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Igniting the Aurora

Igniting the Aurora

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New episodes release Wednesdays at 6:00 PM CST.

Igniting the Aurora is a concise, insight-driven podcast focused on clarity and strategy in medical coding, compliance, and reimbursement.

This podcast delivers practical perspectives designed to illuminate complex topics, strengthen professional judgment, and support confident decision-making in an evolving healthcare landscape.

Each episode offers focused, real-world insights for clinicians, coders, auditors, educators, and revenue integrity professionals—cutting through the noise to highlight what truly matters in documentation, coding accuracy, compliance, and reimbursement strategy.

Whether you’re navigating change, refining your expertise, or seeking clarity in complex scenarios, Igniting the Aurora provides a trusted space for thoughtful guidance and meaningful professional growth.

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  • Igniting 2026: Why Continuous Education Defines the Modern Coder
    Jan 8 2026

    In this fourth episode of Igniting the Aurora, we focus on one of the most persistent misconceptions in coding and compliance as we move into 2026: the belief that certification signals completion.

    Rather than viewing education as a one-time achievement, this episode explores why continuous learning has become essential in an environment shaped by rapid regulatory change, evolving payer interpretation, increasing audit sophistication, and rising expectations for documentation clarity and clinical reasoning. We examine how static knowledge quickly becomes outdated—and how relying solely on what was learned to pass an exam increases both professional and organizational risk.

    Through real-world context and practical insight, this episode unpacks how ongoing education strengthens coding accuracy, supports defensible documentation, and positions coders to step into educator and advisor roles—particularly in closing persistent provider education gaps revealed through audits.

    This episode is designed for coders, CDI specialists, auditors, clinicians, and revenue integrity leaders who want to move beyond maintaining credentials and adopt a learning-driven approach that strengthens documentation integrity, collaboration, and long-term success heading into 2026.

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    20 min
  • Igniting 2026: The Downstream Effects of Downcoding—Where Revenue Quietly Erodes
    Jan 1 2026

    In this third episode of Igniting the Aurora, we turn our attention to one of the most overlooked threats to revenue integrity as we move toward 2026: downcoding.

    Rather than focusing on denials, this episode examines how reimbursement is increasingly eroded quietly—through payer-driven reclassification, retrospective clinical validation, and internal undercoding driven by documentation ambiguity. We explore why downcoding often goes undetected, why it’s rarely appealed, and how it becomes normalized within organizations over time.

    Through examples, payer behavior analysis, and practical detection strategies, this episode unpacks how downcoding impacts case mix index, data integrity, professional trust, and long-term financial sustainability. Listeners will gain insight into how documentation clarity functions as a financial control point—and what high-performing organizations are doing now to identify severity drift, recognize hidden payer signals, and protect reimbursement before loss occurs.

    This episode is designed for clinicians, coders, CDI specialists, auditors, and revenue integrity leaders who want to move beyond reactive denial management and develop a proactive, strategy-driven approach to documentation, coding, and payer behavior heading into 2026.

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    14 min
  • Igniting 2026: Why Clarity and Precision Will Define Documentation & Coding
    Dec 25 2025

    In this second episode of Igniting the Aurora, we move from intention to application—examining why clarity and precision in documentation are becoming non-negotiable as we approach 2026.

    This episode explores the critical shift from documentation based on presence to documentation grounded in precision. Through examples, corrected documentation scenarios, and practical strategies, we unpack how clarity directly impacts coding accuracy, audit defensibility, reimbursement, and interdisciplinary communication.

    Listeners will gain insight into how evolving payer scrutiny, audit expectations, and compliance standards are reshaping what “good documentation” truly means—and how clinicians, coders, and revenue integrity professionals can adapt with confidence.

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    19 min
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