of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans being accused of manipulating diagnoses and denying care that otherwise would have been covered under traditional Medicare are gaining traction.

They are now even being referred to as Medicare “Dis-Advantage” plans because of all the manipulation, much related to the fact that a MA patient is more expensive to the Medicare program than a traditional Medicare patient. The government pays MA insurers a set amount for each person who enrolls, with higher rates for sicker patients.

But the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently uncovered irregularities in reporting accurate patient diagnoses, even accusing some insurers of developing elaborate systems to make their patients appear as sick as possible, often without providing additional treatment.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, nationally recognized healthcare consultant Terry Fletcher will report on the details.

Other segments during the live broadcast will include the following:

PSI Series: The series on patient safety indicators (PSIs) continues with Dr. Jennifer Brettler and Kimberly Seery reporting on the PSI Inclusion and Exclusion criteria for PSI 04.
Talk Law: Karen George, an attorney at Buchalter in Los Angeles, and a member of the firm’s health care practice group, will file a report on the latest healthcare laws.
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.

Last Call: An Updated Industry Practice Brief Offers Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Oct 25, 2022

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Today is the very last day to comment on the recently posted industry practice brief titled Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice, co-authored by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS). The updated brief was released on Oct. 10, 2022 and has been open for comments.

During the next live edition of the popular and long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays broadcast, Karen Carr, an AHIMA CDI practitioner, will explore the next steps in the process of finalizing the practice brief for publication.

Other segments during the live broadcast will include the following:

Revenue Cycle Report: Dr. Ramesh Madhavan, founder and CEO for TiaTech, will discuss the results of the recently deployed survey that asked both Monitor Monday and Talk Ten Tuesday listeners to describe their biggest holdup in the revenue cycle management (RCM) process. Dr. Madhavan, practicing neurologist and program director for neurology, has expertise in understanding the challenges, pains, and disconnects within the RCM process, having had leadership in hospital data-mining and clinical informatics. He will speak to those RCM pains, as well as the survey results, in his segment.
Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO for Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entry.
News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
TalkBack: James Kennedy, MD will report on a subject that has caught his attention.

Do No Harm: A Team Approach to Improve Patient Safety Indicators Oct 18, 2022

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It takes a village to raise a child, but it took an integrated, multi-discipled team approach to improve patient safety indicators (PSIs) at ChristianaCare – as you’ll learn more about on Tuesday, Oct. 18, during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, the popular, long-running Internet radio program produced by ICD10monitor.

In cooperation with ChristianaCare, Talk Ten Tuesdays and ICD10monitor are beginning a new series on PSIs, with specific focus on how a team approach is helping physicians avoid unwittingly triggering such issues through their documentation. Reporting the lead story will be Varadarajan Subbiah, MD, MBA, FACP, Vice President of Utilization Management and Quality for ChristianaCare, a major nonprofit teaching hospital system headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. You will hear Dr. Subbiah report that their analysis concluded that documentation and coding represent among the biggest opportunities for improvement, and that externally reported ranking programs and the associated financial penalties served as their catalyst for change.

Other segments during the live broadcast will include the following:

E&M Update: Senior healthcare consultant Colleen Deighan Ejak with 3M Health will continue her series on the updates to evaluation and management (E&M) codes for 2023;
Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news;
News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk; and
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.

Mary's Bookclub: Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder Oct 12, 2022

Show notes

Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the books you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In today's episode, Mary explains the importance of Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder. Listen in to find out why this textbook could be a great addition to add to your essential library.

Exclusive New Query Practice Brief: What’s New and What’s Out Oct 11, 2022

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Long awaited and highly anticipated is the new the Industry Practice Brief Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©, scheduled to released Monday, Oct. 10.

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) have co-authored an update to the Industry Practice Brief Guidelines to Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©.

Many important elements have been updated and added to the practice brief to meet the demands of the ever-changing landscape of America’s healthcare ecosystem to help ensure all query professionals have the tools necessary to remain compliant. The practice brief was developed with many industry experts to ensure it is all encompassing. Reporting our lead story during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be Melissa Potts, a CDI practitioner of HIM Practice Excellence for AHIMA. She provides clinical documentation (CDI) practice expertise to AHIMA and its members.

Other segments during the live broadcast include the following:

E&M Update: Senior healthcare consultant Colleen Deighan with 3M Health, continues her series on the updates to E&M codes for 2023.
Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
Journaling John: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO for Streamline Solutions Consulting, will continue with his journal entry.
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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