Are You Billing For Your Alumni Program?
Many facilities hold complementary alumni programs for patients who are finished with treatment. These programs help keep patients...
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How to Choose a Third Party Billing Company
The billing company you hire will become a vital part of your organization, and it's crucial that your new set of employees are people...
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Boosting Telehealth in Addiction Treatment Recovery
With the continuing growth of the opioid epidemic, health professionals and government officials are looking for new ways to combat the...
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Payor Trends in Addiction Treatment
Reimbursement for addiction treatment is changing across the country—and unfortunately, it's not changing for the better. Between 2017...
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New (and Stricter) Regulations Affecting the Addiction Treatment Industry
The addiction treatment industry has expanded rapidly over the last 5 years. This quick growth led to increasing competition among...
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Payer Desire for Value-Based Reimbursements
Insurance companies are working to find new ways to reimburse for behavioral health care, in order to ensure the money being paid is...
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Why So Many Treatment Centers Are Failing
Within the last year, dozens of addiction treatment centers have gone out of business, even though the demand for treatment continues to...
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Offsets and Take-backs - MENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE LAWs
Insurers are always looking for reasons to deny claims—and keep their provider payouts to a minimum. The most recent tactic is through...
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HOW TO WIN INSURANCE APPEALS (& GET PAID)
Resolving denied claims is time consuming, labor intensive and without the correct knowledge, usually unsuccessful. Unfortunately for...
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PAYOR REIMBURSEMENT TRENDS - IN VS OUT OF NETWORK
Reimbursement rates for behavioral health services have changed dramatically in the last few years. It is reported that rates for...
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IMS Certification for Behavioral Health Facilities
Prior to 2016, residential treatment centers were not able to legally treat medically related issues in their facilities. Patients who...
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Are carve outs impacting your bottom line?
If you're experiencing higher than average claim denial rates for mental or behavioral health, then it's time to look into how carve outs...
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How ASAM Certification May Help Your Behavioral Health Facility Increase Reimbursement
The new Level of Care certification from the American Society of Addiction Medicine has completed its first pilot phase, giving seven...
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The Keys to Success for Payor Reimbursement Management
Many healthcare providers are seeing higher numbers of claims denials as well as reductions in reimbursements from insurance companies....
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Third-Party Pricing Problems: Underpriced Claims From Viant
When you participate in-network with a payor, your reimbursement rates may be lower than fair-market prices, but they are typically fixed...
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How to Identify a Correct Cost of Service for Your Behavioral Health Center
Within the last year, many addiction treatment centers have gone out of business due to decreasing reimbursement and financial hardship....
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Should Your Facility Offer Telemental Health Services to Schools?
A Texas program to expand mental health care in schools is receiving new national attention thanks to a bill brought before the House of...
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Why Verification of Benefit Checks Are More Important Than Ever
Out-of-network providers are seeing a steep drop in reimbursement rates for services. Overall, rates have fallen around 20 percent over...
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Itemized Bill Requests for Residential Treatment Facilities
Insurance companies continue to change policies around how they reimburse claims and and how they want to see services billed. In the...
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Physician Burnout in the Mental Health Field
Rates of physician burnout are on the rise across the country and especially within the mental health care field. Physicians are facing...
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