The E/M Downcoding Crisis: What Every Provider Needs to Know

On-Demand
60 minutes
This has been re-recorded with the opportunity to claim one CEU

The growing trend of E/M downcoding is creating significant financial and compliance challenges for healthcare providers. Many organizations are seeing claims reduced to lower-level codes, resulting in lost revenue and increased audit risk. This webinar will uncover the root causes of downcoding, explain how payers are applying these changes, and provide actionable strategies to protect your practice. Learn how to document effectively, identify red flags, and implement best practices to ensure accurate reimbursement. If you’re a provider, coder, or compliance professional, this session is essential to safeguard your bottom line and maintain compliance.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Understand the root causes of E/M downcoding and why it’s increasing.
• Learn how payers are applying downcoding and its impact on reimbursement.
• Identify documentation gaps that trigger downcoding and audits.

Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you register.

Deborah Grider, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, COC, CEMC, CPMA.

Executive Consultant

KZA

Deborah is a nationally sought-after leader in the industry and is passionate about assisting physicians and hospitals in improving their coding, documentation, and business operations to maintain compliance and improve revenue. She will go above and beyond to help industry leaders, physicians, and others achieve excellence. Her motto is “documentation excellence is the key to improving revenue”.