What causes PRTF prior authorization delays?
A PRTF admission does not wait for a claim to exist before revenue is at risk. In the US Medicaid system that funds most psychiatric residential pl...
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Choosing a 42 CFR Part 2-ready EHR: an evaluation framework for behavioral health leaders
Behavioral health organizations evaluating a new 42 CFR Part 2 EHR in 2026 are asking a different question than they were three years ago. It used ...
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Getting ABA and autism center billing software right: RBT supervision, session notes, and authorization tracking
Autism centers and (Applied Behavior Analysis) ABA practices that outgrow a general behavioral health billing system usually run into the same wall...
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Behavioral health EHR contracts: 12 red-flag clauses to read before you sign
Why behavioral health EHR contracts carry more risk than they look You already know behavioral health records carry more sensitivity than a routin...
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42 CFR Part 2 compliance for substance use disorder programs: what your EHR must do
If you run compliance or IT integration for a behavioral health organization, you already know that 42 CFR Part 2 is a structural constraint on how...
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Behavioral health EHR data migration: what can go wrong and how to avoid it
How a behavioral health EHR migration can pass audit and still break A migration project clears every checklist. Record counts match. Field comple...
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CARF accreditation: what your behavioral health EHR must prove in 2026
Why is “survey-ready” a moving target for behavioral health providers in 2026? Accreditation from CARF or the Joint Commission is an external, sta...
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How long does a multi-program behavioral health EHR implementation actually take?
The real behavioral health EHR implementation timeline vs the vendor's quote Ask three EHR vendors how long implementation takes and you will get ...
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Two-sided risk billing readiness: an RCM guide for behavioral health ACOs
CMS is pushing ACOs toward two-sided risk faster, capping one-sided participation at five years starting in 2027. For behavioral health providers a...
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The top 5 CPT codes every behavioral health practice bills and how each one gets denied
Why do these 5 CPT codes carry most of a behavioral health practice's revenue? A behavioral health practice mostly bill the same handful of codes ...
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Procentive migration checklist: what to check before you switch
A Procentive migration raises two questions before anything else: will your billing history and cash flow survive the switch, and will your data st...
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10 questions to ask every behavioral health EHR vendor before you sign
Most behavioral health EHR demos look the same. The differences that determine whether a platform will support your organization through the next f...
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