Lisa Eramo, freelance healthcare writer

The FY 2027 ICD-10-CM diagnosis code update takes effect October 1. Here’s how it affects your practice and how to prepare your team and workflows.

Learn the 7 healthcare cybersecurity questions billing company owners must answer to build trust, protect patient data, and win more provider clients.

Learn what providers and practices can do when health plans fail to comply with the No Surprises Act, including dispute resolution options, payment challenges, and patient protections.

Prior authorization is meant to control healthcare costs, but at what expense? Discover how these rising requirements delay patient care, drive up practice labor costs, and fuel staff burnout.

Learn proven physician retention strategies for independent practices. Discover how to reduce physician turnover, improve provider satisfaction, strengthen your care team, and retain top talent.

Learn how to build a referral strategy for your medical billing business. Discover proven marketing strategies, partnership opportunities, and trust-building tactics that drive long-term client growth.

Learn how healthcare practices can close the digital literacy gap, improve digital inclusion, increase patient engagement, and help patients confidently use online healthcare tools.

Learn the most common prior authorization mistakes that lead to delays and denials. Discover how accurate clinical notes, ICD-10 coding, and payer compliance can streamline approvals and protect patient care.

Rising costs, payer denials, and vendor cyber risk are reshaping private practice RCM this June. Get the headlines and what to do next.

Understand the billing process to reduce the operational and financial burden of reworking claims.

Learn how healthcare practices use public prior authorization denial data to identify payer trends, benchmark insurance plans, reduce care delays, and improve authorization workflows.

Learn how healthcare practices identify systemic payer underpayments, recover lost revenue, reduce payment variance, and escalate underpaid claims before revenue loss compounds.

Learn how healthcare organizations implement integrated behavioral health care models to improve mental health outcomes, strengthen care coordination, and support whole-person care.

From No Surprises Act enforcement to early physician burnout, here’s what moved the needle in RCM this month — and what independent practices should do about it.

From prior auth reforms to ACA shifts, discover what April’s biggest RCM developments mean for your practice’s revenue and workflow strategy.

When your clients go concierge, your billing workflows must evolve — here’s what to do immediately to stay compliant, relevant, and profitable.

Can you charge patients for prior authorizations? Learn what payer contracts, state laws, and compliance risks mean for your practice first.

Dropping insurance could boost your revenue — or diminish it. Here’s what actually determines which outcome your practice will experience.

Struggling with long wait times and patient leakage? Discover 7 proven strategies to boost access, fill schedules, and grow your practice.

Learn how physicians can offset Medicare payment cuts by leveraging time-based services that aren’t exempt.

Learn when social media use becomes a clinical concern, how to document it, and which CPT codes to bill so you get reimbursed correctly.

Using an ambient scribe can benefit clinicians in many ways. We discuss how and tips to get started.

Learn how physicians can reduce claim denials when billing for services addressing social determinants of health (SDOH).

Burnout in healthcare is common among physicians. Learn why it happens and how to prevent it.

Protect your practice from costly audits by learning the top 5 medical billing upcoding risks and the compliance strategies to stay ahead of them.