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The Medonix blog publishes practitioner-written articles on medical coding, denial management, payer negotiations, compliance updates, and revenue cycle operations. Every post is authored by a credentialed RCM operator or subject-matter expert, reviewed by a senior leader, and dated for visible review cadence.
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- Compliance
NCQA cut your credentialing window by 33%. Most US practices aren't ready, and payers won't wait.
NCQA shortened credentialing turnaround timelines by 33% in 2025, and Joint Commission audit-trail standards tighten in January 2026. What changed, why most US practices are behind, and the five-step playbook to close the gap this quarter.
MCMark Chen, JD 6 minMay 13, 2026
- Denials & A/R
How disciplined denial workflows cut write-offs by 63%
A walkthrough of the denial workflow that powers Medonix denial recovery, including CARC categorization, payer-specific scrub rebuilds, and the senior-coder appeal review loop.
KMKarina Martinez, CRCR 12 minApril 22, 2026
- Coding
Clean-claim rate benchmarks across 35 specialties (2026)
A synthesis of MGMA published specialty benchmarks with anonymized observations from Medonix's founding U.S. client cohort. The healthy range, the long tail, and the specialty-by-specialty story behind the numbers.
DPDr. Priya Shah, MD 9 minApril 15, 2026
- Compliance
No Surprises Act: 2026 enforcement update for U.S. providers
The 2026 enforcement changes, the open questions on IDR arbitration timing, and what changed in good-faith estimate requirements that practices need to update this quarter.
MCMark Chen, JD 7 minApril 8, 2026
- Operations
Switching billing vendors without losing a dollar of revenue
A practitioner guide to vendor migration: how to scope a parallel run, what to put in writing about A/R handover, and the seven things that go wrong if you skip the audit.
KMKarina Martinez, CRCR 14 minMarch 30, 2026
- Reimbursement
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) billing: 2026 reimbursement guide
CPT 99453, 99454, 99457, 99458 mechanics for 2026, what changed in device-supply requirements, and the documentation standards that survive a payer audit.
DEDr. Emily Reed 11 minMarch 22, 2026
- Operations
A CFO's checklist for value-based care readiness
The operational capabilities a practice needs before signing a value-based contract: HCC coding, quality-measure capture, attribution tracking, and the reporting cadence to back it.
MCMark Chen, JD 10 minMarch 15, 2026
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Every article on the Medonix blog carries an AAPC- or AHIMA-credentialed author byline (or a clinician, attorney, or payer-side specialist for topic-specific posts), a senior reviewer sign-off with a visible review date, and a primary-source citation list. We do not publish anonymous, AI-generated, or ghostwritten content under operator bylines. If a piece cites a benchmark, the source (CMS, MGMA, HFMA, AAPC, or peer-reviewed journal) is named inline.
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