Catherine Short speaks with Melody Mulaik, President of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies, a dynamic company that works with physician practices, healthcare systems, billing companies and other industry stakeholders to provide auditing, education and other collaborative consulting solutions to meet their coding and compliance needs. First Healthcare Compliance is a proud partner of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies and our clients have enjoyed many webinars and previous podcasts by this team of experts. Melody joins us to address a current hot topic, “AUC – Delayed but not Gone.” 2022 was scheduled to be the official implementation date for AUC/CDS implementation but the 2022 Proposed Rule threw everyone a little curve ball. While a delay has occurred, it does not change the direction of the program or the need to prepare and test.  As providers continue to either prepare their own practices or bridge the gap with imaging facilities, it is important that everyone be on the same page throughout the CMS implementation and remaining testing period.   AI TRANSCRIPT – misspellings may occur   * 23:11 SUMMARY KEYWORDS providers, ordering, cms, compliance, auc, patient, implementation, radiologists, edi, organizations, implement, consultation, hospital, question, coding, medicare, system, physician, modifiers, talking SPEAKERS Catherine Short, Melody W. Mulaik   Catherine Short  00:01 Welcome! and, let’s “1st Talk Compliance”. I’m Catherine Short, Partnership Marketing Manager at First Healthcare Compliance. Thanks for tuning in.   This show is brought to you by First Healthcare Compliance as part of our commitment to provide high quality complimentary educational resources.  We help create confidence among compliance professionals throughout the United States.  Please show your support by taking a moment to provide a review on Google, Facebook or iTunes.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and subscribe to our YouTube channel.   Catherine Short  00:37 Today, we are speaking with speaking with Melody Mulaik, President of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies, a dynamic company that works with physician practices, healthcare systems, billing companies and other industry stakeholders to provide auditing, education and other collaborative consulting solutions to meet their coding and compliance needs such as “AUC – Delayed but not Gone.” First Healthcare Compliance is a proud partner of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies and our clients have enjoyed many webinars and previous podcasts by this team of experts.   2022 was scheduled to be the official implementation date for AUC/CDS implementation but the 2022 Proposed Rule threw everyone a little curve ball. While a delay might occur, it does not change the direction of the program or the need to prepare and test.  As providers continue to either prepare their own practices or bridge the gap with imaging facilities, it is important that everyone be on the same page throughout the CMS implementation and remaining testing period.   Working through the charge capture processes and identifying where gaps currently exist will ensure that plans can be quickly implemented to address these concerns and ensure that the potential new Jan. 1, 2023 implementation date is successful and that no one’s revenue is disrupted. Melody will share implementation stories to assist listeners with their final preparations.   Catherine Short  02:10 Before we begin, I would like to mention at First Healthcare Compliance we strive to serve as a trusted to resource for compliance professionals and celebrate their hard work and dedication with our Compliance Super Ninja recognition.  Here we are spotlighting Super Ninja, Sharon Miller, Administrator at Gulf Coast Dermatopathology Laboratory.