Strategies For Denials Maximizing Your Reimbursement

April 17, 2026
01:00 PM ET | 12:00 PM CT
60 Mins
Edna Maldonado
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Claim denials continue to be one of the most significant challenges impacting the healthcare revenue cycle. Even minor errors in documentation, coding, patient eligibility, or prior authorization can lead to delayed payments and lost revenue. In today’s complex reimbursement environment, understanding the root causes of denials and implementing proactive strategies is essential for protecting your organization’s financial performance. Missing or inaccurate claim data, coding errors, lack of medical necessity documentation, and authorization issues are among the most common drivers of denied claims.

This educational webinar will provide healthcare professionals with practical strategies to identify, prevent, and effectively manage claim denials. Participants will learn how to analyze denial trends, strengthen documentation practices, improve coding accuracy, and implement front-end processes that reduce errors before claims are submitted. Emphasis will also be placed on improving collaboration between clinical, coding, and billing teams to support clean claim submissions and accelerate reimbursement. Clean claims and accurate coding practices significantly reduce rework and increase the likelihood of first-pass claim acceptance.

Attendees will walk away with actionable tools and best practices to strengthen their revenue cycle workflow, minimize preventable denials, and optimize reimbursement.

Webinar Objectives
  • dentify the most common causes of healthcare claim denials.
  • Implement proactive strategies to prevent denials before claims are submitted.
  • Strengthen documentation and coding practices to support medical necessity.
  • Develop effective processes for tracking, appealing, and resolving denied claims.
  • Improve revenue cycle efficiency to maximize reimbursement.
Webinar Agenda
  • Introduction: The current landscape of claim denials and revenue cycle challenges.
  • Overview of the most common denial categories and payer denial codes.
  • Front-end revenue cycle strategies: eligibility verification, prior authorization, and patient information accuracy.
  • Documentation and coding best practices to support medical necessity and prevent denials.
  • Identifying denial trends and performing root cause analysis.
  • Effective denial management and appeal strategies to recover lost revenue.
  • Building a proactive denial prevention program to maximize reimbursement and improve financial outcomes.
Webinar Highlights
  • Understanding the financial impact of claim denials on the healthcare revenue cycle and reimbursement.
  • Identifying the most common causes of denials, including eligibility errors, authorization issues, coding mistakes, and insufficient documentation.
  • Strategies to prevent denials through accurate patient registration and insurance verification processes.
  • Improving clinical documentation and coding accuracy to support medical necessity and proper reimbursement.
  • Using denial trend analysis and data analytics to identify root causes and improve workflows.
  • Best practices for managing, correcting, and appealing denied claims efficiently.
  • Implementing team collaboration between providers, coders, billers, and revenue cycle staff to reduce denials and improve clean claim rates.
Who Should Attend

This webinar is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the revenue cycle, coding, billing, compliance, and financial operations who want to reduce claim denials and improve reimbursement outcomes. Denial management education is particularly valuable for staff responsible for billing, coding accuracy, documentation, and revenue integrity across healthcare organizations.

Recommended Attendees:

  • Revenue Cycle Managers and Directors
  • Medical Coders and Coding Managers
  • Billing Managers and Billing Specialists
  • Practice Administrators and Office Managers
  • Denial Management and Accounts Receivable (A/R) Teams
  • Compliance and Audit Professionals
  • Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Staff
  • Healthcare Financial and Operations Leaders

These professionals play a critical role in identifying denial patterns, improving documentation and coding accuracy, and implementing processes that support clean claim submission and timely reimbursement.

Edna Maldonado

Edna Maldonado

Edna has over 30 years of experience working in the Urology field and is currently working as Market Access Reimbursement Manager for Calyxo Inc. Edna is a member of the AUA Leadership and Business Education Committee. Formerly, Edna was a Coding Education Trainer for the AUA. She conducted Coding Seminars, Coding Webinars, and Customized Coding Seminars for many urology practices in the United States. Also served as the Co-Course Director for AUA annual Coding Seminars. Before coming to AUA, Edna was the Office Manager at Town & Country Urology for 20 years. Ms. Maldonado also served as the treasurer in 2023 for her Local AAPC chapter and Vice President in 2024

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