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ICD-10-PCS Vascular Coding: Coronary Artery Bifurcations Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Vascular Coding: Coronary Artery Bifurcations in this free, brief presentation. Click the link below to watch on YouTube.

Anesthesia Practice Management: Coding and Billing for Cancelled Procedures In work consulting with physician group practices, anesthesia groups will often not charge for service rendered if the surgery or procedure is cancelled. Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow asks the questions why? Click the link below to read the complete article.

#CHCS owner Betty Hovey will be speaking at the IaHIMA annual meeting April 10-11, including her 4-hour E/M workshop. The IaHIMA annual meeting is a great event for networking and education. Check it out!! https://lnkd.in/eD6mkybS #HealthCareConferences #HealthCare #HealthInformationManagement #IAHIMA #CHCS

Your Guide to the OIG's Nursing Facility ICPG: Part 2 Join this free webinar as experts break down key risk areas, including Anti-Kickback rules, compliance challenges, and resident safety. 1.2 CCB? CEU credit available with live attendance of this webinar. Live Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12 at 1 PM ET Presenters: CJ Wolf, MD Brian Burton, Healthicity Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer Discover the key risk areas, compliance priorities, and resident safety considerations outlined in the OIG’s latest Nursing Facility ICPG—don’t miss Part 2 of this expert-led webinar! Click the link below to register for this free webinar.

Patient technology technicians help nurses spend more time at bedside You’re a busy hospital nurse, getting pulled in different directions, taking care of patients and helping other team members at every turn. In the middle of your shift, a key piece of electronic equipment stops working or a device isn’t responding the way it should. Suddenly, you can’t provide what your patient needs. What do you do? Become a technology troubleshooter on top of the many other roles you already fill? Click the link below to read the full article.

What’s the Future of Value-Based Care for Rural Hospitals? Over the last year, 18 rural hospitals closed or converted to an operating model that excludes inpatient care, according to a new analysis from the Chartis Center for Rural Health. That brings the total number of closures since 2010 to 182. During this week’s Value-Based Payment Summit, Janice Walters, M.S.H.A., executive director of the Rural Health Care Redesign Center in Harrisburg, Pa., said more innovation is needed in rural payment models as she discussed her experience working with 18 rural hospitals under a global budget in Pennsylvania. Click the link below to read the full article.

Chinese hackers use malware disguised as imaging viewers to steal patient data A cybercriminal group backed by the Chinese government is using fake medical imaging software to compromise patients’ computers. An investigation by Forescout—a cybersecurity company that helps businesses and government agencies manage cyber risk and protect their networks—recently uncovered dozens of malware samples disguised as legitimate DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) viewers and other trusted healthcare applications. The software, which was deployed between July 2024 and January 2025, was primarily disguised as Philips’ DICOM MediaViewerLauncher.exe—a trusted program that enables patients to view their medical imaging on their own personal servers. Click the link below to read the complete article.

How providers can begin billing for patient portal messaging Most healthcare organizations have started using patient portal messages to offer medical advice, but it's still not too common for them to bill for patient portal messages, according to reporting from Vizient completed in partnership with the Association of American Medical Colleges. Click the link below to read the complete article.

US flu season may have reached its peak, CDC says The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data published by the agency shows that flu activity is still elevated but has decreased for two consecutive weeks. To read the complete article, click the link below.

AI Data Governance in Healthcare: What’s New and What’s Changing? With the rise of artificial intelligence, data management policies must ensure information is accurate and trustworthy so clinicians can harvest quality insights. Click the link below to read the complete article.