Blog Posts

Sept. 1, 2026

Access Without Coordination: The Hidden Crisis in Postpartum Mental Healthcare

Welcome back to the blog companion for the podcast. If you listened to our latest audio episode, you know we are tackling one of the most difficult and structural conversations we have ever hosted on this platform. Today, we are expanding heavily on…

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Sept. 1, 2026

How to Audit Payer Contracts for Ambiguous Effective Dates and Missing Rate Updates

When medical billing teams face persistent underpayments, they typically look for coding errors or clearinghouse rejections at the claims desk. However, many systemic revenue leaks originate upstream in payer contract language, specifically through …

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Sept. 1, 2026

Bonus Episode — HBMA Webinar Recording

This bonus episode is a recording of my recent webinar with HBMA, which was actually qualified for — folks did receive continuing education credits. I always wanted to be a professor, folks — getting credits from my lessons gives me particular pl…

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May 31, 2026

Beyond the Fee Schedule: Why Payer Contracts Are More Than Just Rate Negotiations

Welcome back to the blog for the VBC Podcast! In our latest episode, titled Deciding to Contract with a Payor: Joining "the Network", we delved into a crucial decision point for any healthcare provider: whether to contract with a payer. Often, when …

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Dec. 26, 2024

MultiPlan Lawsuit: Allegations of a Healthcare Price-Fixing Cartel

The case 1:24-cv-10959 filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois involves the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) as plaintiffs, suing MultiPlan, Inc. for alleged ant…

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