What this checklist covers
The checklist gives behavioral health leaders a structured way to score common revenue cycle checkpoints and prioritize the lowest-scoring areas.
1
Provider readiness
Participation, effective dates, locations, and billing arrangements.
2
Authorization
Dates, units, codes, servicing providers, and expiration alerts.
3
Denials & A/R
Root causes, next actions, owners, and follow-up dates.
4
Reporting
Exception dashboards and corrective action visibility.
Use it before your next review
- Score each area from 0 to 2
- Identify high-risk and moderate-risk sections
- Prioritize your three lowest-scoring areas
- Assign owner, next action, and due date