TCG - Season 4 - Episode 39 - HCC / Risk Adjustment Coding with Dawn Carter

Dawn Carter, Director of Product Strategy of Centauri Health Solutions joined Sean to discuss Risk Adjustment Audits and the ins and outs of these often times annoying administrative requirements if you participate with an MA Plan... This was such an interesting discussion and we believe you will think so too!  Links to articles from the show: Article 1:  Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 1: The Risk-Score Game - https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20210927.6239/full/ Article 2: Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 2: Building On The ACO Model - https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20210928.795755/full/ Article 3: Halvorsen/Crane rebuttals: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220106.907235and https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220203.915914/ Article 4: Gilfillan and Berwick rebuttal to Halvorsen and Crane: The Emperor Still Has No Clothes: A Response To Halvorson And Crane - https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220602.413644 Article 5: Kang/Duncan/Hunh response: Making The Right Diagnosis: A Response To Berwick And Gilfillan - https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220706.909897/  About Dawn Carter:  Her career in healthcare spans 28 years, which most recently includes extensive experience in developing revenue integrity and quality software solutions, with a focus on encounter management, risk adjustment, and social determinants of health solutions for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Commercial health plans, as well as providing risk adjustment strategic advisory services for these markets. Prior to that, her experience spans all domains of health care including health plan and provider systems administration, finance, compliance and healthcare applications development inclusive of EDI and X12 and HL7 development. Her experience also includes multiple teaching engagements in medical administration, billing and coding. Dawn holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, and she holds the American Association of Professional Coders CPC (Certified Professional Coder), CRC (Certified Risk Adjustment Coder), and CPMA (Certified Professional Medical Auditor) credentials. She is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). Dawn is a passionate and prolific industry speaker, author, blogger and subject matter expert in claims, EDI management, and risk adjustment.