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🌟When every minute counts and data chaos strikes, speed and expertise win. Discover how one regional health system crushed urgent data integrity challenges—cleaning ~30,000 records and delivering critical results in under 48 hours with one responsive partner.
📃 Unpredictability can derail clinical data abstraction during EHR transitions. In this new case study, Patricia Ward, BSN, RN, Clinical Data Abstraction Director at e4health, shares how a major health system stabilized abstraction under pressure—moving from three days behind to two weeks ahead of go-live and processing 15,000+ records.
✅ Along with the case study, you’ll get a Clinical Data Abstraction Planning Checklist with practical steps to help you prepare for variability, scale effectively, and stay on track.
✅ Along with the case study, you’ll get a Clinical Data Abstraction Planning Checklist with practical steps to help you prepare for variability, scale effectively, and stay on track.
Our Healthcare IT Operations & Consulting Team is comprised of exceptional program/project managers and health IT and revenue cycle specialist consultants who are experts in their fields. A limited number of these resources are soon to be available for new projects and could provide the perfect boost for any upcoming major initiatives you have on the horizon. If you need help, please reach out to us at sales@e4.health to learn more.
At the NJ HFMA Patient Financial Services & Patient Access Forum – 2026: The Journey Continues, Nicholas Raup, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at e4health, joined fellow industry leaders for an honest, provider-led discussion on the real-world use of AI in revenue cycle operations.
During the panel “AI Journey from a Provider’s Perspective,” Nick shares a practical approach to AI adoption—starting with understanding baseline performance, identifying workflow bottlenecks, and ensuring technology aligns with organizational strategy. No buzzwords. No sales pitches. Just grounded insight from leaders actively working in the field.
This session was part of a full day of engagement hosted by NJ HFMA, bringing together healthcare finance, revenue cycle, and patient access leaders to explore what’s next for 2026 and beyond.
🎥 Watch the clip to hear Nick’s perspective on how organizations can approach AI with clarity, confidence, and measurable intent.
During the panel “AI Journey from a Provider’s Perspective,” Nick shares a practical approach to AI adoption—starting with understanding baseline performance, identifying workflow bottlenecks, and ensuring technology aligns with organizational strategy. No buzzwords. No sales pitches. Just grounded insight from leaders actively working in the field.
This session was part of a full day of engagement hosted by NJ HFMA, bringing together healthcare finance, revenue cycle, and patient access leaders to explore what’s next for 2026 and beyond.
🎥 Watch the clip to hear Nick’s perspective on how organizations can approach AI with clarity, confidence, and measurable intent.
e4health stands at the forefront of mid-revenue cycle management, leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to drive the highest levels of cost-efficiency and accuracy. Our subject matter expertise in the mid-revenue cycle is unparalleled, allowing us to harness best-of-breed technology that significantly enhances both efficiency and quality control.
We've created an innovative coding model that dramatically reduces vendor complexity and expense while maximizing quality. Ready to see how much you could save? Contact us today for a free financial model analysis and learn how much you could save with our technology-enabled coding model. Reach out to us at sales@e4.health to learn more.
We've created an innovative coding model that dramatically reduces vendor complexity and expense while maximizing quality. Ready to see how much you could save? Contact us today for a free financial model analysis and learn how much you could save with our technology-enabled coding model. Reach out to us at sales@e4.health to learn more.
💡 In her latest article, Amanda Corley, VP of Coding Operations at e4health, breaks down why traditional volume-based metrics often fail to reflect the true workload of medical coding teams — and how a chart-hour model provides a more accurate, defensible way to assess staffing, productivity, and operational capacity.
▶️ Not quite sold? Click here to see Amanda break down who should be reading this article and what they'll take away from it.
▶️ Not quite sold? Click here to see Amanda break down who should be reading this article and what they'll take away from it.
💡 In her latest article, Gina Stewart explains that heightened RADV audit scrutiny makes focused, data-driven pre-bill audits and denial analysis essential for identifying documentation risks and reducing denials, even without large teams. She stresses proactive collaboration across coding, CDI, and utilization review teams and framing audit readiness as a revenue protection strategy to strengthen documentation quality and demonstrate measurable ROI.
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🩺 As organizations begin applying the CPT® 2026 updates, documentation accuracy and compliance readiness are more critical than ever.
Part 2 of our CPT 2026 Unveiled webinar series went beyond code changes to focus on what payers expect — and where organizations face the greatest risk. In this session, our experts broke down the documentation elements required to support new and revised CPT® codes, highlighted key payer and compliance considerations, and examined early denial trends and vulnerabilities organizations should anticipate as enforcement tightens.
Attendees gained practical guidance to:
- Understand documentation requirements needed to support CPT® 2026 codes
- Identify payer and compliance risks tied to insufficient or inconsistent documentation
- Anticipate early denial drivers and revenue leakage points
- Strengthen internal workflows, education, and audit strategies
These sessions are ideal for HIM, coding, CDI, revenue cycle, compliance, and education teams focused on protecting reimbursement, reducing denials, and ensuring confident CPT® 2026 implementation.
▶️ Watch the webinar replays:
Part 1: CPT® 2026 Code Updates & Key Changes — Watch here
Part 2: Documentation, Compliance & Payer Risk — Watch here
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🧠Our Education Team wants to make sure you're "In The Know" with our Coding Corner tip series.
This tip comes from e4health Director of Education, Kim Felix, RHIA, CCS.
Join us for our next CDI Leadership Roundtable & Earn FREE ACDIS CEUs!
We invite you to join us for the e4health CDI Roundtable: The CDI Sweet Spot: Balancing Quality, Quantity, and Technology on Wednesday, April 8th, from 12–1 pm EDT. This session is complimentary, and participants will receive FREE ACDIS CEUs.
Objectives:
- Understand why CDI quality matters as much as quantity
- Recognize approaches to balancing CDI workload while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and clinical relevance
- Apply critical thinking to determine appropriate CDI review focus and follow-up
LATEST:
CDI Roundtable: Mindset Matters
CDI Reconciliation as a Strategy for Quality, Compliance, and Financial Impact
💡 Our CDI Leadership Team collaborates each month to bring you a focused CDI Tip,
designed to help you strengthen your skills and stay current in our ever-evolving field.
We also partner closely with our coding colleagues to ensure each tip delivers insightful,
accurate guidance that supports clinical integrity and drives documentation excellence.
Looking to enhance operational efficiency, maximize reimbursement, and reduce denials?
Schedule a brief discovery call by clicking here to fill out a short form, and our team will reach out to assist you!
Schedule a brief discovery call by clicking here to fill out a short form, and our team will reach out to assist you!
We offer coding and CDI courses to help health information professionals stay up-to-date.
As an AHIMA-Approved and AAPC-Approved provider of continuing education units (CEUs),
we offer online courses that meet ongoing training requirements.
Approved CEUs are only available for one year from the original recording date.
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Medicare Telehealth at a Crossroads as Expanded Flexibilities Expire Today
🚨 January 30th was the last day for the expanded CMS Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were in place. Telehealth coverage will revert back to more restrictive pre-pandemic rules unless Congress acts.🔎 Current status: There is bipartisan momentum — the US House has passed a bill that would extend Medicare telehealth coverage through December 31, 2027, but final Senate approval and a presidential signature are still pending.
✅ We are closely monitoring developments and will share updates as soon as they become available.
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