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The 2025 Pain Management Virtual Summit is the can't-miss event of the year for pain management coders. Join the nation's top coding trainers, and get a first look at the 2026 CPT® and ICD-10 code changes affecting your specialty.
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Get the Latest Guidance for Accurate Pain Management Coding, Billing & Compliance
Time and money are tight. Your anesthesia group can't afford to rely on information from a search engine's "artificial intelligence" program or other free and unverified sources. This in-depth, three-day event will deliver actionable guidance from expert sources who help pain management groups like yours.
The 2025 Advanced Specialty Coding Pain Management Virtual Summit is the must-have training of the year for pain management coders. Prepare your pain practice for 2026 with the billing, coding and compliance guidance you'll need in the coming year.
Here's what we have in store for you in 2025:
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m
Navigate Medical Decision-Making & Medication, Ensure Proper Billing
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
This session will show you how to navigate the different points where a patient’s medications affect medical decision-making and share tips for getting your providers to clearly document their thinking. The session will also help you with tricky E/M issues that have arisen under the revised E/M coding guidelines.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m
Can We Talk? Improve Your Revenue Cycle With Better Provider Communication
Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow
Coder/clinician communication breakdowns can bring your practice’s revenue cycle to a halt. This session will give you specialty-specific tips that improve consistency and efficiency for your entire team, smooth out workflow snarls and prevent confusion, denials, missed revenue opportunities and worse.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
The Peripheral: Determine When To Code 64450 or 69999
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
When the documentation for a pain block doesn’t match up with a specific code, how do you know whether you should report a peripheral procedure code or an unlisted service? This session will show you how to track down the correct code and receive the appropriate revenue. You’ll also discover the additional information you’ll need to report when the answer is “Unlisted.”
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A With The Speakers
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Go MILD! Discover The New Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Codes
Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP
This session will introduce you to the permanent CPT codes for minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) that will finally replace temporary code 0275T. Bonus: This session will also improve your knowledge of complex pain treatments, including neurostimulators.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Proper Drug Billing For Interventional Pain Procedures
Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP
Remember the J codes when your provider performs an injection. After this session you’ll be able to accurately calculate and report drugs, and report drug waste when appropriate. The presentation will include a clinical discussion of how commonly used drugs work to boost your billing ability.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Get The Facts On Facet Joint Interventions
Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP
This session will explain the latest documentation, coding and revenue risks to your facet joint interventions, including Medicare’s prior authorization rule. Your team will understand the mistakes that can trigger costly denials and take steps to prevent them before a claim goes out.
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A With The Speakers
Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
See It, Say It: Image Guidance With Interventional Pain Procedures
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Image guidance affects how your practice codes and how much it is paid for pain procedures, even when it is included in the procedure code. This session will show you how to spot and stop documentation and coding errors for fluoroscopy, ultrasound and computerized tomography performed with interventional pain procedures.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
2026 Outlook: Prepare For A New Year Of Coding And Regulatory Changes
Julia Kyles, CPC
Alert your pain management practice to new opportunities and risks in the coming year. During this session you’ll learn about the new billing, coding and compliance changes that are on deck for 2026. The session will include a review of relevant changes that went into effect in 2025 so you can be sure you’re up to date.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
DIY! Build Your Own Tools, Templates, Training Aids And More
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Learn how to create customized tools and training materials for your practice from a professional. During this session an experienced coder, biller and presenter will share their process for creating the types of tools they use to boost efficiency and compliance.
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A With The Speakers
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Julia Kyles, CPC
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
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Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC, is principal consultant of DB Healthcare Consulting & Education. She is a multispecialty coding, reimbursement, practice management, and compliance consultant with specialty areas including evaluation and management, anesthesia, pain management, critical care medicine, interventional radiology, and cardiology. She is a consultant for the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) and shares free educational content in her specialty areas on her YouTube page "Doris the Coder." |
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Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, brings over 28 years of experience in the healthcare arena. She got her start in healthcare at 18, tried and mastered almost every role, excluding provider. Jessyka found her true passion in coding, billing, and education. Currently, she is an independent consultant for coding and billing for pain, orthopedics, and ambulatory surgery centers, as well as a regional practice administrator for a podiatry practice in Seattle. She also serves as a subject matter expert for AAPC, HCPRO, ASCA, and Healthcare Inspired, LLC, and is on the advisory board for Healthcare Inspired, LLC for orthopedics, pain management, and ASC billing. |
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Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow, is a senior consultant at RMA. Garuccio has a career that spans more than 30 years. She was the president of Health Care Billing Associates for 20 years. The organization began as a medical billing service for anesthesia practices and grew to include other physician and surgical specialties. Garuccio is currently a senior consultant for RMA, a billing agency that offers consultation, coding, auditing, documentation compliance, and revenue cycle review and recommendations for anesthesia and pain management services. She has conducted webinars and live presentations for DecisionHealth, recently authored a course offered by Libman Education titled "Essentials of Anesthesiology Coding and Billing" and presents for various AAPC meetings. |
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Julia Kyles, CPC, is a content specialist at DecisionHealth. Since joining the DecisionHealth editorial team in 2000, she has written a wide range of articles and books including the Anesthesia & Pain Coder’s Pink Sheet and Pain Management Coding Answers. She also develops the agendas for the annual anesthesia and pain management conferences. To improve her coding knowledge and better understand her readers, Kyles joined the AAPC and received her CPC certification in 2015. |
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Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP, is a managing director in Ankura’s Health Care and Life Sciences Practice. She is a registered nurse with a master’s degree in health care management. Turner holds certifications in healthcare compliance and internal audits and is a certified professional coder. She has been a registered nurse for 25 years and has clinical experience in anesthesia, pain management, medical/surgical care, and critical care. She is knowledgeable with Medicare and private payer coverage policies, reimbursement guidelines, and compliance regulations. Turner’s healthcare operations experience includes private practices, academic medical facilities, and hospital-based departments. Her unique blend of clinical, coding, and revenue cycle experience and regulatory compliance expertise allow her to offer independent and objective insights to providers, payers, executives, and counsel. |
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AHIMA
This program has been approved for 8 continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting of Approved CEUs from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program provider.
BMSC
This program is approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for 7 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.
