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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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Basics of Medical Documentation: What Aspiring Medical Billers and Coders Need to Know

Northwest Career College

Accurate documentation is essential for medical billing and coding, but many beginners struggle to understand the technical terms and guidelines. Without accurate medical documentation, insurance claims can be delayed or denied, frustrating patients and physicians. What is Medical Documentation?

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How to Stay Compliant with Medicare Billing Requirements 

CollaborateMD

Navigating the complexities of Medicare billing can feel overwhelming, but understanding and adhering to Medicare billing guidelines is critical for the financial health and legal standing of your healthcare practice. Identify common Medicare billing mistakes to avoid. What are Medicare Billing Guidelines?

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11 tips for onboarding new practice staff

Physicians Practice

One Big Beautiful Bill Act offers practices new expansion opportunities Jim Chinn, CPA July 10th 2025 Article New tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act empower medical practices to expand, enhance cash flow and simplify compliance for physicians. 70: The state of private practice with Paul Berggreen, M.D.,

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7 ways to cut overhead without cutting staff

Physicians Practice

Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Blog Article Discover effective strategies to reduce overhead costs in medical practices without layoffs, enhancing staff morale and improving patient care. Rent, supplies and payroll devour well over half of every medical practice’s budget, and each line item is getting fatter.

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UnitedHealth Group under DOJ investigation over Medicare billing practices

Medical Economics

Reynolds Key Takeaways UnitedHealth is cooperating with DOJ investigations into its Medicare Advantage billing practices, focusing on diagnoses that increased federal payments. UnitedHealth has launched an internal review and maintains confidence in its compliance and documentation practices.

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Preparing for audit inevitability: Is your practice ready?

Medical Economics

After two decades in the medical billing industry, we’ve seen too many trustworthy physicians get blindsided by audit requests, scrambling to gather documentation while trying to understand what went wrong. For example, take an orthopedist who actually sees up to 70 patients a day. The same red flags appear again and again.