The Most Expensive Bottleneck in Your Practice Isn’t Where You Think It Is
By Olga Khabinskay, Director of Operations, WCH The front desk is not an administrative function. It is revenue capture infrastructure—the…
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The Compliance Trifecta: FCA, AKS & Stark — What Actually Puts Providers at Risk
By Faina Vardanyan, Billing Department, WCH A practical guide to federal fraud and abuse regulations — and why understanding them…
Telemedicine at Five Times Less Cost: What the Data Really Means — and What Providers Must Do Now
By Oksana Pokoyeva, Billing Department, WCH The Numbers at a Glance $96 per telemedicine episode vs. $509 in-person 23% fewer follow-up visits…
Medicare Part B Overpayments: What Every Provider Must Know to Protect Revenue and Stay Compliant
By Oksana Pokoyeva, Billing Department, WCH Medicare overpayments are an inevitable reality in Part B billing. Whether triggered by a clerical…
Getting Radiologists Paid: The Hidden Revenue Leaks in Radiology Billing — and How to Close Them
Why radiology practices lose more revenue than they realize — and what it actually takes to recover it Radiology sits…
Better Than Last Year, But Still Not Enough: The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and What It Means for Mental Health and Independent Practices
For the first time in six years, Medicare physician payment is going up rather than down. Following five consecutive years…
The Black Box Opens: Prior Authorization Denial Rates Go Public — and the Numbers Are Damning
For decades, the prior authorization process operated as one of American healthcare’s most consequential black boxes. Physicians submitted requests. Insurers…
The $19 Billion Reset: How CMS Just Blew Up Skin Substitute Reimbursement — and What It Means for Every Wound Care Provider
There are policy changes that tweak the margins, and there are policy changes that restructure an entire industry. What CMS…
When the Biggest Hospital in the Room Sets the Rules: The DOJ vs. NewYork-Presbyterian
In late March 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital — the largest…
Maryland Fines Cigna $80K and Orders It to Stop Automatic Downcoding — What Every Provider Needs to Know
A regulatory precedent that could reshape how insurers challenge your claims On March 13, 2026, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA)…