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The Most Expensive Medical Condition Is Not What You Think

Forbes Healthcare

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The Unexpected Burden of Billing for Small Behavioral Health Practices

Valant

Billing often becomes one of the biggest administrative burdens for solo and small behavioral health practices. Behavioral health providers managing both clinical care and business operations face unique challenges: complex prior authorization requirements, extensive documentation standards, and insurance coverage barriers.

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Esse Health Confirms Almost 264,000 Patients Affected by April 2025 Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

Esse Health has confirmed that 263,601 individuals have been affected by its April 2025 cyberattack. Louis area in Missouri, has recently notified the Maine Attorney General about an April 2025 cyberattack and data breach involving unauthorized access to the personal and protected health information (PHI) of 263,601 individuals.

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Low-income patients face uphill battle when fighting health insurance denials, Umass research finds

Medical Economics

adults with private health insurance between 2017 and 2019. Another finding: about 40% of all denials were due to billing errors by health care providers or processing mistakes by insurers—a reminder that many denials are not based on medical necessity or policy rules, but administrative mishaps.

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How pay-first and direct primary care models are reshaping practice finances and patient experience

Medical Economics

Direct primary care (DPC) offers stable revenue through subscription fees, eliminating routine insurance claims and enhancing patient access. Once the insurer processes the claim, any remaining patient responsibility is automatically charged to the credit card on file, drastically reducing manual collections and bad‑debt write‑offs.

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That Big Beautiful Bill’s Healthcare Proposals Aren’t So Pretty in the Views of Most People in the U.S. – Including Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) – Listening to the Kaiser Family Foundation June Health Tracking Poll

Health Populi

voters, the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” Act (BBB) is seen unfavorably by nearly a 2:1 margin. But favorability erodes when people hear about possible health impacts, we learn in the June 2025 Health Tracking Poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Across all U.S. That splits favorably across all U.S.

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April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in April 2025 In April, 27 data breaches of 10,000 or more records were reported to OCR, including 11 data breaches of 100,000 or more records. The post April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.