As payer scrutiny intensifies, clinical validation audits have become a major source of financial risk and administrative burden for healthcare organizations. This session will help leaders proactively prepare for and mitigate audit exposure by strengthening clinical documentation integrity (CDI), coding accuracy, and physician engagement. Attendees will gain insights into common audit triggers, evolving payer trends, and strategies to defend clinical validation denials effectively. Through case examples and best practices, participants will learn how to align CDI, coding, and compliance teams to build a sustainable, audit-ready infrastructure that protects revenue and promotes accurate clinical representation.