Keys to Reduce Claim Denials in Healthcare From 2022 to 2024, 75% of providers reported increased denial rates.1 And in 2025, 41% of providers reported denial rates of 10% or higher.2 That’s a larger percentage than in 2024 meaning denials are still going up. The time required to work denied claims combined with the ones […]
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Key Takeaways on Split Billing For Medicare patient visits, medical billing staff sometimes need to submit separate claims for professional and technical charges to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for reimbursement, even if the charges apply to a single visit. The same applies to some state Medicaid claims submitted to states. Billers
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Key Takeaways on AI for Medical Billing Healthcare billing has long been a complex and often frustrating task for hospitals and clinics. Traditional billing processes rely on manual effort, which can lead to inefficiencies, errors, and high administrative costs. But times are changing. AI billing systems offer a modern solution for healthcare billing. They use
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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 Cost Reporting in Healthcare Medicare and other cost reporting in healthcare is critical for determining reimbursements and protecting the financial stability of rural health clinics (RHCs) and rural hospitals. Success depends on three essentials. Together, these elements give rural healthcare organizations like yours the foundation to stay financially strong and compliant, even
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Key Takeaways on How to Increase Health Clinic Revenue Rural healthcare facilities work with tight budgets. And they have a unique opportunity to understand how to increase health clinic revenues by adding new services. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed in July 2025 makes it especially timely to explore new ways to increase
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Key Takeaways on a Revenue Cycle Dashboard Healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) is no small task. Constantly changing requirements, regulations, and complex processes make it laborious and error prone. But you have to make revenue cycle management second only to patient care to survive. In this article, we share why a healthcare revenue cycle dashboard
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Key Takeaways on CMS Final Rule 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its CMS final rule 2026 policy changes for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on October 31, 2025.1 Actual changes go into effect on or after January 1, 2026. Other recent regulatory changes are also finalized. Changes that will
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Key Takeaways: What Are RVUs in Healthcare RVUs stands for Relative Value Units. RVUs in healthcare are non-monetary units used to quantify the value of medical services. RVUs reflect the relative amount of work, practice expense, and malpractice risk used to deliver different procedures or services. Each service or procedure provided is assigned an RVU
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Key Takeaways to Maximize RHC Reimbursements In 2023, hospitals absorbed $130 billion in Medicare and Medicaid underpayments — a roughly 14% annual increase over 2019.1 And underpayments are one reason providers can benefit from knowing how to maximize reimbursements for rural health clinics (RHCs). Why? Because a higher portion of RHC payments come from public sources compared
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