Talk Ten Tuesdays
Health & Wellness Podcasts
Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing in their respective implementations of ICD-10. Register to attend live here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1236510&tp_key=da0e4c0f76
Location:
United States
Description:
Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing in their respective implementations of ICD-10. Register to attend live here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1236510&tp_key=da0e4c0f76
Language:
English
Contact:
6512923419
Episodes
Probing the ICD-10 Impact on CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment
3/21/2023
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...
Duration:00:31:36
First and Foremost: Getting Paid Correctly
3/14/2023
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...
Duration:00:29:14
Coordination & Maintenance Meeting: Live Reports and Updates
3/7/2023
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...
Duration:00:30:29
High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins: Part II
2/28/2023
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...
Duration:00:30:20
New Protocols for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins
2/21/2023
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...
Duration:00:30:12
Cardiology: Understanding the Imperative of Pre-Authorizations
2/14/2023
In continuing our observance of American Heart Month, during the next live edition of the Talk Ten Tuesdays live Internet radio broadcast we will zero in on the topic of coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) issues related to cardiovascular procedures – and, specifically, the importance of obtaining pre-authorizations for cardiology procedures.
Obtaining cardiology procedure pre-authorizations tends to be a time-consuming process, depending on the complexity of the patient’s...
Duration:00:30:02
Understanding the Pain Points: Coding and Documenting Myocardial Infarction
2/7/2023
February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of cardiovascular health and to shine the light on cardiac issues, especially myocardial infarction.
Unfortunately, every year about 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Basically, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds.
And that is why we invited the Chief Executive Officer for the Innova Revenue Group, Lidiya Ter-Markorova, a clinical documentation integrity expert, to discuss documentation and coding...
Duration:00:29:29
Mary's Bookclub: Respiratory Therapy All Access Pass
2/1/2023
Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the products you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In this episode, Mary goes over the Respiratory Therapy All Access Pass, and why it is an important product for healthcare professionals.
Duration:00:02:56
Exclusive Series: The Plight of Rural Hospitals
1/31/2023
As rural hospital closures continue to increase (136 have occurred between 2010 and 2021), health information management (HIM) and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals have key roles in ensuring revenue integrity and optimization essential to sound operations and access.
Even so, small facilities, especially those operating independently, simply do not have the resources that larger chains have to negotiate favorable payer contracts and to implement processes,...
Duration:00:32:43
Coding Confusion: AMA’s Two-in-One Code Calamity
1/24/2023
Who knew that when the venerable American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) combining two hospital encounter service types into one code set of inpatient/observation services – initial and subsequent – consternation would be the outcome. The confusion: what entity can actually bill an inpatient initial code, 99221-99223, and who must default to subsequent codes or report office and other outpatient codes when seeing patients in the observation setting?
The good news: during the next live...
Duration:00:29:59
The Reporting Dilemma: DRG Mismatches (Part II)
1/17/2023
The term “DRG mismatches” is most often used to describe situations wherein the working diagnosis-related group (DRG) selected by the clinical documentation improvement specialist (CDIS) differs from the final coded DRG, signaling that the CDIS and the coder have arrived at different principal diagnoses. In other situations, a procedure may have been coded incorrectly by the CDI professional, causing the DRG mismatch.
But here’s good news: there’s a new workflow for resolving inpatient DRG...
Duration:00:29:38
Mary's Bookclub: Nuclear Medicine All Access Pass
1/12/2023
Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the products you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In this episode, Mary goes over the Nuclear Medicine All Access Pass, and why it is an important product for healthcare professionals.
Duration:00:02:36
Exclusive: The Reporting Dilemma: DRG Mismatches (Part I)
1/10/2023
Within the hospital setting, the term “mismatch” is most often used to describe a situation wherein the final working diagnosis-related group (DRG) selected by the clinical documentation improvement (CDISs) specialists from the final coded DRG.
This can be due to many reasons. One of the most frequent reasons is that the CDI professional and coder have arrived at a different principal diagnosis. In other situations, a CC (complication or comorbidity) or MCC (Major CC) may not have been...
Duration:00:28:49
Mary's Bookclub: Infusion & Injection All Access Pass
12/14/2022
Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the products you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In this episode, Mary goes over the Infusion & Injection All Access Pass, and why it is an important product for healthcare professionals.
Duration:00:02:47
Crossing State Lines: Telehealth
12/13/2022
Telehealth is considered to be rendered at the physical location of the patient, and therefore a provider typically needs to be licensed in the patient’s state. When the public health emergency (PHE) was declared in March of 2020, most states, followed the federal exceptions under the 1135 CARES Act waivers, allowing, an out-of-state provider to render services via telemedicine in a state where they are not located, or allow a clinician to provide services via telehealth in a state if...
Duration:00:31:31
National Coding Roundup
12/6/2022
New codes. Old codes. Deleted codes. ICD-10 codes, evaluation and management (E&M) codes, and Z codes.
It’s raining codes, and during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, you’ll hear the very latest coding news – along with all you need to know to keep you performing at the top of your game.
The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:
CDI Report: The Dunn Report: Journaling John: TalkBack:
Duration:00:28:48
Mary's Bookclub: Comprehensive Cardiology All Access Pass
11/30/2022
Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the products you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In this episode, Mary goes over the Comprehensive Cardiology All Access Pass, and why it is an important product for healthcare professionals.
Duration:00:03:07
Z Codes: How Mapping Patient Responses Reveals Community Health Disparities
11/29/2022
Be sure to join us for the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when Karen Bartrom, director of clinical integration and documentation at Cameron Memorial Hospital in Indiana, will report on how Z codes – the social determinants of health (SDoH) and ICD-10-CM codes – can reveal insights related to the health of a community.
With the mapping of patient SDoH responses to Z-codes, valuable aggregate data on a community’s health disparities can be validated and measurable. And the capturing...
Duration:00:27:56
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: More to Come in 2023?
11/22/2022
Will the United States experience another federal public health emergency (PHE) beyond Jan. 11, 2023? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Oct. 13 renewed the PHE for an additional 90 days. Meanwhile, states continue to wait for a 60-day termination warning, as HHS had promised earlier.
Joining the broadcast during the next live edition of the popular Internet radio program Talk Ten Tuesdays will be nationally recognized professional coder, auditor, and consultant Terry...
Duration:00:29:35
Mary's Bookclub: Ultrasound Coder
11/16/2022
Listen to Mary's Bookclub, where Mary summarizes the books you can find at the MedLearn online bookstore!
In today's episode, Mary explains the importance of Ultrasound Coder. Listen in to find out why this textbook could be a great addition to add to your essential library.
Duration:00:02:33