Rural health news has been increasingly unpredictable in recent years. At the announcement of the One Big Beautiful Bill, experts predicted dire consequences for rural health and the threat of pushing hundreds of struggling hospitals closer to a fiscal cliff. Soon after, promises of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program signaled an opportunity
With telehealth now a mainstream mode of care, many pathology labs, clinical laboratories, and behavioral health providers are asking: Can urine toxicology testing be billed separately from a telehealth E/M (evaluation and management) visit performed on the same date?
In 2025, as payers tighten claim edits and deploy AI-driven audits, the answer isn’t always straightforward. Accurate pathology billing services and compliant laboratory revenue cycle management (lab RCM) workflows are now critical for
In the high-stakes world of healthcare finance, where razor-thin margins and rising regulatory scrutiny are the norm, medical coding audits have become essential for maintaining revenue integrity, ensuring medical coding compliance, and supporting long-term sustainability. While many providers focus on coding compliance at a surface level,
All the change in healthcare over the recent years has unfortunately meant new opportunities for abuses of medical billing. This kind of fraud and misuse puts providers at risk financially and ultimately jeopardizes the quality of care you can provide in the long term. Many providers who have realized this understand that now is a good time to consider investing in medical coding audits. If you begin the process now,
Healthcare providers across the board should be ready to expect more medical coding audits.
What’s coming down the pipeline shouldn’t catch anyone by surprise.
