Airstream Consulting Group — InsightsBehavioral health revenue cycle, billing, denials, and AI insights from Airstream Consulting Group.https://airstream.ai/en-usThe UnitedHealthcare Medicaid Lawsuit: Why It Matters for Behavioral Health Revenuehttps://airstream.ai/insights/unitedhealthcare-medicaid-lawsuit-behavioral-health/https://airstream.ai/insights/unitedhealthcare-medicaid-lawsuit-behavioral-health/Massachusetts sued UnitedHealthcare for allegedly inflating member acuity to overbill Medicaid. Here's why this case quietly changes the rules of behavioral health denials — and what to do about it.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPayersDenialsMedical NecessityComplianceBehavioral Health Revenue Cycle KPIs: The 8 Metrics That Matterhttps://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-revenue-cycle-kpis/https://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-revenue-cycle-kpis/The behavioral health revenue cycle KPIs every treatment center should track — clean claim rate, denial rate, days in A/R, net collection rate, and more, with target benchmarks.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKPIsAnalyticsRCMAI in Medical Billing: How Automation Cuts Denials and Speeds Cashhttps://airstream.ai/insights/ai-medical-billing-automation/https://airstream.ai/insights/ai-medical-billing-automation/How AI and automation are transforming medical billing for behavioral health — denial prediction, eligibility automation, document AI, and agentic workflows that recover revenue.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIAutomationRCMMedical Necessity & Concurrent Review in Behavioral Health (ASAM Explained)https://airstream.ai/insights/medical-necessity-behavioral-health/https://airstream.ai/insights/medical-necessity-behavioral-health/How medical necessity and concurrent utilization review work in behavioral health, how ASAM criteria drive coverage decisions, and how to document care so payers keep paying.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMedical NecessityUtilization ReviewASAMReducing Claim Denials in Behavioral Health: A Denial Management Playbookhttps://airstream.ai/insights/reducing-claim-denials-behavioral-health/https://airstream.ai/insights/reducing-claim-denials-behavioral-health/A step-by-step denial management playbook for behavioral health — how to categorize denials, win appeals, prevent recurrence, and recover underpayments.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDenialsAppealsBehavioral HealthBehavioral Health Billing: CPT Codes, Modifiers & Getting Paid in 2026https://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-billing-codes/https://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-billing-codes/A clear guide to behavioral health billing — common CPT and HCPCS codes by level of care, the modifiers that trip up claims, and the documentation that gets you paid.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBillingCodingBehavioral HealthBehavioral Health Revenue Cycle Management: The Complete 2026 Guidehttps://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-revenue-cycle-management/https://airstream.ai/insights/behavioral-health-revenue-cycle-management/A practical, end-to-end guide to behavioral health revenue cycle management (RCM) — how it works, where treatment centers lose money, the KPIs that matter, and how AI is changing it.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTRCMBehavioral HealthDenialsStrategy