Lisa Eramo, freelance healthcare writer

The legislation ending the longest government shutdown grants short-term funding for CMS and health extenders, but introduces uncertainty around enhanced premium tax credits and key telehealth flexibilities. Learn more here.

Discover critical 2025 MIPS and MACRA updates affecting your practice’s reimbursement, performance thresholds, and scoring changes you need to know now.

Mastering pre-op coding is crucial. Here are 5 key practices, from patient clearance to ICD-10-CM codes, to ensure accurate billing and avoid denials.

Quality reporting in healthcare continues to play an important role in helping providers improve patient outcomes and generate additional revenue.

Discover 288 new CPT codes for 2026 and learn how to update your practice systems to ensure compliance and maximize reimbursement.

CMS is ramping up oversight of remote patient monitoring claims — find out if your practice’s billing patterns could trigger an audit.

Medical providers who treated Blue Cross Blue Shield patients may be eligible for compensation from a groundbreaking $2.8B antitrust settlement.

Stay ahead of August 2025 RCM healthcare news impacting your practice: Cigna E/M changes, telehealth rollbacks, AI solutions, and cybersecurity risks.

CMS’s 2026 physician fee schedule proposed rule proposes major payment and coding changes that could reshape your practice’s revenue.

Learn why certified EHR systems are essential for healthcare practices to ensure regulatory compliance, enhance care, and improve operations.

PAs can help medical practices increase revenue, lower costs, and boost patient satisfaction.

GLP-1 drug coverage is highly variable, which makes it difficult to track what payers do — and do not — cover.

Discover free and low-cost HIPAA cybersecurity resources to protect your practice from costly data breaches and compliance penalties.

This December 2023 RCM wrap-up includes compliance updates, preparations for new codes, and fee schedule changes.

Learn about Medicare Advantage payment increases, GLP-1 coverage updates, burnout solutions, and cost strategies for your practice or billing company.

These cost-effective resources can help you maintain compliance — and protect patients and providers.

Learn how your practice can prepare if medical bills are removed from credit reports.

Discover 6 major healthcare policy changes under Trump’s administration that could significantly impact your practice operations and revenue.

Patients want more attention and time from physicians, yet many physicians are struggling to hire and retain enough staff to keep their doors open while also maintaining a work-life balance. Concierge medicine is one potential solution, but there are legal questions to consider.

As HIPAA regulations continue to evolve to address these emerging threats, medical billing companies must stay ahead of compliance requirements while implementing robust cybersecurity measures.

This January 2024 RCM wrap-up includes what you need to know about new Medicare revenue opportunities, a new rule for prior authorizations, and more.

Get December 2024 revenue cycle management news, from CMS updates to the most-billed code of the year.

Due to increased demand, many mental health practices may be open to having a billing company assist them. Here are tips to market to them.

Get November 2024 revenue cycle management news, from Medicare payment updates and staffing challenges to prior authorization changes.

With the year winding down, now is a good time for healthcare practices and billing companies (on behalf of their clients) to ensure compliance with billing code changes that took effect October 1, 2023, and prepare for changes that become effective January 1, 2024. Discover what’s new for evaluation and management (E/M) codes and ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes that could affect your medical practice.