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“The Police Are Here!” What Should You Know? Feb 04, 2025

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When a law enforcement officer comes to your facility, what do you need to know? And what should you do?

While until recently, this topic was seldom on the top of lists of
healthcare issues, a recent move by the Trump Administration (Executive Order) appears to have revoked a longstanding policy that prevented federal law enforcement agents (U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement) from going to certain areas long considered safe – think hospitals and schools – to conduct enforcement activities.

So, what should you do – and what can you do, legally?

Register now to attend the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, coming up at 10 a.m. EST on Feb. 4, when healthcare attorney David Glaser will weigh in on the topic as the broadcast’s special guest.

Listen and learn as Glaser will tell you what you and your team can and should do when faced with these unusual and unwelcomed visits.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson, Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) for the vaunted Brundage Group, will have the latest CDI updates.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, veteran healthcare subject-matter expert, will co-host the long-running and popular weekly Internet broadcast. Comfort is the assistant vice president of revenue integrity for Montefiore Health.

The Stargate Project: How Will New AI Initiative Impact HIM? Jan 28, 2025

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It could be the shot heard ‘round the world: the announcement recently of Stargate, a multi-billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) project now underway in the U.S. and backed by huge corporations, including Oracle, Open AI, and SoftBank, among others. But what will be the impact on healthcare, and notably, health information management (HIM) professionals?

Reporting on this huge healthcare issue during the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be the legendary Rose Dunn.

Dunn, who served as past president and former interim CEO of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), will do double duty next Tuesday. She will also handle reporting duties for the Talk Ten Tuesdays Coding Report, substituting for Christine Geiger. In that capacity, Dunn is expected to report on the 60-Day Refund Rule, part of the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson, Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) for the vaunted Brundage Group, will report the latest documentation quandaries your team is likely to encounter this year.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, veteran healthcare subject matter expert, will co-host the long-running and popular weekly Internet broadcast. Comfort is the assistant vice president of revenue integrity for Montefiore Health.

Staying Sharp in Healthcare Admin Jan 14, 2025

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Looking to unravel healthcare’s complex issues? Looking to streamline your operations and improve decision-making?

Join us this coming Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. EST, when the long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays kicks off its 2025 broadcast season with special guest Frank Cohen, senior director of analytics for VMG Health. Cohen will share his insight on Hanlon’s Razor, a principle that can be summarized as “never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.”

This principle isn’t about blame-sharing, but rather about how to foster empathy and clarity while also helping to develop constructive problem-solving.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson, Director of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) for the vaunted Brundage Group, will make her debut appearance as the broadcast’s CDI correspondent.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, veteran healthcare subject expert, will begin the 2025 Talk Ten Tuesdays broadcast season as the co-host for the long-running and popular weekly Internet broadcast. Comfort, assistant vice president of revenue integrity for Montefiore Health, assumes the broadcast job following the expected departure of Erica Remer, MD.

National Coding News Roundup: A Special 60-Minute Edition Dec 17, 2024

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We’re living in a hybrid world. And now the hybrid concept has become part of the coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) world.

The process of physician querying is already a stressful activity for many CDI and coding professionals. It has recently become even more stressful, because many hospitals are receiving a new type of denial: a hybrid between coding and clinical validation. It arises when a payer denies a diagnosis added by query, because their auditor determined that the query was non-compliant.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, senior healthcare consultant Cheryl Ericson will return to the broadcast to help coders and CDI specialists (CDISs) better code and report amid this new added twist of a threat.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Field Report: Substituting for Tiffany Ferguson will be Laurie Johnson, who is expected to report on trauma coding occasioned by Wednesday’s fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• RegWatch: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) career professional Stanley Nachimson will report on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington, D.C.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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.

Five Proven Strategies to Achieve Accurate Mortality and Readmission Rate Performance Dec 03, 2024

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) measures and, in some cases, penalizes facilities whose inpatient mortality or readmission (up to 3 per cent of their traditional Medicare revenue) rates for pneumonia, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and other conditions exceed their established benchmarks.

Since these measures are based solely on ICD-10-CM/PCS-based administrative data applied to algorithms developed by Yale University, inaccurate documentation and coding can unwittingly misrepresent a facility’s excellent performance resulting in underserved underpayments.

