Tag: Substance Abuse Billing

Can hiring a medical billing company reduce errors and increase revenue?

Undoubtedly, billing for behavioral healthcare is a complex field filled with mistakes and mismanagement. As the costs of managing medical billing processes in-house rise, so does the pressures of keeping up with the industry’s ever changing rules and regulations. In fact, your treatment facility’s compensation depends on accurate and efficient coding and the submission of […]

How Medical Billing Providers Help Behavioral Healthcare Providers Grow

Running a behavioral healthcare practice is a challenging yet deeply rewarding endeavor. Whether it’s counseling, psychiatry, or substance abuse treatment, providers focus their energy on improving patients’ mental and emotional well-being. However, managing the business side of the practice—especially medical billing—can be time-consuming, complex, and prone to error. That’s where professional medical billing providers come […]

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 […]

The Pile up! Top Reasons for Aged Claims in behavioral healthcare billing

Providers lose millions in unpaid claims. Here’s why your claims are aging, and what you can do to improve reimbursement rates.   Claim aging is one of the biggest issues in healthcare today – especially in behavioral health, where there is so much subjectivity when it comes to medical necessity. This is why it’s important […]

HOW TO SURVIVE DEDUCTIBLE SEASON

It is that time of year once again and, while the New Year may bring new opportunities to save lives for healthcare providers , it comes with a caveat: Deductible Season. If your treatment program does not already have a strong system in place for collecting Place-of-Service (POS) payments, you may have noticed an increase […]

Avoid These Common Revenue Pitfalls

We are in an era of complex healthcare billing that can cost providers lost revenue due to lack of knowledge and proper training. Without these much needed tools, providers are faced with significant loss of revenue for their company. The good news is many of these mistakes are avoidable with proper checks and balances in […]

Understanding Cobra Plans

What is a COBRA plan?   A COBRA plan is a private insurance option that gives people who may have just lost their job, time to find a new job, new insurance, and remain covered. COBRA is typically for when a patient is terminated from their job or they have to leave their job, and […]

Mental Health vs. Substance Abuse

There are all sorts of therapies and rehab programs to treat substance abuse these days. However, recent studies and observations indicate substance abuse not always being a standalone problem. This information also implies that, for decades, it’s not just substance abuse that has been a problem, but also the way patients undergo treatment.  Providing proper […]

Ancillary Services 101

Ancillary services are additional services, which are important to run an organization (not to be confused with ancillary services – electrical). They are set up to provide full service to the customers and also help increase revenues an organization’s revenue. In hospitals, ancillary services are the ones other than room, nursing, medical, and board services. […]