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Substance use and mental health challenges are deeply personal and complex, which is why there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to healing. Every individual’s story is unique, and so is their path to recovery. Embracing the fact that you or a loved one doesn’t have to fit into a specific mold can be incredibly empowering at the start of your journey.

When behavioral health providers think about cutting costs, outsourcing billing may not be the first thing that comes to mind. After all, doing billing in-house certainly looks cheaper on paper, especially for smaller practices. However, managing billing on your own often leads to revenue leakage, inefficiency, and stress, causing you to lose money.

This week, Central Texas was struck by catastrophic flash flooding that began over the July 4th holiday. To date, it has tragically claimed 120 lives and has left over 180 people missing, many of them children at overnight camps. The scale of devastation—as much as 20 inches of rainfall and rivers rising 20-30 feet within minutes—has rattled communities across Kerr County and beyond.

In substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, the primary focus is delivering compassionate, evidence-based care that helps clients heal and thrive. But behind the scenes, there’s another crucial piece that makes this possible: clinical documentation.

Cigna just rolled out six new AI-powered tools on their myCigna portal to make healthcare—especially behavioral health billing—a whole lot smoother. These tools are designed to make everyday health insurance tasks, such as looking up coverage details, estimating out-of-pocket costs, and locating in-network providers, simpler and more user-friendly.