Lab Billing, Coding, and Compliance: A 2025 Overview

July 8, 2025
11 a.m.–Noon CT

Cost

Free for all participants.

Overview

This webinar will discuss a range of critical topics essential for laboratory billing, coding, and compliance. Key areas of focus will include understanding and navigating National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, reviewing newly released CPT codes, exploring important updates from Medicare Manuals, and discussing the process for submitting LCD Reconsideration Requests. Additionally, we will share insights into the latest priorities outlined in the OIG Workplan, helping organizations stay informed and aligned with federal expectations.

Presenters

Peter Duda

Peter Duda

Director of Revenue Cycle
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Cheryl James

Cheryl James

Manager, Lab Coding
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Cathy Patterson

Cathy Patterson

Regulatory Process Manager
Integrity and Compliance Office
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Explain NCCI edits.
  • Review the CMS process for pricing of new CPT codes.
  • Identify key regulatory resources for answering compliance questions related to lab services.

Intended audience

This webinar is appropriate for laboratory administrators and managers, laboratory billing and coding professionals, and regulatory and compliance staff.

Credit

The following types of credit are offered for this event:

ASCLS P.A.C.E.®

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hour.

State of Florida

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for Supervisor/Administration, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, and Safety credit credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

To obtain credit


1. Register for and participate in the program.

2. Complete the evaluation that will be sent to you after the program.

3. Generate and print your certificate(s).


Level of instruction for this program is basic.


Faculty disclosure


Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty members also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentations. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentations.

Questions

Contact us: mcleducation@mayo.edu

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