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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
$429.00
Product Code:
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The 2026 Pain Management Virtual Summit is the can't-miss event of the year for pain management coders. Join the nation's top coding trainers, and get a first look at the 2027 CPT® and ICD-10 code changes affecting your specialty.
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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
November 16-18, 2026
Boost your coding knowledge and gain information that makes your job easier during the 2026 Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management.
The Pain Management Summit features a selection of sessions that were requested by pain management coders and billers. Specialty-specific sessions will cover a variety of topics including facet joint interventions, joint injections, trigger point injections and the top modifiers reported by pain management practices. Attendees will also get expert tips for showing your private payers who's the boss, discover how to protect your practice from HIPAA violations and learn how to implement the revised requirements for incident-to services in your practice.
You can't afford to miss this summit. Medicare changed the way it calculates payments in 2026, and that reduced the payments you could expect for in-office procedures and lowered payments for services in ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics and other facility settings. For example, the average Medicare Part B payment for a lumbar facet joint RFA (64635) in the facility setting was $186 in 2025. It fell to $173 this year. Payment for a lumbar transforaminal (64483) fell from $107 to $99.
Meanwhile, Medicare administrative contractors continue to crank out tough uniform LCDs for pain management services, while prior authorization requirements keep spreading. In this environment, pain management practices that stick to business as usual, don't defend their revenue or that try to operate with outdated information will struggle to stay in business.
Bonus: Each day ends with a 40-minute session that gives you a chance to ask the day's speakers questions.
Here's what we have in store for you in 2026:
- Navigate the gray areas of E/M coding.
- Connect the anatomy and function of the facet joint to facet joint interventions.
- Help providers eliminate documentation gaps that put their pay for joint injection services at risk.
- Follow the current rules for drug wastage modifiers (JW and JZ).
- Make private payer contracts work for your practice, not the other way around.
- Shield protected health information related to mental health and substance abuse.
- Know when to issue an advance beneficiary notice of non-coverage for trigger point injection services.
- Prepare for new coding and regulatory changes that will go into effect in 2027.
- Extra! Add on a specialty – Anesthesia, Orthopedics, and/or Billing & Compliance – and attend sessions from multiple tracks.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
Virtual Conference Day 1 — Monday, November 16, 2026
*All times are in Eastern Time (EDT).
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Evaluation & Management – Keep Up With the Requirements for Office Visits
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Protect your practice's payments for its most frequent services: E/M visits that take place in the office setting (99202-99205 and 99211-99215). This session is designed for pain management practices and will show you how to confirm that each provider’s E/M documentation meets current E/M guidelines, navigate the grey areas of E/M coding and avoid mistakes that can cause improper payments.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Modifiers – Aim for Accuracy With the Top Pain Management Modifiers
Amber Cantrell, CPC, CPMA, CCMA
Include modifiers in your practice's coding compliance efforts to ensure your claims do capture full revenue and do not generate overpayments. This session will cover the top modifiers reported by pain management practices. You'll learn how to make sure the provider's documentation supports the use of modifiers 25 and 59, follow the current rules for drug wastage modifiers (JW and JZ) and know when you should append a laterality modifier (50 or LT/RT) to a service.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Who's The Boss? Take Control of Private Payers That Don't Meet Their Obligations
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Don't settle for less than all the money your commercial payers owe you. This session will use real-world examples to show you how to put an end to slow claims processing, ignored deadlines, and missed payments. After this session you'll be able to create an effective internal escalation process, make private payer contracts work for your practice and develop and assess the performance of all the steps in the claims cycle.
2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Live Q&A
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Amber Cantrell, CPC, CPMA, CCMA
Connect with the Day 1 speakers and ask questions about the topics covered during the day's sessions, along with other pain management coding and compliance questions.
Virtual Conference Day 2 — Tuesday, November 17, 2026
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Facet Joint Interventions – From Initial Diagnosis to Claims Submission
Elizabeth Lopez, CPC, CPB, CANPC
Show your physicians how to document the diagnostic steps they took before they perform the first medial branch block. This session will show you how to back up your facet joint intervention claims with the proper and detailed documentation that meets the tough guidelines that all Medicare administrative contractors require providers to follow. During this session you'll learn how to connect the anatomy and function of the facet joint to facet joint interventions, confirm that physicians accurately document the diagnostic process that supports a diagnostic medial branch block and make sure radiofrequency ablation services are supported by the medial branch blocks.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
HIPAA Compliance for the Pain Management Practice
Maya Turner, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPCO, CRC, CFPC, CPC-I
Make sure your practice follows current HIPAA privacy and security requirements, including how to defend your patient's protected health from cyberattacks and how handle protected health information related to mental health and substance abuse. This session will show you how to locate and fix privacy gaps that even compliance-savvy practices frequently forget. It also will show you how to implement tips that can shield your practice from the latest methods that criminals use to get their hands on PHI and identify the types of problems you can solve in-house so you know when to call in outside help.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Beyond the Office – Add Telehealth Waivers, Direct Supervision and Remote Monitoring to Your Practice
Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CPMS, CMRS, CMCS, CEMA, CPA-RA, CPA-EDU
Get the most out of Medicare telehealth waiver extension so you can continue to offer your patients – and providers – the option of treatment from home. This session will also bring you up to date on key changes that expand care beyond the office, including the revision to incident-to supervision rules that allow virtual direct supervision, and an expanded set of remote monitoring services, thanks to new and revised codes that went into effect this year.
