Talk Ten Tuesdays

Continuing previous discussions of cancer screening covered under preventive benefits, the subject will get a second look on the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays – when Robin Miller Zweifel joins the broadcast to focus on non-invasive versus invasive procedure options for colorectal cancer screening. Robin is also expected to report on the recent National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) procedure-to-procedure edits released in October 2022, noting the sequencing of performance for screening procedures. She will also report on the more recent changes to the age requirements for patients to qualify for coverage under the preventive benefits for colorectal cancer screening. And no report on cancer screening would be complete without mention of related procedures, including the gold standard of occult blood testing, Cologuard, and other molecular-based testing, as well as colonoscopy.

All this and more will be covered during the ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays recognition of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Gloryanne Bryant, an independent health information management (HIM) consultant, will substitute for Laurie Johnson., senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, with the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD Physician Champions, will serve as guest cohost of Talk Ten Tuesdays, reporting on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.

Is your facility suffering from revenue loss? If so, you’re not alone. A study by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) found that clinics can experience a 10 to 30 percent decrease in revenue due to coding errors alone, losing up to $125,000 per year. Moreover, the American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that coding errors cost the healthcare industry approximately $36 billion annually in lost revenue, denied claims, and potential fines.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Susie Vestevich, COO for TiaTech, will report on how errors are costing facilities and practices significant revenue losses. But she will also report on how five, ironclad strategies can be implemented to help prevent such losses. Her revenue cycle report is part of an ongoing services presented by TiaTech, USA and ICD10monitor.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• Point of View: James S. Kennedy, president of CDIMD -Physician Champions, who will guest cohost Talk Ten Tuesdays, will report on a subject that has caught his attention during this popular segment.

From starkly arid lands to lush, cosmopolitan foreign capitals, a wide-ranging mix of peoples – some old, some new – were the focus of attention as the World Health Organization (WHO), with characteristic dignity, celebrated 75 years of improving the health of mankind.

ICD10monitor (so named for the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases, Version 10) and Talk Ten Tuesdays will mark the occasion with the conclusion of a two-part series recognizing the accomplishments of the WHO, which has been working overtime to alleviate deadly diseases, protect people from pandemics, and promote world peace.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Lorraine Fernandes, immediate past president and communications chair of the International Health Information Management Association (IHIMA), will be the special guest and will report on activities that took place during World Health Day.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
  
  
• RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, founder of Nachimson Advisors, LLC, will report on the latest news regulatory news coming out of Washington, DC.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

Although World Health Day isn’t until April 7, ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays will usher in an early recognition of the worldwide event beginning this coming Tuesday, with the start of a two-part series of broadcasts.

During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Mary H. Stanfill, ICD10monitor and broadcast ICD-11 correspondent, will have an update on the new coding system, which has been, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), adopted by 35 countries, including the U.S.

However, the implementation of the code set here remains, at this time, uncertain. During the subsequent Tuesday broadcast, on April 11, Lorraine Fernandes, immediate past president and communications chair of the International Health Information Management Association (IHIMA), will be the special guest and will report on activities that took place during World Health Day.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

The end is near: the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and national emergency declarations will come to a screeching halt on May 11.

And with that, there will be significant effects on healthcare and healthcare providers in the United States. The ends of these declarations could signal a major shift in the response to the pandemic, and may have far-reaching consequences for the industry.

One immediate effect could be a decrease in funding for COVID-19-related activities. And that is why, for the next upcoming edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, we asked Lidiya Ter-Markarova to report on some of the more causative effects this post-PHE era will have on the healthcare system and providers.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

Are there significant risks of potential fraud and abuse with Medicare Advantage (MA) by plans, vendors, and providers, with an emphasis on ICD-10-CM’s impact on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category (CMS-HCC) risk adjustment?

Evidently, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) believes there are. Recently, Christi A. Grimm, Inspector General, issued a statement in which she addressed the concerns of the federal watchdog agency.

In response to her speech, we invited Dr. James Kennedy, a 20-year veteran in clinical documentation integrity (CDI) consulting and a popular panelist, to share succinct advice on how a compliance plan can best prepare for OIG audits that are sure to come.   

Programming note: Invite your compliance teams to hear what promises to be the best four minutes applicable to this challenge, during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on coding colorectal cancer.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

It’s all about the money. It’s not only getting paid, but also getting paid the right amount. Little wonder that this is first and foremost on every provider’s mind. Often, though, success or failure lies in the completion and details of medical notes taken.

So, what’s the deal with medical notes? Why are notes so important, and why are they difficult for providers to complete? We’ve invited Kevin Lasser, Co-founder and CEO of TiaTech, to be our special guest and to answer those questions during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.

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 outcome of the recent Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

ICD10monitor correspondent Linda Holtzman, founder of Clarity Coding, will return to the Talk Ten Tuesdays (TTT) broadcast this coming Tuesday, March 7 to report on the activities at the Coordination & Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting taking place from the headquarters of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Holtzman, a longtime C&M observer, will bring her knowledge and expertise to her reporting of this important event – an essential meeting for coders and clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs). 

The two-day meeting will be held on March 7 and 8, virtually. The usual program will begin at 9 a.m. EST until 5 p.m. EST, until the business is finished. The tentative agendas are light this spring, with 18 topics on the diagnosis side and nine proposals for procedure codes. The procedure code information, however, will not be presented during the meeting. 

Remember, TTT will be covering this event live!

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will also report on the C&M meeting.
  
  
• The Dunn Report: Legendary HIM professional Rose Dunn, COO at First Class Solutions, and past president of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), will report on the latest news about hierarchical categories of classification (HCCs).
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.

We will conclude our month-long observance of American Heart Month on the Talk Ten Tuesdays weekly Internet radio broadcast with an upcoming guest appearance of Cardiologist Harry B. Peled, MD with St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif.

Last Tuesday, Dr. Mahesh Amin reported on the use of new protocols centered on high-sensitivity troponins for the diagnosis of type 2 myocardial infarction (MI). The response to his appearance was overwhelming; hence the continuation of this timely and critically important topic during the next broadcast.

Our series on the plight of rural hospitals will also continue with Dr. James Kennedy, who will report on an unfolding tragedy facing America’s rural populations as they seek care from facilities faced with drastically dwindling resources.

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.
  
  
• 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 year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its approval of using new protocols centered on high-sensitivity troponins for the diagnosis of type 2 myocardial infarction (MI).

Reporting our lead story during the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be Dr. Mahesh Amin, CV Service Line Medical Director for BayCare Health Systems in Clearwater, Fla., a board-certified cardiologist.

This story, along with a Feb. 28 report by Henry Peled, MD at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif., will conclude the monthlong observance of American Heart Month by ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays. In previous February broadcasts, the focus has been on the topics of coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI).

This 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.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
  
  
• 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.