Executive buy-in for AI coding is high — but front-line readiness is another story. Coding quality leaders from Mayo Clinic, Cedars-Sinai, Allegheny Health Network, and OHSU, all members of the CodaMetrix Coding Quality Council (CQC), get candid about what change management really looks like as coding teams and AI evolve together: earning coder trust through transparency, turning skeptics into stakeholders with feedback loops, and taking on rising payer denials head-on. Leave with practical strategies for engaging coders as roles evolve — and a higher bar to hold every AI coding vendor to.