Key Takeaways on the Insurance Allowed Amount A tricky part of medical billing is the insurance allowed amount, because each payer and even payer plans have different allowed amounts. And those amounts rarely match your actual billed amount. Billers can end up tracking allowed amounts for 10 to 20 different reimbursement schedules against billed charges […]
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Key Takeaways on the Rural Emergency Hospital Model What It Takes to Transition and Thrive Transitioning to the rural emergency hospital model helps eligible hospitals access a more consistent and predictable revenue stream. Medicare adds 5% on top of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rate for rural emergency hospitals (REHs). It also pays
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Key Takeaways on the Best EHR for a Small Practice The EHR for small practices is one built with the realities of running a small practice in mind. It’s an electronic health record (EHR) built to handle financial and cash flow challenges. It helps reduce the burden that focusing on administrative work instead of patients
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Key Takeaways for Rural Healthcare Grants and Funding in 2026 Rural healthcare comes with more than its fair share of financial, workforce, and resource challenges. One way to help with one or all three is through grants and other funding opportunities. And while the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in July
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Key Takeaways on Connected Care in Rural Health Connected care combines technology, communication systems, and data sharing to create a connection between patients, providers, and caregivers. It’s not a new care management model, but it is proven to positively impact patients and providers while creating added sources of revenue. Care coordination involves different types of
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Key Takeaways for National Rural Health Day National Rural Health Day is the third Thursday in November. In 2025, that’s November 20. At Azalea, our mission is to help underserved (aka rural) healthcare providers improve patient care and their profitability. And so we honor and celebrate the National Rural Health Day this year and everyday all year,
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Key Takeaways for Fee-for-Service vs Value-Based Care The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to move Medicare users from a Medicare fee-for-service model and most Medicaid users to a value-based care model by 2030. The goal reflects a broader shift in the healthcare industry, as providers, payers, and policymakers move away from traditional
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Key Takeaways on Medicare Prior Authorization Changes in 2026 Several Medicare changes in 2026 are underway. A few won’t have an immediate impact. But others could have a big impact on both providers and patients — in a good way. This article covers key changes, how they’ll benefit providers and patients, and what providers want
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