Bundled Payments in Healthcare
The shift to value-based care models are leading many payors to adopt a reimbursement model that has long been popular in mental health...
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Why It’s Time to Go In-Network
Over the last few years, trends in healthcare payment have led many facilities and providers to move “in-network” with payors to ensure...
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The Insurance Industry's Role in the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis continues to rage in the United States, killing almost 40,000 people per year. While communities and legislators rush...
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Level of Care Criteria for Addiction Treatment Centers
Determining Level of Care Have you checked with insurance companies lately to determine which criteria they are using to determine level...
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Additional Authorization Requirements for Substance Abuse Facilities
You're probably used to insurers determining medical necessity and approving treatment after you've faxed clinical records. The insurer...
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Why Post Treatment Outcome Data May Be Most Important
As an addiction treatment facility, you collect a lot of data on your patients from the moment they are admitted to the moment they leave...
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Collecting Old Receivables Can Lead to Major Cash Recovery
Though claims denials are on the rise, professionals estimate that around 65 percent of denied insurance claims are never collected. Many...
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Opioid-Related Lawsuits Are on the Rise - Who's to Blame?
For more than a decade, the California insurance commissioner’s office has led a case against United Healthcare Group (UHC) for wrongly...
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Addiction Treatment Outcomes Research: What We've Learned So Far
New research into the effectiveness of addiction treatment is changing the future of addiction care. These studies are revealing new...
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The Importance of Aftercare Programs In Long Term Sobriety-- And Insurance Payment
Because addiction can change the way the brain works, detox and residential care alone does not provide enough long-term care to create...
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Drive Better Outcomes by Integrating General Health and Behavioral Health
Behavioral health facilities are playing a growing role in reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes. Many patients who...
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How Mental Health and Addictions Care Providers Can Become More Media Savvy
Social media has become a cornerstone of marketing for many brands, providers, and facilities across the country. If your facility is not...
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Patients consider the billing process when choosing a medical provider
In a recent survey of 1,000 healthcare consumers, 76 percent said a practice’s billing process is important or somewhat important to...
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Standardize your billable rate – it’s the law
With the rise of the opioid epidemic, a huge number of addiction treatment centers opened. However, some of these centers were only out...
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New Reimbursement Codes For Opioid Abuse Telehealth Treatment
As telehealth becomes more and more common, especially for treatment of substance abuse disorders, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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How Insurance Appeals Can improve Your Revenue
Denied claims are a common problem for physicians and health care facilities across the country. Denied claims can stack up quickly,...
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Insurance Appeal Template for Medical Providers
Unfortunately, due to excessively denied medical claims, many providers have to write appeal letters to get paid for services that...
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Prior authorization for addiction treatment facilities
WHAT IS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION? Prior authorization is a requirement for medical providers to obtain approval from insurers before...
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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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Strategies for Addiction Treatment Center Marketing
Over the past two years, the National Association for Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) have cracked down on advertising practices,...
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