Risk Adjustment Made Simple – Documentation for Coding (12 minutes)

February 3, 2026 This short (12 minute), on-demand video offers quick, practical guidance for providers and care team members...

Risk Adjustment Made Simple – New Year To Do’s (5 minutes)

December 19, 2025 This short (5 minute), on-demand video offers quick, practical guidance for providers and care team members...

Risk Adjustment 101 with Christine Smidt

November 26, 2025 Christine Smidt, Value-Based Coding Advisor, Carina Health Network

Risk Adjustment 101 with Monica Escareno

November 24, 2025 Monica Escareno, Value-Based Coding Advisor, Carina Health Network

Risk Adjustment 101 with Richelle Griffiths

November 24, 2025 Richelle Griffiths, Value-Based Coding Advisor, Carina Health Network

Risk Adjustment 101 with Nicky Copeland

November 14, 2025 Nicky Copeland, Value-Based Coding Advisor, Carina Health Network

Fourth Quarter Provider All-Star Award Winner

November 20, 2025 At Carina Health Network, we know that success in value-based care relies on strong collaboration, accurate...

New! Coding Questions Queue

October 27, 2025 Purpose Carina Health Network has created the Coding Questions Queue to provide timely, standardized responses to...

Major Depression Diagnosis Pocket Guide

August 2025 More available at https://carinahealthnetwork.org/guides-tools/. © 2025 Carina Health Network – Confidential and Proprietary

V24 vs V28 Risk Adjustment Models

August 2025 More available at https://carinahealthnetwork.org/guides-tools/.

Second Quarter Provider All-Star Award Winners

May 28, 2025 At CCMCN-CHPA, we know that success in value-based care relies on strong collaboration, accurate documentation, and...

Hypertension Coding Guide + 7 Other Must-Have Guides

May 20, 2025 By: Brionna Benedetti, CPC, CRC Download the full guide: Hypertension Coding Guide (plus more at https://carinahealthnetwork.org/guides-tools/)...

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...

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

View and download at chpanetwork.com/guides-tools/.

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...

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