Looking back at 2025: A Year of Growth and Innovation at Libman Education

By Tammy Cartiglia, RHIA, Client Success Manager and Charlie Eckert, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

2025 will go down in the history books as a year defined by rapid change and rising expectations, met by unwavering professional commitment from the HIM and revenue cycle community.  At Libman Education, our mission has always been to support coders, billers, CDI specialists, auditors, and revenue cycle leaders with the skills-based training and resources they need to meet the challenges of our dynamic industry.

Libman Education is your trusted partner for professional development and skills-based training.  Our challenge is to provide insightful training materials that truly make a meaningful difference in workforce skills.

Let’s look back at the resources, insights, and learning moments that shaped 2025.

Free Resources That Support the Profession
This year, Libman Education released resources to help HIM/RCM professionals navigate shifting regulations, technologies, and staffing challenges. If you missed any of these, now is a great time to catch up!

2025 HIM/RCM Professionals Census (Report of Findings)
A comprehensive look at the challenges and opportunities facing our industry, from evolving staffing models to the rising influence of AI. This valuable window into what HIM and revenue cycle teams prioritized in 2025, and what’s ahead for 2026 is available for download

FY 2026 New Technology Add-on Payment Opportunities (Whitepaper)
This year’s NTAP opportunities were the most extensive since the program began. With some add-on payments reaching tens of thousands of dollars per patient, navigating them correctly is essential. Download the whitepaper to learn how to capture these extra payments.

New Coder Training Program: The Transformative Power of Training (Case Study)
Coder shortages remain one of the biggest challenges for hospitals. This case study highlights a successful cross-training initiative powered by highly targeted professional development, proof that up-skilling existing staff is often the most strategic solution.

ICD-10-PCS Coding of Aortic Endovascular Procedures (Free Webinar + CEUs)
Aortic endovascular procedures—with branched or fenestrated devices—continue to be some of the most complex challenges in ICD-10-PCS. This free webinar breaks them down and explores how NTAP designations affect coding. Be sure to watch and claim your CEU before the end of the year!

What You Were Reading: Our Top Performing Online Posts of 2025
Your reading habits tell a story: one of HIM and RCM professionals deeply committed to accuracy, staying current, and understanding the implications of new technologies. Your engagement with these topics shows a community dedicated to mastering complexity while anticipating and preparing for a changing future.

Here are 2025’s most viewed articles:

ICD-10-CM: Coding of Breast Cancer—What Is Considered Active Treatment?
This topic sparked strong engagement as coders worked through complex scenarios involving long-term therapies, treatment status, and guideline interpretation.

Coding Influenza
Seasonal spikes always drive interest in this topic, but this year underscored coders’ need for reinforced fundamentals as variants and presentations become more nuanced.

ICD-10-PCS: Restriction vs. Occlusion
This article explores one of the most common areas of confusion in ICD-10-PCS coding, a sign that coders are actively seeking precise, defensible code assignment.

ICD-10-CM Coding for Unspecified Dementia 
As dementia diagnoses continue to rise, coders are looking for guidance to avoid common pitfalls and support accurate risk adjustment.

Hospital Sues Blue Cross Over Allegedly Unlawful AI-Driven Payment Reductions 
AI in payer decision-making is reshaping the reimbursement landscape. Coders are increasingly seeking clarity on how these technologies affect documentation and appeals.

Online Training: What Learners Prioritized in 2025
We are deeply grateful to every organization that selected Libman Education as their training partner this year. The courses your team members engaged with reflect your organization-wide commitment to maintaining compliance and ensuring revenue integrity. With over ten thousand learners, these were our most popular courses in 2025:

1. ICD-10-CM Code Updates
2. Medical Necessity: Definition, Documentation and Billing
3. Mastering the Query Process
4. Coding Clinic Commentary
5. ICD-10-PCS Code Updates
6. CPT Surgical Code Updates
7. CPT: Fracture Care Coding
8. Practical Coding Experience: Inpatient Sepsis Coding
9. ICD-10-PCS: Root Operation Decision Making
10. E/M: Coding for Professional Fee Services

The trends are clear: staying current with annual updates, strengthening foundational skills, and building confidence in coding of complex diagnoses and procedures continue to be top priorities for HIM and revenue cycle teams nationwide.

Thank you for learning with us and for trusting Libman Education to support your team’s success.

Looking Ahead
As we look toward to 2026, we remain inspired by your dedication to accuracy, compliance, and continual improvement. Your commitment pushes us to develop better tools, clearer guidance, and more flexible professional development solutions.

Thank you for your partnership this year—and for the difference you make every day in the care of patients, the strength of our healthcare organizations, and the integrity of the revenue cycle.

We look forward to supporting your growth, your teams, and your success in the year ahead.

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About Tammy Cartiglia, RHIA
As Client Success Manager, Tammy Cartiglia supports healthcare organizations nationwide with training resources carefully selected to meet an individual’s requirement for professional development while aligning with the broader organization’s objectives for quality and productivity. Working closely with team managers, Tammy assesses their staff’s training requirements, identifies targeted training materials to address specific goals, and reports on team engagement. As an HIM professional for more than 25 years, Tammy understands the essential value of efficient and effective training to improve the skill levels and performance of staff on whom the organization depends.

About the Author: Charlie Eckert, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Charlie’s role with Libman Education is twofold: to understand the needs of our healthcare clients and their staff members to help them stay ahead of the changing regulatory and operational challenges of the revenue cycle; and building on this understanding, to position Libman Education as the go-to resource for innovative and insightful training materials delivered in accordance with client requirements, exceeding their expectations. Charlie’s in-depth knowledge of healthcare organizations gained through previous experience working closely with some of the most innovative healthcare organizations in the country, ensures Libman Education provides the professional development and training resources necessary for our client healthcare organization to thrive.