2026 Healthcare Coding and Credentialing: Wound Care Updates and Provider Verification Strategies

1. Wound Care and Debridement Coding Updates 2026

Wound care coding can be challenging—and 2026 brings even more changes to keep up with. Struggling to keep up with wound care coding changes? You’re not alone.

This webinar is designed to make everything clearer and easier for you. Join us for a practical, easy-to-follow session where we break down the 2026 wound care and debridement coding updates in a way that makes sense. We’ll simplify the new rules, show you how to choose the right debridement codes with confidence, and explain the CMS skin substitute changes without the jargon. You’ll also get real examples, clear documentation tips, and insider guidance to help you avoid denials and stay audit ready. Whether you’re a coder, clinician, or billing professional, this webinar will give you the clarity and confidence you need to navigate 2026 with ease.

Webinar Objectives

• Help you understand what’s new in 2026 so you can confidently code wound care and debridement without second-guessing the latest CPT or ICD-10 changes.
• Make it easier to tell the difference between the types of debridement, so you always choose the right code based on what was done at the bedside or in the procedure room.
• Walk you through the new Medicare rules for skin substitutes, so you know exactly how they impact documentation, billing, and reimbursement in day-to-day practice.
• Clarify how to select the correct diagnosis codes, especially for diabetic and pressure ulcers, so your documentation truly supports medical necessity.
• Show you what “good documentation” really looks like, helping your providers write notes that protect them from denials and reduce coder queries.
• Give you hands-on practice with real patient scenarios, so you can apply the updates immediately and feel confident in your coding decisions
• Equip you with practical compliance tips, so your team stays audit-ready and avoids common pitfalls that lead to claim rejections.

Webinar Agenda

• 2026 Coding update overview
• Deep dive Debridement coding
• Skin substitutes and CMS 2026 policy shift
• Diagnosis coding and Medical Necessity
• Documentation requirements
• Case studies review
• Denial, Audit trends and Compliance tips

Webinar Highlights

• What is new in 2026
• Decoding made debridement simple
• Documentation that works
• Common denial triggers
• Real-world case coding
• Audit ready best practices
• Interactive Q&A

2. Provider Credentialing in 2026: Updated Standards, Verification Best Practices & Strategies to Reduce Delays

Navigating provider credentialing in 2026 requires staying current with updated verification expectations, documentation standards, and payer requirements.

Credentialing is undergoing rapid transformation this year, driven by increased regulatory scrutiny, stricter payer demands, and heightened expectations for documentation quality and data accuracy. At the same time, organizations are adopting automation, digital tools, and real-time verification workflows to manage rising complexity—making manual or outdated processes increasingly risky and prone to delays. This webinar is designed to help credentialing professionals, administrators, billing teams, auditors, and healthcare leaders strengthen their understanding of credentialing requirements for 2026. We will cover key updates, common challenges, verification best practices, and practical workflow improvements that support cleaner files, consistent provider data, and smoother turnaround times. Whether you manage credentialing daily or oversee operational compliance, this session will offer clear, actionable guidance to help you stay organized, accurate, and efficient in today’s evolving credentialing environment.

Webinar Objectives

Credentialing remains a detailed and time-sensitive process. Teams continue to encounter challenges such as documentation inconsistencies, evolving payer requirements, verification delays, and communication gaps. This session helps participants:

• Understand the most relevant 2026 updates that influence credentialing and enrollment
• Strengthen foundational knowledge of verification, compliance, and data accuracy
• Improve provider documentation consistency across all credentialing platforms
• Navigate verification expectations, including PSV timelines and monitoring practices
• Recognize common issues that cause delays and learn how to prevent them
• Support ongoing compliance through organized recredentialing and revalidation processes
• Apply practical workflow strategies to enhance efficiency and turnaround time

Webinar Agenda

During this session, participants will learn how to:

• Understand the latest updates, trends, and regulatory shifts impacting provider credentialing in 2026
• Identify appropriate and compliant primary source verification methods to strengthen verification accuracy
• Leverage automation, digital tools, and workflow optimization strategies to support faster, more organized credentialing
• Strengthen compliance practices to mitigate risks, support audit readiness, and ensure regulatory adherence
• Apply practical, expert-backed tips to improve credentialing efficiency, communication, and turnaround time
• Recognize the key components of the credentialing lifecycle, including documentation management, verification expectations, and ongoing monitoring
• Understand how payer expectations and enrollment requirements influence credentialing timelines across Medicare, Medicaid, commercial plans, and Medicare Advantage
• Anticipate and prevent common credentialing delays such as data inconsistencies, outdated information, verification gaps, and missed deadlines
• Enhance internal workflow accuracy through better documentation organization, data consistency, and communication processes
• Utilize essential platforms and resources such as CAQH, NPPES, PECOS, and NPDB self-query, and ensure that both provider and institutional credentialing workflows remain aligned with current accreditation and accreditation-readiness expectations
• Support continuous compliance through recredentialing cycles and updated provider data maintenance

Webinar Highlights

• A clear overview of current credentialing expectations for 2026
• Updated verification and documentation best practices
• Time-saving strategies to reduce processing delays
• Techniques to maintain accurate provider information across systems
• Tips for improving communication between providers, staff, and payers
• Guidance for ensuring clean files and timely recredentialing
• Actionable steps you can apply immediately within existing workflows

Who Should Attend

Many different specialties may perform these services for Traumatic Wounds, Infections, Ulcers, other skin conditions.  Applying the right coding will ensure that providers are being reimbursed for all the services being performed. Physicians, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Coders, Biller, Claims Adjusters, Claims Processor, Managers, Supervisors, Credentialing Manager/Specialist, Medical Coding & Billing Specialists, Medical Auditing Specialists, Private Practice Physicians, Managed Care Professionals, Operations Leaders, Practice Administrators, Office Managers, Compliance Officers & Committees, Chief Medical Officer

Credit(s)

2.0 AAPC CEU APPROVED