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Prior authorization request being reviewed for approval in a medical office

Prior Authorization Bottlenecks: How to Speed Up Approvals

Ask front desk staff, billers, or providers which part of the revenue cycle frustrates them most, and prior authorization comes ...

Value-based care reimbursement models compared with fee-for-service billing

Value-Based Care Billing: How Reimbursement Models Are Shifting

For decades, fee-for-service (FFS) has been the dominant reimbursement model in U.S. healthcare: providers bill for each service they perform, ...

Provider credentialing delays affecting a medical practice's revenue cycle

Credentialing Delays: How They Impact Your Revenue Cycle

Most discussions about revenue cycle management focus on claims, denials, and collections, the parts of the process that happen after ...

Doctor conducting a telehealth video visit billed with telehealth codes and modifiers

Telehealth Billing in 2026: Codes, Modifiers, and Payer Rules

Telehealth use has settled well above pre-pandemic levels, but the billing rules have not settled at all. Between changing federal ...

Medical billing specialist reviewing denied insurance claims

AI in Medical Billing: How Automation Is Reducing Claim Denials in 2026

Claim denials are still one of the most expensive and time-consuming problems in U.S. healthcare. Industry estimates put the cost ...

Medical billing and coding team handling claims for a healthcare practice

In-House vs. Outsourced RCM: Billing, Coding, Credentialing & Auditing Compared

Most practices do not lose revenue because of one bad decision. They lose it a little at a time: a ...

Medical coder reviewing CPT code updates to prevent claim denials

Top 10 CPT Code Updates Practices Are Getting Wrong This Year

Every year, the American Medical Association (AMA) updates the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set with new codes, revised descriptors, ...

Medical billers preparing for the transition from ICD-10 to ICD-11 diagnosis codes

ICD-11 Transition: What Medical Billers Need to Know Before It’s Mandatory

Anyone who worked in medical billing during the ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition remembers the disruption. The number of diagnosis codes ...

Patient paying a medical bill online through a transparent billing statement

Patient Payment Trends: Why Transparent Billing Boosts Collections

Not long ago, insurance covered most of a typical claim and patients paid a modest copay. High-deductible health plans have ...

HIPAA-compliant medical billing practices protecting patient billing data

HIPAA-Compliant Billing Practices Every Clinic Should Follow

When practices think about HIPAA compliance, they usually think of clinical systems first: EHRs, patient portals, and conversations in the ...