Recognizing Excellence: Introducing the Provider All-Star Award & 2025 First Quarter Winners
March 27, 2025 At CCMCN-CHPA, we know that success in value-based care relies on strong collaboration, accurate documentation, and...
Transplants and Amputations Coding Guide
March 20, 2025 By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: Transplants and Amputations Coding Guide Lizard Tails...
Cardiovascular Disease Coding Guide
January 20, 2025 By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: Cardiovascular Disease Coding Guide Statistical Significance According...
2025 ICD-10-CM Code Changes
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Mental Health and Suicide Awareness
September 16, 2024 By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: CHPA 2024 Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Sept...
Cardiovascular Disease
July 3, 2024 By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: CHPA July 2024 Coding Corner – Cardiovascular Disease...
Queries: The 5 W’s of Effective Communications
By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: Queries: The 5 W’s of Effective Communications What is a...
Colorectal Cancer and Screening for Cancer
By: Brionna Benedetti CPC, CRC Download the printable version An Ode to Neoplasms “Ere frost-flower and snow-blossom faded and...
Advanced Illness and Frailty HEDIS Exclusions
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HCC and Risk Adjustment 101 Quick Guide
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National COPD Awareness Month
By: Brionna Benedetti CPC, CRC November is a time of festivities, falling leaves, and crisp cool mornings that usher...
2023 Common Combination Codes
By: Caliay Pratt, CPC, CDEO, CRC, CRHC What are combination codes? Combination codes can be utilized to represent a...
Lab Testing for Medicare Patients Cheat Sheet
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Patient Name Must Match What’s Listed on Insurance Card
By: BJ Dempsey Recent work with many CHC’s has identified a challenge. We frequently find patients using multiple versions...
Improving Medication Adherence and Patient Experience
During the July 13th Operational Excellence webinar we learned about how to improve medication adherence and the patient experience....
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Coding
By: Caliay Pratt, CPC, CDEO, CRC, CRHC We have all seen it before, you open the chart, and it...
Mental Health Awareness Month – Depression Coding Reimbursement
Mental health coding in the primary setting can be incredibly problematic for both the provider and the coding team....
Fiscal 2023 ICD-10 Updates
By: Diana Hope, CPC, CRC, CPC-P, CGSC The new updates to the ICD-10-CM code system for 2023 include 1,176...
Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visits (Part 3 of 3): Additional Services that can be Billed with AWV’s
By: Christine Smidt, BA, CPC, CRC, Risk Adjustment & Quality Specialist, CHPA Listed below are five screening tools that...
Kidney Health HEDIS Measure
By: Dr. Timothy Dudley, Medical Director Kidney Health is a relatively new HEDIS measure introduced in 2020 and many...
Clarification on Blood Pressure Readings
By: BJ Dempsey, Practice Transformation Manager, Community Health Provider Alliance (CHPA) For 2022, the UDS the blood pressure (BP)...
Telehealth Services in FQHCs Opens Doors
October 3, 2022 at 8:00 am By: Diana Hope, CPC, CRC, CPC-P, CGSC Telehealth as a delivery platform has...
Lessen the Load
By: Valentina Gallegos, BA, CPC, CRC Imagine walking into your exam room and seeing ONE code that tells a...
Coding Peer Group
By: Christine Smidt, BA, CPC, CRC Our mission as the CHPA Risk Adjustment team is to empower the coders...
Why The Extra Clicks Matter
By: Valentina Gallegos, BA, CPC, CRC Hierarchical Condition Categories and YOU Example: Tally them up! Coding to the highest...
Test Taking Tips for your AAPC Coding Exam
October 3, 2022 at 8:00 am By: Loretta Lathon, CPC, CRC, CDEO The best strategy to prepare for the...
In-House Coder Training
CHPA is exploring the possibility of offering American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC) certification training courses for CHC staff...
RADV Audits Preparation
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Sick Sinus Syndrome Coding
By: Loretta Lathon, CPC, CRC, CDEO A patient has Sick Sinus Syndrome and a permanent pacemaker. How do I...
Morbid Obesity and Severe Malnutrition Coding
By: Valentina Gallegos, BA, CPC Did you know!? Each 0.1 increase in RAF is worth $900 to $1000? Let’s...
Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visits (Part 2 of 3): Preparation and Contents
By: Christine Smidt, BA, CPC, CRC, Risk Adjustment & Quality Specialist, CHPA How to best prepare: You must report...
Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visits (Part 1 of 3)
By: Christine Smidt, BA, CPC (CHPA) The Medicare wellness visit is an annually covered visit that allows you and...
