CEU Burnout: Making Required Education Actually Valuable Article Reference Code: NAMAS.09.18.2026 Written by: Victoria Vo, CPC-M CPCD, CIC, CFPC, COC, CPMA, CPC, CPRC, CRC, CPC-I Continuing education renewals are an important part of maintaining your professional knowledge and credentials. We know our renewal dates. We put them on our calendars. We get the reminder emails.…
You’re More Than Your Resume: How to Expand Your Professional Identity Article Reference Code: NAMAS.08.28.2026 Written by: Sarah Ragan, COC, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CVBA, CEMC, CFPC, AAPC Approved Instructor. In healthcare, compliance, auditing, and coding roles, professionals are often reduced to job titles on a resume. The resume captures tasks, timelines, and credentials, but not…
Remote Surgical Auditing: Best Practices from the Home Office Article Reference Code: NAMAS.07.17.2026 Written by: John Piaskowski, CPC-M, CPC-I, CIRCC, CCC, CPMA, CCVTC, CGIC, CGSC, CUC, COSC, CRC In the role of a remote surgical auditor (and this might be accurate for E/M coders as well), we are put at a slight disadvantage, in many ways. First, we rely heavily upon…
HCC Coding: More Than Just a List of Diagnoses Article Reference Code: NAMAS.07.10.2026 Written by: Amy Wheeler CPC, CPB, CDEO, CPMA, CRC, CRC-I, CPA-RA A patient presents for an annual wellness visit. The problem list includes diabetes with complications, chronic kidney disease, major depressive disorder, and heart failure. Each diagnosis maps neatly to an HCC. At first glance,…
EMR Hacks from Auditors Who’ve Seen It All Article Reference Code: NAMAS.07.03.2026 Written by: Melissa Kirshner and Erin Fogolini During COVID, how many of us had telehealth visits only to review the progress note uploaded to the provider’s electronic medical records (EMR) to see “lungs clear to auscultation, heart RRR”? When questioning a provider after…