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Behavioral Health Documentation: Five Checks Before a Claim Leaves Your Practice
Five practical checks for behavioral health documentation before billing, with a clear handoff for service details, time, treatment progress and signatures.
Before the Visit: A Better Insurance Eligibility Handoff
A practical pre-visit checklist for behavioral health, physical therapy and family medicine teams: verify the plan, document open questions and assign next steps.
Medical Billing Audit Checklist for the October 2026 ICD-10-CM Update
The October 2026 ICD-10-CM update applies to outpatient encounters starting October 1. Use these five checks to confirm your code sets, diagnosis shortcuts and documentation are current before claims go out.
Unpaid Claims Need a Next Step: A Weekly A/R Follow-Up Checklist
A useful A/R review ends with an action, an owner and a follow-up date. Use this weekly checklist to sort unpaid claims, check the payer's response and keep unresolved work visible.
Physical Therapy Documentation: A Medicare Treatment-Note Checklist
A practical Medicare Part B treatment-note review for PT practices, including required entries, two time totals, and a clear route for billing questions.
Physical Therapy Billing Units: Medicare’s 8-Minute Rule Explained
See how Medicare Part B counts PT timed units, allocates units across services, and keeps untimed services separate, with two CMS examples and a practical review checklist.
Choosing a Family Practice Billing Company: 7 Questions to Ask Before You Switch
Compare family practice billing companies with seven questions about team roles, payer issues, reporting, EHR fit, fees and the handover of unpaid claims.
Why Credentialing Delays Happen and How to Prevent Them
Credentialing, Medicare enrollment, and NPI are different steps. Learn why applications stall, what CMS and NCQA have actually published, and how to keep providers current without invented timelines.
Choosing a Behavioral Health Billing Service: 7 Questions to Ask
A practical checklist for behavioral health practice owners comparing billing companies. Ask about eligibility, telehealth, denials, A/R, software, and scope.
Choosing a Physical Therapy Billing Service: 7 Questions to Ask
Compare physical therapy billing services with seven questions about authorizations, timed units, denials, aging A/R, software, communication, and scope.
Three Revenue Cycle Tools to Evaluate in 2026
Claims review, electronic prior authorization, and value-based reporting can help a practice only when each addresses a clear workflow problem. Here is how to evaluate the fit.
Does Your Medical Billing Company Carry Cyber Liability and Errors & Omissions Insurance?
Your medical billing company handles sensitive patient data and critical revenue. Learn why cyber liability and errors and omissions insurance matter, and what proof your practice should request before choosing a billing partner.
Introducing Matrix Revenue Cycle Office Hours: A Free Live Q&A for Medical Practices
Join Matrix Medical Billing for free Revenue Cycle Office Hours—a live monthly Q&A where medical practice owners, administrators, and billing managers can get practical guidance on denials, credentialing, patient collections, billing workflows, and other revenue-cycle challenges.
Revenue Cycle Quick Reference: Essential Billing Workflows for Your Practice
Your revenue cycle depends on consistent workflows across patient registration, eligibility verification, claim submission, follow-up, and collections. This quick reference covers the core billing processes healthcare practices need to manage effectively, from pre-visit verification to denial management and patient AR aging.
Family Practice Medical Billing in 2026: Practical Fixes for the Most Common Revenue Leaks
Family practices face predictable billing challenges: eligibility gaps, missed chronic care coding, preventive visit errors, and authorization delays. Most revenue leaks are fixable through focused operational changes and staff alignment.
5 Critical Steps to Prevent Prior Authorization Denials Before They Happen
Prior authorization denials are costing healthcare practices thousands monthly. Learn the five critical steps to prevent denials before they happen and protect your revenue.
Is Your Medical Billing Service HIPAA Compliant? What Every Medical Practice Should Know
Is your medical billing company truly HIPAA compliant?
Your billing partner handles sensitive patient information every day, and weak security practices can expose your practice to serious compliance and data breach risks.
In this article, we cover the key questions every medical practice should ask their billing company to help protect patient information, reduce liability, and safeguard their operations.
Credentialing Delays Are Killing Cash Flow
Hiring a new provider should increase revenue, not create cash flow problems. Unfortunately, many practices begin scheduling patients before credentialing and payer enrollment are fully completed, leading to denied claims, delayed reimbursements, and growing accounts receivable. Learn why proactive credentialing management is critical to protecting revenue and how Matrix Medical Billing helps practices avoid costly delays.
Your Billing Software Isn’t the Problem. Your Process Is Costing You Revenue.
Practices switch billing software, but results do not change. Denials stay high and AR over ninety days keeps growing. The problem is not the software. It is the process. If your collections are below ninety five percent, you likely have a workflow issue.
Why CMS Rule Changes Matter for Small Practices
CMS rule updates for 2026 could affect documentation, reimbursement timelines, and claim approvals for small medical practices. Learn what these changes mean and how to prepare your billing process.