During the next live edition of the long-running Internet broadcast, Talk Ten Tuesday, Dr. James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD in Nashville, Tenn., will present five relatively simple CDI strategies involving the CMS mortality and readmission measures that, if implemented, will more accurately reflect your facility’s excellent performance and lower or eliminate undeserved penalties. Be sure to take notes and invite your colleagues from quality to listen as well.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.
The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.
News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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.

The Dental Billing Trap: Persistent, Throbbing Pain Nov 26, 2024

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Even savvy dentists tend to find a challenge in boosting their reimbursements by correctly coding procedures as medical claims instead of dental ones.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Jeff Holt will report on the benefits of this strategy, including common pitfalls that make dentists want to pull their hair out. You’ll discover that the benefits of having top-notch coders and cutting-edge tech is like finding the Holy Grail.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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.

Tune in to Talk Ten Tuesdays live on LinkedIn, or sign up below to join our email list for exclusive access to our live streaming platform.

Talk Ten Tuesdays Tech Report: Automating Physician Queries Nov 19, 2024

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He was enthralling as he explained his revolutionary technology that empowers healthcare professionals to make crucial decisions in real time that improve patient care. Dr. Gerasimos Petratos, founder and CEO for HITEKS, had successfully automated the tenuous physician query process.

In our continuing series of technical reporting, “Healthcare Technology,” the producers of ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays have invited Dr. Petratos to be the special guest during the next live edition of the weekly Internet radio broadcast.

Beyond outlining the automated query process, Dr. Petratos is expected to provide an update on other proprietary products in his company’s arsenal.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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.

Analyzing America’s Collective Mental Health, Post-Election Nov 12, 2024

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In the wake of last Tuesday’s Presidential Election, the producers of ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays have invited world-renowned psychiatrist H. Steven Moffic, MD to analyze America’s collective psyche.

As in all election outcomes, there were losers and winners. Yet how we, as Americans, manifest these feelings will be the essence of the next live edition of the popular and long-running Internet radio program.

Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:

• Field Report: Senior healthcare consultant Gloryanne Bryant will report on a subject that has been generating industry buzz.

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will report on the latest coding news.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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 IV Drought: A Survival Guide for Healthcare Heroes Nov 05, 2024

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Feeling parched?

Well, you’re not alone. Hospitals across the country are dealing with a saline shortage.

Thanks to Hurricane Helene’s unwelcome visit to the Baxter International facility in North Carolina, your IV bags may be running low. Imagine a busy highway suddenly reduced to a single lane: that’s what this IV shortage feels like for impacted healthcare providers.

During the next live edition of the long-running and popular live Internet radio program Talk Ten Tuesday, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will report on just about everything related to this topic, from switching to oral meds (because who needs a needle when you can swallow?) to challenging those pesky “keep the veins open” (KVO) orders (seriously, do you really need to keep those veins open all the time?)

Join Talk Ten Tuesdays and leave feeling hydrated and empowered!

Also part of the broadcast, these instantly recognizable panelists will report more news during their segments:

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will continue with the final installment in her three-part series on the significant changes in the newly released ICD-10 codes.
• RegWatch: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) career professional Stanley Nachimson will report on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington, D.C.

• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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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Don’t Code for Panic: Understanding the New Medicare Appeal Process Oct 29, 2024

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The panic was widespread. Rumors were flying. Cellphone alarms were sounding.

From large hospital conference rooms to upholstered cubicles, everyone seemed to have the same sense of disbelief and mounting frustration: Acentra Health (previously Kepro) had announced a new appeal process for Medicare patients – specifically, those whose status changed from inpatient to observation.

Among those who maintained a sense of composure was healthcare regulatory guru Ronald Hirsch, MD.

Dr. Hirsch, a popular presenter on Monitor Mondays, produced by RACmonitor, carefully read the documents and concluded that while no one in healthcare wanted to be burdened with another Medicare form, the news was much less dire than it had first seemed.

That is why the ICD10monitor producers of the popular Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet radio program invited Dr. Hirsch to report on his analysis of the new Medicare appeal process.
Also as part of the broadcast, these instantly recognizable panelists will report more news during their segments:

• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger, Assistant Vice President of Acute and Post-Acute Coding Services for First Class Solutions, will continue with the final installment in her three-part series on the significant changes in the newly released ICD-10 codes.
• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, 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.

Tune in to Talk Ten Tuesdays live on LinkedIn, or sign up below to join our email list for exclusive access to our live streaming platform.

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