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Talk Ten Tuesdays
Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Angela Comfort, DBA, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing i...
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LIVE FROM AHIMA: 2025 AHIMA Conference
Join us this coming Tuesday, Oct. 14, when Talk Ten Tuesday will bring you an exclusive interview with two nationally recognized healthcare leaders: T...
Revenue Cycle Roundup: Exclusive News Broadcast
The revenue cycle helps keep hospital revenue flowing. But sometimes, it seems to sputter out, as if not all the cylinders are firing. And that is why...
Deep Dive: 2026 IPPS: Beware of Key Changes
When the final rule take effect Oct. 1, 2025, coders, providers, and administration leaders will need to adjust to several key changes, including the...
Too Much of a Good Thing: Prolonged Hospitalization
Prolonged hospitalizations can result from many different barriers and delays within the hospital setting.
However, a new challenge is emerging....
Sepsis: The New Frontier
Could sepsis be healthcare’s new frontier?
During the next live edition of the popular Internet broadcast, Talk Ten Tuesday, James S. Kennedy, M...
The Eyes Have It” – Lens Implants for Cataracts
You waited and waited.
Finally, the big day came, and just as quickly, day turned into evening – and there you were with cloudy vision, halos, a...
Artificial Intelligence and Coding: The Series Continues
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly transitioned from something to expect in the future to the here and now today. The potential for AI in health...
Introducing the Chief Physician Advisor
At one time, a physician advisor in a hospital was a rarity. That was then, but this is now, with many healthcare systems having not just one physicia...
2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System: The Complexity Simplified
Although the proposed rule for the 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) has been released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
AI and Coding: Working Smarter, Not Harder
During the next live edition of the popular Talk Ten Tuesday Internet broadcast, you’ll learn how artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous coding a...
Fragility Fractures: An Underdiagnosed Epidemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), accidental falls are the leading cause of injury for adults 65 and older, with more...
Addiction: The Troubling Issue with Huge Impacts
Substance abuse is a pervasive issue with profound implications for hospitals.
It has been estimated that up to 25 percent of hospitalized patie...
Calling Condition Code W2…
Attention, calling all coders!
Is your hospital compliantly following all the the steps in the Condition Code W2 process?
It’s imperative...
Artificial Intelligence and Medical Record Coding
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly transitioned from something to expect in the future to the here and now today. The potential for AI in health...
New Coding Challenges for Reporting Gender-Affirming Care
As state laws, federal regulations, and insurance policies continue to evolve, healthcare organizations face growing demands to ensure that gender-aff...
Is there a Code for Probiotic Dispensers?
Your pets might be doing more than just keeping you company. They could be reshaping your immune system.
Early exposure to pets, especially in c...
Could Physician Advisors Become Dinosaurs?
Could physician advisors become dinosaurs in healthcare, bound for extinction?
The role of the physician advisor has developed into an absolute...
Five Key Takeaways from CHIA
One of the largest regional coding organizations in America’s healthcare universe – the California Health Information Association (CHIA) – wrapped its...
Join Us Live from CHIA
The national conference of the largest regional coding organization chapters in America’s healthcare universe gets underway this weekend – and James S...
A Puzzling Departure
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) stock is plummeting following the abrupt resignation of its CEO Andrew Witty. His sudden departure, coming on Tuesday, May 13...
Looking for the Disconnect Impacting Compliance and Reimbursement
Radiology reports are rich in clinical detail, yet ICD-10 codes often fail to fully capture the complexity and specificity of imaging findings.
...
Jumpstart Your Revenue Cycle: Get Your Motor Running
The revenue cycle can be thought of as a machine that keeps churning nonstop, making everything work, financially speaking, for your hospital.
B...
How Coders and CDISs Can Help Avoid Payer Edits and Denials
Payer edits and denials are pervasive in healthcare reimbursement.
These problems typically arise from coding inaccuracies, insufficient documen...
How to Unfriend Hospital Social Stays
Custodial and social hospitalizations have long been a hospital challenge.
From inadequate patient support and services to medically unwarranted...
Coders’ Delight: A Faster, Better, Smarter Drug Lookup Strategy
In today’s healthcare environment, America’s hospitals are experiencing increases in payer denials as a result of incorrect application of drug HCPCS...
Mayday! Mayday! Avoiding Bottom-Line Disaster
Effective communication is a critical skill in navigating clinical and non-clinical interactions to avoid disaster striking a facility’s bottom line.<...
World Health Day 2025
World Health Day, which will be officially observed on Monday, April 7, will mark what organizers claim will be a year-long celebration. Here at ICD10...
Doctors’ Day Observance Continues
National Doctors’ Day is Sunday, March 30. Even though the national one-day observance is only a few days away, the ICD10monitor producers of Talk Ten...
When is it Okay to Delay?
Time is money. And nowhere is that adage more relevant than in today’s American hospitals.
For example, consider the patient who is medically re...
Transgender Care Creates New Challenges for Hospitals
Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?
You’re not alone.
From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pit...
At the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and CDI
Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?
You’re not alone.
From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pit...
Algorithms vs. Abs: Outsmarting Big Food and Bad Advice
Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?
You’re not alone.
From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pit...
To Discharge, Or Not to Discharge: The Evolving Role of EHRs
Discharge orders have evolved. Today, they indicate the end of hospital billing for an encounter.
However, when the discharge order is placed on...
“Artificial Intelligence: Pitfalls and Potential in Healthcare
Could generative artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionize healthcare, or is it just a risky trend?
During the next must-see live broadcast of...
“The Police Are Here!” What Should You Know?
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 se...
The Stargate Project: How Will New AI Initiative Impact HIM?
It could be the shot heard ‘round the world: the announcement recently of Stargate, a multi-billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) project now un...
Staying Sharp in Healthcare Admin
Looking to unravel healthcare’s complex issues? Looking to streamline your operations and improve decision-making?
Join us this coming Tuesday,...
National Coding News Roundup: A Special 60-Minute Edition
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 p...
Five Proven Strategies to Achieve Accurate Mortality and Readmission Rate Performance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) measures and, in some cases, penalizes facilities whose inpatient mortality or readmission (up to...
The Dental Billing Trap: Persistent, Throbbing Pain
Even savvy dentists tend to find a challenge in boosting their reimbursements by correctly coding procedures as medical claims instead of dental ones....