https://xehr.io/blog/ Medical billing, revenue cycle and healthcare technology news and guides from XEHR. en-us https://xehr.io/blog/agentic-ai-medical-billing/ https://xehr.io/blog/agentic-ai-medical-billing/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT AI in Healthcare Agentic AI completes billing work end to end instead of waiting for clicks. What it does across the revenue cycle, how it differs from RPA and copilots, and which decisions should stay human. https://xehr.io/blog/ai-medical-scribe-guide/ https://xehr.io/blog/ai-medical-scribe-guide/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT AI in Healthcare AI medical scribes draft clinical notes from the conversation so providers can stop charting at night. How they work, where they fall short, the privacy questions to ask, and why the scribe should live inside your EHR. https://xehr.io/blog/cy-2027-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-proposed-rule/ https://xehr.io/blog/cy-2027-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-proposed-rule/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry News CMS proposed lower 2027 conversion factors, mainly because the temporary 2.5% increase for 2026 expires. The proposed numbers, why they fell, and how to prepare your fee schedule. https://xehr.io/blog/hipaa-security-risk-assessment-small-practice/ https://xehr.io/blog/hipaa-security-risk-assessment-small-practice/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Compliance Every practice that handles electronic patient data must complete a security risk analysis. What it is, how to do it with the free HHS SRA Tool, how long it takes, and what to do with the results. https://xehr.io/blog/hipaa-security-rule-mfa-update-status/ https://xehr.io/blog/hipaa-security-rule-mfa-update-status/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry News HHS proposed making multi-factor authentication mandatory under the HIPAA Security Rule, but the rule is not final. What the current rule says, what the proposal would change, and what practices should do now. https://xehr.io/blog/insurance-eligibility-verification-guide/ https://xehr.io/blog/insurance-eligibility-verification-guide/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Practice Management Eligibility and registration errors are the largest single cause of claim denials. What to verify before every visit, when to re-check, and how electronic verification takes the work off your front desk. https://xehr.io/blog/medicare-appeals-process/ https://xehr.io/blog/medicare-appeals-process/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Medical Billing A practical guide for billing teams to the five levels of Original Medicare appeals, the deadline at each level, when to correct a claim instead of appealing, and how to build an appeal that wins. https://xehr.io/blog/what-is-revenue-cycle-management/ https://xehr.io/blog/what-is-revenue-cycle-management/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Revenue Cycle Revenue cycle management is every step between scheduling a patient and collecting the final payment. The stages, the metrics that matter, where practices lose money, and how to choose RCM software or a service. https://xehr.io/blog/behavioral-health-ehr-software/ https://xehr.io/blog/behavioral-health-ehr-software/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Behavioral Health Treatment plans, outcome measures, telehealth, confidentiality and session-based billing. What a behavioral health practice should require from its EHR, and the questions to ask in a demo. https://xehr.io/blog/prior-authorization-automation/ https://xehr.io/blog/prior-authorization-automation/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Revenue Cycle Physicians and their staff spend about 13 hours a week on prior authorization. How automation changes each step, and the CMS rule dates that are already reshaping payer behavior. https://xehr.io/blog/what-is-fhir-ehr/ https://xehr.io/blog/what-is-fhir-ehr/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Interoperability FHIR is the modern standard for exchanging health records. What it is, why federal rules now depend on it, what it changes for your practice, and what to ask any EHR vendor about it. https://xehr.io/blog/how-to-reduce-claim-denials/ https://xehr.io/blog/how-to-reduce-claim-denials/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Medical Billing About 9% of hospital claims are denied the first time they are sent, and most denials are preventable. The most common causes, how to prevent each one, and how to work the denials you still get.