Description: In this presentation, we will delve into the immense value of coding audits and education within the healthcare industry. We will explore how these practices contribute to increased revenue, overall compliance, and higher quality scores for both healthcare providers and facilities.

The presentation will begin by highlighting the fundamental role of coding audits in ensuring accurate and complete documentation of medical services. We will discuss how regular audits help identify coding errors, inconsistencies, and potential compliance issues, ultimately leading to improved revenue capture. By addressing these issues proactively, healthcare organizations can prevent revenue leakage, maximize reimbursement, and optimize financial performance. Furthermore, we will emphasize the importance of ongoing education in coding practices. Keeping up with the ever-evolving coding guidelines, regulations, and industry best practices is crucial for accurate coding and billing. Through targeted education programs, healthcare professionals can enhance their coding proficiency, reduce errors, and ensure compliance with changing regulatory requirements.

Finally, we will explore the correlation between coding audits, education, and higher quality scores. Accurate coding plays a pivotal role in quality reporting and performance measurement systems. By ensuring proper coding practices, healthcare entities can generate reliable data that drives improved quality scores and rankings. We will discuss how coding audits and education contribute to the overall quality improvement efforts and support data-driven decision-making.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of OHIMA's 2023 Virtual Coding Seminar that was held on September 29, 2023.
Duration: 1 hour

Speakers: Lindsey Lanning, RHIA, PCMH CCE & Angie James, MBA, RHIA, CCS

Lindsey Lanning, RHIA, PCMH CCE, is a healthcare consultant specializing in outpatient regulatory compliance, government incentives initiatives, and industry affairs. She possesses broad expertise in the details of federal legislative and regulatory issues and their impact on group medical practices. Currently, Lindsey consults as a Government Incentives expert on MIPS reporting and audits, PCMH transformation, value-based contract analysis, RPM and CCM program deployment and much more. 

Angie James, MBA, RHIA, CCS, is a Coding Manager with a passion for finding innovative ways to navigate the ever-changing world of healthcare in a pay for performance environment. She has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare, working in all aspects of the revenue cycle. Her career ranges from physician’s office registration to facility billing, with a primary focus on facility coding, compliance, education, and audits. Angie earned her BS in Health Information Administration from the University of Cincinnati and MBA at Thomas More University.  She actively serves on the Executive Board of OHIMA, is President-Elect of SWOHIMA, and sits on the advisory committee for the Health Information Management Department of Gateway Community and Technical College.

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Cost: $25 Members / $35 Non-Members
1 AHIMA CEU*
Domain: Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC! Check eligibility on the AAPC website.