Auditor Confidential: What I’d Tell a New Auditor if I Could Be Honest Article Reference Code: NAMAS.08.14.2026 Written by: Laidy Martinez, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CEMC, CGSC, CGIC, CASCC When people hear the word auditor, they often think of someone whose job is to find mistakes. I’ve heard comments like, “The auditor is looking for something…
Educator Fatigue: Repeating Yourself Without Losing Your Spark Article Reference Code: NAMAS.08.07.2026 Written by: Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC, QPIN If you’ve ever watched Groundhog Day, you’ve seen a character trapped in the same 24 hours on repeat, slowly shifting from irritation to insight. In many ways, coding auditors and CDI/provider educators live a professional version…
The One Note That Broke Me: Auditing Horror Stories Article Reference Code: NAMAS.07.31.2026 Written by: Emily Schmidt, JM, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPC, CPCO, CPC-P, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPMS, CRC, CVBA, CPC-I It was a typical day of auditing. I had a stack of paper charts sitting on the desk in front of me, a cup…
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,…