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The latest in all things RCM, Electronic Health Records, Radiology Information Systems, Practice Management, Medical Billing, Value-Based Care, & Healthcare IT.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 21st, 2025

As we hit the midpoint of 2025, laboratories across the country are facing a critical question:

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Medical Billing / RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 17th, 2025

Diagnostic labs operate at the intersection of science, regulation, and financial complexity. In today’s climate of razor-thin margins and heightened payer scrutiny, effective lab billing services are no longer optional—they’re fundamental to lab survival and scalability.

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The Importance of Patient Engagement: Why They - And You - Need It

Learn why patient engagement is a necessity and how you can master it within your practice.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 15th, 2025

The regulatory landscape for clinical laboratories is rapidly evolving. With CMS increasing improper payment audits, MACs tightening enforcement, and commercial payers revising medical necessity and frequency rules, 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most compliance-intensive years ever for lab billing.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 10th, 2025

For clinical laboratories, time is money—literally. When claims take 72 hours or longer to reach the payer, the revenue cycle slows, aging AR builds, and downstream denials increase. In an environment where margins are shrinking and payers are tightening scrutiny, slow claims submission is a silent killer of cash flow.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 3rd, 2025

For labs, the margin between profitability and loss often comes down to billing. Lab services are reimbursed at lower rates than ever, yet the cost of doing business keeps rising. Between complex payer rules, coding nuances, and frequent denials, it’s easy to lose thousands per month without realizing it.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Jim O'Neill
July 1st, 2025

At a time when labs are operating on tight margins, revenue leakage is more dangerous than ever. Clinical laboratories, particularly those specializing in pathology, toxicology, molecular diagnostics, and genetic testing, are losing 20% to 40% of total billable revenue—and often don’t even know it.

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Medical Billing / RCM | RCM | Laboratory

By: Christina Rosario
June 30th, 2025

Choosing the right laboratory software isn’t just an IT decision—it’s a business-critical investment that can shape everything from daily workflow to long-term profitability. Whether you’re a clinical lab, toxicology group, pathology practice, or molecular testing facility, the wrong system slows you down, exposes you to billing errors, and limits scalability.

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mental health | behavioral health

By: Scott Friedman
June 23rd, 2025

Billing for behavioral health services has never been simple. Between (1) shifting regulations, (2) variable payer requirements, and (3) the nuances of mental health treatment, behavioral health providers face unique challenges that many general healthcare billing systems weren’t built to handle.

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mental health | behavioral health

By: Scott Friedman
June 16th, 2025

Billing in behavioral health is rarely straightforward. From multiple service types and payer requirements to evolving telehealth policies, bundled codes, and patient responsibility balances, we know how complex and frustrating the billing process can be. That’s why finding software that’s not just robust but purposefully built is essential.