2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Live Q&A
Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CPMS, CMRS, CMCS, CEMA, CPA-RA, CPA-EDU
Elizabeth Lopez, CPC, CPB, CANPC
Maya Turner, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPCO, CRC, CFPC, CPC-I
Connect with the Day 2 speakers and ask questions about the topics covered during the day's sessions, along with other pain management coding and compliance questions.
Virtual Conference Day 3 — Wednesday, November 18, 2026
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Trigger Points Injections – Check Your Charts Against Current Policies
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Make sure your practice follows the latest policies for trigger point injections (20552-20553). You must understand how Medicare and commercial plans have tightened the medical necessity requirements for these services to protect your claims from denials. This session will explain how you can select diagnosis codes for trigger point injections to the highest level of specificity, spot documentation gaps that set you up for denials and when you need to issue an advance beneficiary notice of non-coverage.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Update 2027 – Start the New Year With the Vital Updates Your Pain Practice Needs
Julia Kyles, CPC
Don't put your pain management practice through start-of-year coding and compliance chaos. Learn about changes that are set to start next year before you need to follow them. During this session you'll learn about billing, coding and regulatory changes that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2027. The session will include a review of relevant changes that went into effect in 2026, including mid-year changes such as the latest information on peripheral nerve block policies, so you can be sure you're up to date.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Arthrocentesis, Aspiration, Injection – Protect Claims, Prepare for Updates
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Protect your practice's revenue from denials for major joint injections (20610) and sacroiliac joint injections (20796). Discover how to code injections of secondary cartilaginous joints such as the pubic symphysis or the sacrococcygeal junction. And learn about the pending update to joint injection codes. You'll also learn how anatomy connects to code selection, how to accurately report drugs used for joint injections, and be able to alert practitioners to the documentation gaps that put their pay at risk.
2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Live Q&A
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Julia Kyles, CPC
Connect with the Day 3 speakers and ask questions about the topics covered during the day's sessions, along with other pain management coding and compliance questions.
— Agenda subject to change —
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
Speakers
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Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC, is principal consultant of DB Healthcare Consulting & Education. She is a multispecialty coding, reimbursement, practice management, and compliance consultant with specialty areas including evaluation and management, anesthesia, pain management, critical care medicine, interventional radiology, and cardiology. She is a consultant for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and shares free educational content in her specialty areas on her YouTube page "Doris the Coder." |
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Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, brings over 28 years of experience in the healthcare arena. She got her start in healthcare at 18, tried and mastered almost every role, excluding provider. Jessyka found her true passion in coding, billing, and education. Currently, she is an independent consultant for coding and billing for pain, orthopedics, and ambulatory surgery centers, as well as a regional practice administrator for a podiatry practice in Seattle. She also serves as a subject matter expert for AAPC, HCPro, ASCA, and Healthcare Inspired, LLC, and is on the advisory board for Healthcare Inspired, LLC for orthopedics, pain management, and ASC billing. |
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Amber Cantrell, CPC, CPMA, CCMA, is an associate consultant for Acevedo Consulting, Inc. She has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry in a variety of roles. She brings extensive experience in direct clinical patient care, practice administration, billing, auditing, coding, regulatory compliance, and physician education. She is known to occasionally volunteer her time to be a speaker on coding and compliance topics. Amber is one Acevedo Consulting Inc.’s go-to subject matter experts in the high-risk areas of E/M services and incident-to billing guidelines. |
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Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CPMS, CMRS, CMCS, CEMA, CPA-RA, CPA-EDU, is the director of auditing with Crossroads Health Resources. Brenda has been in healthcare for over 35 years working closely with practices, providers and residency programs to ensure documentation is compliant and accurate. She has written many articles for national publications and speaks for organizations across the country. Mentoring the next generation of coders, billers, and auditors is her passion. |
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Julia Kyles, CPC, is a content specialist at DecisionHealth. Since joining the DecisionHealth editorial team in 2000, she has written a wide range of articles and books including the Anesthesia & Pain Coder’s Pink Sheet and Pain Management Coding Answers. She also develops the agendas for the annual anesthesia and pain management conferences. To improve her coding knowledge and better understand her readers, Julia joined the AAPC and received her CPC certification in 2015. |
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Elizabeth Lopez, CPC, CPB, CANPC, is a coding veteran with more than 25 years of expertise and a specialized focus on the intricate world of pain management. For Elizabeth, coding is more than a set of rules — it’s a deep dive into the anatomy of the spine and the nerves that dictate a patient's quality of life. A dedicated educator at heart, she is currently transitioning from peer-to-peer mentoring to industry-wide education, fulfilling a career-long dream of sharing their expertise with the global coding community. |
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Maya Turner, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPCO, CRC, CFPC, CPC-I, is the founder of Turner Expert Consulting Services and Chief Operating Officer of Healthcare Inspired, LLC. She is a healthcare compliance consultant and national educator specializing in medical coding, revenue cycle management, regulatory compliance, and healthcare operations. She is also the author of "Billable: The Revenue Cycle Manager's Guide to Branding." |
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
Pricing
Retail price: $429.00
Add on a specialty – Anesthesia, Orthopedics, and/or Billing & Compliance Virtual Summit – for $100 each.
Group pricing is as follows:
- 2-10 attendees = each attendee receives 10% discount off retail price
- 11-15 attendees = each attendee receives 15% discount off retail price
- 16-20 attendees = each attendee receives 20% discount off retail price
- 21 or more attendees = each attendee receives 25% discount off retail price
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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management
Continuing Education
AHCC (formally BMSC)
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Pain Management – This program is approved by the Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance (AHCC) for 7 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 8 continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
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