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Risk Adjustment Coding Deep Dive: Real‑World Insights from the Experts

Risk Adjustment Coding Deep Dive: Real‑World Insights from the Experts
Date: July 23, 2026
Start time: 7:30 AM PT / 8:30 AM MT / 9:30 AM CT/ 10:30 AM ET
Presentation Length: 4 Hours
Location: Virtual (online)
On Demand Availability: July 24, 2026
Presenter: Corella Marie Lumpkins, CPC, CPC-M, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CVBA, CPC-I, CEMC
6 CEUs
A
Coding
Billing
Auditing
Compliance
Management

Price: $209.00
Members: $169

SUMMARY

By the end of this workshop, participants will clearly understand how the core components of Value-Based Care (VBC)—documentation, coding, Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs), quality, care coordination, and utilization management—work together to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, enhance provider satisfaction, and strengthen performance in value-based contracts. The session emphasizes a patient-centered, team-based approach as the foundation of successful VBC.

Key Learning Points

  • CMS aims for all healthcare organizations to participate in Value-Based Care arrangements by 2030, and participants will explore the major VBC models driving this shift.
  • Value-Based Care is not about chasing metrics—it is about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care that naturally drives strong performance.
  • When teams focus on excellent care and execute their roles effectively, quality and financial metrics improve organically.
  • Accurate documentation and coding create a complete and reliable picture of patient complexity and care needs.
  • Effective care coordination improves outcomes while reducing unnecessary utilization and avoidable costs.
  • Quality initiatives, utilization management, documentation, and coding are interdependent and should not operate in silos.
  • Strong collaboration across clinical, coding, CDI, quality, and care management teams leads to a more efficient and aligned care delivery model.
  • Better alignment among stakeholders results in:
    • Improved patient outcomes
    • Higher patient satisfaction
    • Reduced clinician burden and abrasion
    • Enhanced care coordination
    • Greater cost efficiency
    • Stronger performance in value-based contracts
  • Understanding how documentation, coding, quality, utilization, and care coordination connect is essential for long-term VBC success.

Workshop Takeaway

Value‑Based Care is simply good care. When healthcare professionals deliver the right care, document it accurately, coordinate effectively, and collaborate across disciplines, both clinical outcomes and financial performance improve.

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About The Authors

Ava Johnson, COC, CPC, CPCO, CPC-P, CDEO, CIC, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CANPC, CASCC, CCC, CCVTC, CEDC, CEMC, CENTC, CFPC, CGIC, CGSC, CHONC, COBGC, COPC, COSC, CPCD, CPEDC, CRHC, CUC / Director - Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement / Mount Sinai Health System /
Ava Johnson, COC, CPC, CPCO, CPC-P, CDEO, CIC, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CANPC, CASCC, CCC, CCVTC, CEDC, CEMC, CENTC, CFPC, CGIC, CGSC, CHONC, COBGC, COPC, COSC, CPCD, CPEDC, CRHC, CUC / Director - Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement / Mount Sinai Health System /

Ava Johnson is a seasoned coding instructor specializing in risk adjustment, multispecialty coding, and clinician education. She is a public speaker with a focus on enhancing various risk adjustment initiatives, career development, and leadership. Johnson is currently the Director of the Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement department at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC where her primary responsibilities include oversight of the risk adjustment coding and documentation across the organization’s metropolitan and downstate New York areas. 

Corella Lumpkins, CPC, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CVBA, CPC-I, CEMC /
Corella Lumpkins, CPC, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CVBA, CPC-I, CEMC /

Corella Lumpkins is the Manager of Coding, Compliance & Provider Education at Loudoun Medical Group P.C. (an ACO in Northern Virginia/DC suburbs). She has a bachelor’s degree in health services administration and over 35 years of experience working in every area of the healthcare revenue cycle, including auditing, billing, coding, compliance, CDI, denial management, education, and practice management. Lumpkins works closely with providers and staff and is a certified instructor teaching both the CPB® and CPC® curriculum. She is an AAPC mentor, Project Xtern host employer, and president of the Leesburg, Virginia local chapter. Lumpkins is proud to serve as an officer on the 2025-2028 National Advisory Board.  

*On demand and virtual workshops are for single person use only and may not be rebroadcast, retransmitted, shared or disseminated. A computer with a high speed Internet connection and speakers (or headphones) is recommended to connect to the event.
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