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 ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays, we will celebrate a bit early, during the next edition of the Talk Ten Tuesdays live Internet broadcast.

Headlining the broadcast will be Lorraine Fernandes, immediate past president and communications chair of the International Health Information Management Association.

This year’s World Health Day theme focuses on efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and “to prioritize women’s longer-term health and well-being.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) cites published estimates that nearly 300,000 women lose their lives due to pregnancy or childbirth annually. The WHO also states that more than 2 million babies die during their first month of life, and that 2 million more are stillborn.

Also part of the live 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, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, a 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.

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 Tuesdays want to ensure that everyone is aware of the significant contributions made daily by America’s doctors. Hence, our recognition of the occasion will continue during the next live edition of the popular weekly Internet broadcast.

As part of the celebration, physician and attorney Dr. John K. Hall has been invited to be the special guest on Talk Ten Tuesdays. Dr. Hall, a popular panelist on Monitor Mondays, has distinguished himself as an astute reporter of healthcare news: he introduced the audience to the concept of Chevron Deference at the time when little information was available on an unprecedented development.

Dr. Hall will report on two virus outbreaks in particular that have captured the attention of Americans.

Also part of the live 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, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, a 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.

Time is money. And nowhere is that adage more relevant than in today’s American hospitals.

For example, consider the patient who is medically ready for discharge, but still waiting for a skilled nursing facility (SNF) bed to open up. Or the case in which a patient might medically require a cardiac catheterization before being safely cleared to discharge to home, but there’s a delay until the procedure can be performed on Monday.

So, when is it okay to delay?

Answering that question as well as reporting on the nuances of such delays will be Juliet Ugarte Hopkins, MD, the special guest during the next edition of the long-running and popular Talk Ten Tuesdays broadcast produced by ICD10monitor.

Also part of the live 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 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, 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.

Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?

You’re not alone.

From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pitfalls means making healthy choices has never been harder.

Questions abound: should you go all-in on the potato diet? Or embrace the all-meat life? (Spoiler: probably not.)

This week, during the long-running and popular Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet broadcast produced by ICD10monitor, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will cut through the noise – breaking down diet fads, industry tricks, and practical ways to eat better, without the overwhelm.

Because good nutrition shouldn’t be this complicated.

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, 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.

Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?

You’re not alone.

From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pitfalls means making healthy choices has never been harder.

Questions abound: should you go all-in on the potato diet? Or embrace the all-meat life? (Spoiler: probably not.)

This week, during the long-running and popular Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet broadcast produced by ICD10monitor, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will cut through the noise – breaking down diet fads, industry tricks, and practical ways to eat better, without the overwhelm.

Because good nutrition shouldn’t be this complicated.

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, 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.

Overwhelmed by nutrition advice?

You’re not alone.

From sketchy influencer “secrets” to Big Food’s algorithm-driven traps, a myriad of pitfalls means making healthy choices has never been harder.

Questions abound: should you go all-in on the potato diet? Or embrace the all-meat life? (Spoiler: probably not.)

This week, during the long-running and popular Talk Ten Tuesdays Internet broadcast produced by ICD10monitor, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will cut through the noise – breaking down diet fads, industry tricks, and practical ways to eat better, without the overwhelm.

Because good nutrition shouldn’t be this complicated.

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, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

Discharge orders have evolved. Today, they indicate the end of hospital billing for an encounter.
However, when the discharge order is placed on a day other than the day a patient actually leaves the hospital, it can often lead to under-reporting the patient’s length of stay (LOS) and other issues. And when some clinicians are told to place such an order when patients are medically ready to leave – even if there is no safe discharge plan – this forces the team to make the tough decision: to discharge or not to discharge. Thus, potential patient safety issues arise, as Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins will report as the special guest during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.
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.

Could generative artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionize healthcare, or is it just a risky trend?
During the next must-see live broadcast of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Christopher Boyle will walk you through the potential and pitfalls of generative AI. His journey will take you on an exploration of three promising uses of AI that focus on safety, documentation, and coding accuracy. You’ll learn how you can balance the benefits of AI while ensuring compliance. Dr. Boyle will also report on how AI is addressing the social determinants of health (SDoH).
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.

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.

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.