The E/M Downcoding Crisis: What Every Provider Needs to Know - Live Webinar
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Live Virtual Webinar
August 26, 2025
12:00 CST
60 minutes
1 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.
Deborah Grider, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, COC, CEMC, CPMA. (Moderator)
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”.
Read more about Deborah HERE.
William "Andy" Via
IT
KZA
AAPC Accreditation
This program meets AAPC guidelines for 1.0 CEUs. Can be split between Core A and all specialties except CIRCC and CASCC for continuing education units.
Accreditation expiration date: 8/30/2027
Important Note: Please be sure to complete the course before the CEU expiration date if you plan to obtain CEU credits.
Course Access and Expiration
You have 30 days to complete a course from the day you register. After 30 days your access will expire.
Should you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
All cancellations and transfer requests will adhere to the KZA Cancellation and Refund Policy.
Please email at [email protected] to submit your transfer or cancellation request after reviewing the policy above.
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