Billing Optimization & Revenue Recovery | B&W Behavioral Consulting

B&W Behavioral Consulting | Operational, Clinical & Financial Solutions for Treatment Centers

Stop Leaving Revenue on the Table With Preventable Billing Errors

Our comprehensive billing optimization program covers every step from initial patient intake to final reimbursement — ensuring the best ICD-10 and CPT codes, reducing denials, and maximizing cash flow.

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End-to-End Insurance Billing Optimization

Navigating insurance billing is complex and time-consuming. We handle the hard parts so your team can focus on patient care.

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Initial Call to Admission Training

Training your team to effectively communicate with insurance companies and clients — ensuring accurate verification of benefits, authorization, and pre-certifications.

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Treatment Process Management

Guidelines and training to ensure each stage of treatment is thoroughly documented, maximizing reimbursement opportunities at every step.

Financial Tracking Systems

Real-time monitoring of all insurance billing activity, ensuring timely and accurate payment collection with AI-powered oversight.

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Claims Follow-Up

Best practices for follow-up on unpaid or denied claims, ensuring that no revenue is left uncollected. AI flags underpayments automatically.

Every Underpayment Found. Every Dollar Recovered.

Our AI continuously monitors contracted rates against actual payments — flagging discrepancies the moment they occur, not months later during a manual review.

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Contracted vs. Actual Rate Tracking

Every claim is compared against your contracted rates in real time. When a payer underpays, you know immediately — not 90 days later.

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Automated Underpayment Detection

AI flags underpayments automatically and generates the documentation you need to dispute them — complete with contracted rate references and variance calculations.

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Payer Performance Scoring

See which payers consistently underpay, delay, or deny. Use that data to renegotiate contracts from a position of strength.

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Revenue Recovery Pipeline

Every flagged underpayment enters a tracked recovery pipeline with status updates, follow-up dates, and resolution documentation.

Reduce Denials. Accelerate Collections. Close Every Loop.

Most centers lose revenue not because claims are denied — but because denied claims are never properly followed up. We build systems that eliminate that gap.

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Prevent

First-Pass Approval

Correct ICD-10 and CPT code selection, proper documentation, and pre-authorization verification — ensuring claims are clean before they are submitted.

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Track

Denial Monitoring

Every denied claim is categorized by reason code, payer, and service type. Patterns surface fast — so you fix the root cause, not just the symptom.

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Recover

Follow-Up Systems

Automated follow-up workflows for unpaid and denied claims with escalation timelines. No claim falls through the cracks, no revenue goes uncollected.

Streamlined Revenue Cycle, Stronger Financial Health

From intake to final payment, we optimize every step of your revenue cycle — and we have many opportunities for revenue cycle management across your entire operation.

Intake-to-Payment Optimization

Every step from patient intake through final reimbursement is mapped, measured, and optimized to reduce errors and increase accuracy.

Accelerated Cash Flow

Strategies to speed up billing and collections, reducing the time between service delivery and payment — so revenue hits your account faster.

Real-Time Financial Dashboards

Live monitoring of all billing activity, claims status, collection rates, and payer performance. AI-powered oversight ensures nothing slips through.

Expert Behavioral Health Billers

Access to billing professionals with 30+ years of Medicaid experience and established relationships with major payer medical directors.

RCM OPPORTUNITY
"We have many opportunities for revenue cycle management across your entire operation."

Billing optimization is our primary consulting service. We bring deep expertise in behavioral health billing, payer negotiation, and revenue recovery — backed by AI-powered tools and decades of industry relationships.

Know What Every Service Is Worth

Accurate billing starts with knowing the correct rates. These are the key billing data points your team should be capturing for every patient encounter.

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HISTORY & PHYSICAL FEE

The initial history and physical evaluation — a billable service that many centers undercode or miss entirely during the admission process.

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INDUCTION PERIOD BILLING

The induction period carries specific billable codes that are frequently missed. Proper documentation and coding captures this revenue on every qualifying patient.

~$79
ANALYZER BILLING / TEST

Each analyzer test is billable through insurance at approximately $79 per test. High-volume programs generate significant recurring revenue from this line item alone.

Rates are approximate and vary by payer, state, and contract. These figures represent typical reimbursement ranges our clients have documented.

Your Leadership Team Should Understand Every Dollar

Billing is not just for the billing department. Center leadership needs to understand revenue cycle performance, payer dynamics, and financial key performance indicators to make strategic decisions.

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Dashboard Interpretation

Training leadership to read and act on financial dashboards — understanding what each metric means and when numbers indicate a problem.

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Key Performance Indicator Management

Defining, tracking, and responding to the billing key performance indicators that matter most — collection rates, denial rates, days in accounts receivable, and payer mix.

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Payer Negotiation Strategy

Using your outcomes data and billing analytics to negotiate better rates with payers. Know your value, document it, and present it effectively.

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Revenue Cycle Oversight

Teaching executives to oversee the full revenue cycle — identifying bottlenecks, holding teams accountable, and making data-driven financial decisions.

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YEARS MEDICAID BILLING EXPERTISE

Our network includes expert behavioral health billers with decades of Medicaid experience and established relationships with major payer medical directors.

Find Out How Much Revenue Your Center Is Leaving on the Table

Schedule a billing audit consultation to identify gaps in your revenue cycle and build a plan to recover lost revenue.

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