Extensive changes are coming your way for hospital observation and inpatient services. And the time to prepare is now and this upcoming live edition of the long-running Talk Ten Tuesday broadcast is the place to begin to grasp the breadth and depth of these revisions from the American Medical Association.

Colleen Deighan, senior consultant with 3M, will continue the second in her multi-series of reports as she discusses the two evaluation and management (E&M) categories including guideline changes for reporting these services accurately and sharing steps you will need to take for preparing your physicians and your coding staff for success.  

Other segments during the live broadcast include the following:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the ongoing Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting taking place at that hour in the CMS headquarters in Baltimore.
  
  
• Mental Health Report: Internationally renowned psychiatrist H. Steven Moffic reports on the nation’s state of mental health.
  
  
• RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) career professional-turned-well-known healthcare IT authority, will report on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington, D.C.
  
  
• 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.