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December 4, 2026
9:00AM - 12:30PM EST
Webinar- TOPIC: End of the Year Extravaganza: Revenue Talk To Take Into 2027
December 4th, 2026! 3 sessions/ 3 CEUS
Online/Go-To Webinar
End of the Year Extravaganza: Revenue Talk to Take Into 2027!
Friday, December 4, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Online Webinar | 3 CEUs
Registration
MMBA Members: $100
Non-Members: $150
Join MMBA for a morning focused on protecting revenue, improving reimbursement, and preparing for 2027!
This three-session webinar will cover hidden underpayments, insurance denials, ERISA and provider rights, technology, AI, and the risks these areas can create for your organization's revenue cycle.
9:00 – 10:00 AM | Show Me the Money
Christine Pilarski, RHIT, CPC-M, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, CCC, CPC-I, CMDP, CPA-EDU, CPA-SA
Not every revenue loss comes with a denial. This session focuses on identifying underpayments that quietly slip through the revenue cycle.
Learn practical ways to audit payer payments, identify reimbursement variances, recognize common payer errors, and build an effective payment audit program that can recover lost revenue and support stronger payer contracts.
About the Speaker:
Christine Pilarski is a healthcare compliance and Health Information Management expert with more than 20 years of experience in revenue cycle management, coding, auditing, documentation, and education. She has worked across more than 15 medical specialties and holds multiple professional certifications through AAPC, AHIMA, NAMAS, and AIHC.
10:15 – 11:15 AM | Turn Denials Into Dollars: Utilize ERISA & Other Relevant Laws to Combat Claim Denials
Karlene Dittrich, CBCS, CPC, CPMA, CECCS
Denials and payer demands can have a major impact on your organization's bottom line. Learn how ERISA, other relevant laws, and provider rights can help strengthen your denial and appeal process.
This session will provide practical strategies for challenging inappropriate denials, evaluating payer requests, protecting revenue, and identifying contract provisions that can work in your organization's favor.
About the Speaker:
Karlene Dittrich is the CEO and founder of MedRevenue Solutions LLC. She specializes in complex claims recovery, ERISA/PPACA appeals, denial management, and healthcare consulting. Karlene works with healthcare organizations nationwide and is a frequent speaker at healthcare industry conferences.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Technology and AI: How These Affect Your Revenue and Risk
Chris Chapman, BSCS, CPC, CPMA
Technology and AI are changing healthcare, but they can also create new risks for revenue, security, and compliance.
Learn how clearinghouses, AI, payer technology, and IT systems can affect your revenue cycle. This session will help you identify potential problems, ask the right questions, and better understand how technology can impact your organization.
About the Speaker:
Chris Chapman is the owner and founder of Office Plex Solutions. He combines more than 10 years of IT and security experience with his healthcare coding and compliance expertise to help practices and revenue cycle teams address technology and revenue challenges. His presentations are interactive, practical, and designed to encourage discussion.
What You'll Learn
Attendees will gain practical strategies to:
- Identify hidden underpayments.
- Strengthen denial and appeal processes.
- Better understand ERISA and provider rights.
- Protect and recover healthcare revenue.
- Recognize payer and reimbursement issues.
- Understand the impact of technology and AI.
- Identify technology and compliance risks.
- Prepare your revenue cycle for 2027.
3 Sessions. 3 CEUs. One morning focused on your revenue.
MMBA Members: $100 | Non-Members: $150
Join MMBA on December 4 and take practical revenue strategies with you into 2027!
This event will not be recorded. Attendance is needed for CEUs to be obtained.
This will have prior approval of AAPC continuing education 3 CEUS. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. AMBA and AHIMA Approved (AHIMA CEU accepted under the Recertification 60% Guidelines.)
Disclaimer for Tentative MMBA Events:
All MMBA events, including webinars, workshops, and educational sessions, are tentative and subject to change based on the availability of MMBA resources and qualified speakers for the selected subject matter. The webinar currently planned for December 4nd, 2026, with a topic of "End of the Year Extravaganza: Revenue Talk To Take Into 2027", may be adjusted in date or content depending on resource availability and speaker scheduling.
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