How to Know If Your Medical Billing Company Is Doing a Good Job
Quick answer: Ask for a five-number report every month: net collection rate, denial rate by payer and reason, AR (accounts receivable) days over three months, clean claim rate, and patient AR aging. Then look for denial root causes getting closed and less billing work landing on your staff. If the same problems repeat month after […]
Unhappy With Your Billing but Afraid to Switch? Start Here
Quick answer: Don’t decide from one good or bad month. First, score six billing numbers. Then give your current team a 90-day plan to fix anything in the red. If the numbers still don’t move, switch, but plan the handoff around credentialing, software, old AR and your staff so revenue doesn’t dip. In this episode […]
Medical Billing Service Rates: What Practices Pay in 2026
By Dr. Heather Signorelli, DO, board-certified pathologist and founder of NatRevMD. Quick answer: Most medical billing services charge a percentage of the money they collect for you. Quotes commonly fall between about 4% and 10% of collections. Some charge a flat monthly fee instead, often because a state limits percentage-based billing contracts. However, the rate […]
How to Get a Second Opinion on Your Medical Billing
Quick answer: Look past the summary report. Check four things: denial rate by payer, write-offs split into contractual and non-contractual, AR (accounts receivable) over 90 days by payer, and whether old claims are being resolved or just statused. If those look healthy, your team is doing its job. If you can’t tell, get an independent […]
The Real Benefits of Outsourcing Medical Billing
The real benefits of outsourcing medical billing, from a physician-owned billing team – no sales language, just what actually changes in your practice.
How to Fix the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team in Your Practice
Is Your Practice Culture Broken? How to Fix the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Be honest with yourself for a minute. Think about the real, day-to-day culture in your practice. Is there gossip? Do the front desk and the clinical staff operate in separate, resentful silos? Do people avoid bringing up real problems in meetings, […]
Telehealth Billing in 2026: A Practical Guide to Navigating CMS Rules
Quick answer: According to CMS guidance updated in February 2026, most current telehealth provisions are extended through December 31, 2027. So practices can keep billing for virtual visits, but they should protect themselves. Use a pre-visit script that asks patients to confirm telehealth coverage with their plan. Also add financial responsibility language to your telehealth […]
The Daily Huddle: Your Medical Practice’s Checklist
Every day in your medical practice is a series of small, critical moments. A patient hands over a new insurance card. A provider needs a prior authorization that’s still pending. A chart from yesterday is still open, holding up the billing cycle. Individually, these are minor issues. But when they are missed, they snowball into operational chaos. […]
The $1M+ Revenue Opportunity: BHI APCM Billing
For years, primary care practices have been caught in a frustrating paradox. You’re the front line for your patients’ mental and behavioral health, but you’re not getting paid for it. You’re managing their chronic conditions, but the administrative burden of time tracking makes it impossible to scale. That all changes in 2026 The new Advanced […]
What Makes a Medical Billing Company the Best? 7 Things to Look For
The best medical billing company for your practice has physician involvement in billing decisions, real experience in your specific specialty, transparent live reporting instead of monthly PDFs, and pricing tied to what they actually collect — not just a name on a ranked list. “Best medical billing company” is a search people run for two […]