Tag: Clinical Documentation

Panacea Healthcare Services – A Trusted Solution

The behavioral healthcare industry has changed. From facilities and individual providers to investors and operators… many are finding it difficult to survive and provide quality care while struggling with limited reimbursement rates and aggressive payer practices. Panacea Healthcare Services was founded on the principal that an end to end solution for all the challenges of […]

National Substance use and addiction statistics 2024

Drug and substance abuse continues to be a major problem across the United States, with 1 in 4 Americans over the age of 12 admitting that they used illicit drugs in 2022. While alcohol, tobacco and marijuana represent the most popular drugs among Americans, many struggle with more illicit drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamines and heroin, according […]

Utilization Review Technology Improves Outcomes for Behavior Healthcare Providers

If you’ve worked in the behavioral healthcare realm for more than a few months, you already know treatment services aren’t always utilized the way they should be. This is more often due to billing problems than treatment issues. Because of this, the utilization review process has disintegrated over time, and now providers need multiple full-time employees to deal with insurance companies, handle medical billing, process insurance claims, and pursue medical collections.

Improve Insurance Reimbursements by Improving Documentation

The entire business model of a substance abuse treatment center depends upon accurate, complete and timely insurance reimbursements.  Unfortunately, many treatment centers struggle to accurately and effectively document patient care in order to get the reimbursements they need to stay afloat.With that in mind, we put together this simple cheat sheet for improving patient documentation. For a more in depth look at this issue, we invite you to download our e-book, 3 Reasons Your Documentation is Costing You Money – And What to Do About It.