Specialty Coding Strategies: Maximizing Revenue for Hospitals and Physician Practices

05/29/2025

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ACMPE: 1.00
ACHE: 1.00
CEU: 1.00
PDC: 1.00
CPE: 1.00

Description

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This webinar – scheduled for May 29, 2025, at 1 pm ET (12 pm CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT) – is eligible for ACMPE, ACHE (live only), CPE (live only), PDC (live only) and CEU credit, and will be made available as a recording.

Specialty coding plays a critical role in ensuring accurate reimbursement and optimizing revenue cycle performance for both hospitals and physician practices. In this webinar, two subject matter experts — one with deep experience in hospital-based coding and the other specializing in physician practice coding — will explore the nuances of specialty coding across care settings, address common challenges, and highlight real-world strategies that drive financial and operational success. Attendees will gain a dual perspective on specialty coding best practices, compliance considerations, and actionable techniques to enhance revenue integrity. Whether you're a part of a hospital, health system or physician practice, this session offers valuable takeaways to improve coding accuracy and protect your bottom line.

This 60-minute webinar will provide you with the knowledge to:

Differentiate specialty coding requirements and compliance risks across hospital and physician practice settings
Analyze common coding challenges and assess their impact on revenue cycle performance and reimbursement outcomes
Apply practical strategies to enhance collaboration, improve documentation quality, and optimize specialty coding workflows

Brought to you by Conifer Health Solutions

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Continuing Education

Delivery method: Internet Live Course | Group Internet Based
Learning level: Intermediate - Education that builds on a basic curriculum, designed to improve your ability to analyze and apply skills learned to a topic or knowledge area.
Learning format: Traditional
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of the topic or knowledge area.
Advance preparation: None
Duration: 60 minutes

Claiming Credit: If you wish to claim continuing education credit, you must attend the live webinar and complete the session evaluation in order to meet the requirements of the accrediting organizations.

ACMPE, medical practice administrators in certification and Fellowship through ACMPE
ACHE, American College of Healthcare Executives Qualified Education
CPE, Continuing Professional Education for accountants
- Attendance at the live instructor-led program
CEU, generic continuing education credit
PDC, professional development credits for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

For detailed continuing education credit information, click here.

**PLEASE NOTE: CEU credit types and totals are listed as a good faith estimate. Actual CEU types and totals offered at time of presentation may vary. Final CEU credit listing will be published on or before the day of the presentation.

Speakers

Kimberly McKenney, MBA, RHIA, CCS-P
Senior Director, CDI and Coding Operations, Conifer Health Solutions

Kimberly McKenney joined Conifer Health in 2021 as Senior Director of CDI and Coding Operations. In her role, Kimberly develops KPIs and engineers processes that ensure the physician-led CDI team exceeds metrics and achieves optimal performance while adhering to regulatory compliance requirements. She implements best practices to assist national team managers in meeting or exceeding operational metrics, including coding requirements defined in client service level agreements. Kimberly energetically establishes, builds and expands relationships with clients to deliver a complete coding solution.

Kimberly has 19 years of experience in RCM, covering both physician and hospital. In addition to Physician Coding and CDI Operations, she has held numerous RCM leadership positions overseeing Hospital and Physician Billing, Clinical Denials, Coding Quality, Emergency Department Coding, and Outpatient Facility Coding. Her experience includes multi-hospital organizations, which include critical access and academic health centers, as well as multispecialty medical groups. Prior to joining Conifer, Kimberly spent almost 10 years working for Indiana University Health, focusing on their revenue cycle, a period which culminated as a Director in their Revenue Cycle Services division. She then spent nearly six years as a Director of Coding Operations and Coding Quality with Healthcare Administrative Partners.

Additionally, Kimberly is passionate about developing people. She is an experienced leader of teams sometimes exceeding 300 people, including global workforces. She tasks her teams to meet changing and challenging business demands, while focusing on continuous process improvement and optimization. She is also recognized as a Certified Coding Specialist and a Registered Health information Administrator through AHIMA.

Chloe Phillips, MHA
Vice President, Coding and Clinical Documentation Integrity, Conifer Health Solutions

Chloe Phillips has been with Conifer Health in various leadership roles since 2016. In 2021, she was promoted to Vice President of Clinical Revenue Integrity Coding and Clinical Documentation Integrity. In this role, she oversees areas of client performance and experience, coding and clinical documentation integrity for the Hospital Revenue Cycle Management business unit for all clients. She is also directly responsible for all aspects of clinical documentation integrity, coding, and data governance in the acute care setting.

Chloe’s entire professional career has been in healthcare, and she now has more than 20 years of experience built up in Healthcare Information Management (HIM), coding, and revenue cycle. Prior to joining Conifer, she spent nearly nine years as Middle Revenue Cycle System Director for Brookwood Baptist Health, a medical center in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was responsible for all activities related to HIM and revenue integrity. Before taking on her current role at Conifer she was our Senior Director of HIM Services.

A strong manager with a significant track record in providing leadership, strategic planning, and influencing value in healthcare revenue cycle management, Chloe is a member in good standing with AHIMA, AAHIM, and HFMA. She specializes in change management, helping ensure that her team remains on the cutting edge of leading practices, whether in HIM operations, coding, or clinical documentation integrity.

Technical Requirements

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This webinar will be hosted in Zoom Webinars and will consist of a 60-minute presentation and question-and-answer session. You will receive informational emails with instructions to access the live event and related resources, as well as steps to claim continuing education credits.

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Refund Policy

This webinar is sponsored by Conifer Health Solutions. There is no registration fee.

Live Instructor Cancellation Policy
If for any reason MGMA must cancel this program, MGMA will notify participants by email of the cancellation no less than 48 hours prior to the expected start time.

Contact the MGMA Service Center for cancellations or refunds:
Toll-free: 877.275.6462, ext. 1888
Email: service@mgma.org

Complaint resolution policy
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