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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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The Craziest Medical Bills

Scrubs

Patients around the country are getting stuck with enormous medical bills as hospitals continue to mark up the cost of their services, including those for routine medical procedures and advanced surgeries. For many patients and families, rising medical bills can be a nightmare. 79 million Americans have medical bill or debt problems.

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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

In this article, we’ll dig into this complex process to discover the top claims management challenges and reveal the costs to practices. Challenges of Healthcare Claims Processing A medical claim is a request made by a healthcare provider to insurance companies (payer) to receive reimbursement for services rendered. Easy, right?

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

That’s the mantra coming out of this week’s annual Capitol Conference convened by the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP). health economy includes employers, unions, public sector plans and other groups as well as the Patient as Payor — thus prompting NABIP’s Bill of Rights.

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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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A Complete Guide to Medical Insurance Credentialing 

CollaborateMD

Whether you’re a physician starting a practice or a healthcare provider working to expand patient access, getting medical insurance credentialing is vital. It’s so time-consuming and cumbersome that states like California are considering a bill to simplify the process. Unfortunately, it’s also a very taxing process.

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Simplifying Compliance: How Medical Billing Services Keep You Audit-Ready

CollaborateMD

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” This article dives into the importance of compliance, common challenges, and how medical billing services can help simplify compliance for your practice. Following health insurance policies and procedures.

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