Medical Coding, Billing & Auditing - Are Your Tools Keeping Up? | Ep 27 | Fountain of Vitality

Medical coding books become obsolete 60 days after printing. Coders used to play musical chairs at conferences just to win one. Now AI tools confidently deliver wrong answers, and nobody catches it until the claim gets denied. Brad Watt has been on every side of this evolution, and he's not done rethinking the toolbox.

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Medical coding books become obsolete 60 days after printing. Coders used to play musical chairs at conferences just to win one. Now AI tools confidently deliver wrong answers, and nobody catches it until the claim gets denied. Brad Watt has been on every side of this evolution, and he's not done rethinking the toolbox.

In this episode of the Fountain of Vitality podcast, host LaMont Leavitt sits down with Brad Watt, Chief Business Development Officer at Innovihealth, to explore the evolution of medical coding tools and what AI means for revenue cycle professionals. Brad traces his unexpected journey selling women's shoes with a computer science degree through physician recruitment at Merri Hawkins, book sales at Optum during the code manual golden era, and product management at Decision Health building Select Coder. He shares memories of coders playing musical chairs at AAPC conferences to win code books, explains why coding manuals become obsolete within 60 days of printing, and breaks down the expanding role of coders and auditors in modern healthcare.

Step inside the world of code books, conference floors, and AI agents that know their limits with Brad Watt on the Fountain of Vitality podcast. Explore how coding tools evolved from printed manuals to intelligent systems and what that means for revenue cycle professionals chasing cleaner claims and faster reimbursement.

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