Big Sky Billing & Office Management LLC

08/20/2026

🚨 Speaker Spotlight 🚨

Meet Betty A. Hovey, CEMA, CMRS, CPA-SA—healthcare consultant, author, educator, and industry leader with more than 35 years of experience.

Betty is nationally recognized for her expertise in medical auditing, compliance, coding, and practice management. Known for making complex topics easy to understand, she combines real-world experience with a touch of humor to create engaging and impactful learning experiences.

She is also the author of Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Health Care Practice Success and holds numerous industry certifications, making her a trusted resource for healthcare organizations navigating today's evolving regulatory landscape.

🎤 At , Betty will share practical insights drawn from decades of experience helping organizations improve compliance, efficiency, and revenue integrity.

If you're looking for expert guidance with real-world application, this is a session you won't want to miss 👀

08/20/2026

Your team is the heart of your practice.

When your staff feels supported, appreciated, and empowered to grow, everyone benefits, including your patients.

Here are five simple ways to build a stronger workplace in 2026:
✨ Celebrate achievements
🤝 Encourage teamwork
📚 Invest in professional growth
💬 Show appreciation
🌱 Foster a positive culture

Supporting your team isn't just good for morale...it's one of the best investments you can make in the future of your practice.

How does your clinic recognize and support its staff? We'd love to hear what's working for your team.

08/20/2026

As PTs take on expanded, primary-care roles, what are our professional and ethical obligations? Debra Gorman-Bader facilitates "Obligations of PTs with the Changing Roles" over breakfast round tables.

Sunday, Oct 11 · 8:00am · Missoula College.

A great, discussion-driven way to start the final day.

Annual Conference: Primary Care Summit in Montana · October 9–11, 2026 · Missoula College, 1205 E. Broadway St., Missoula, MT

Registration: https://www.aptamt.com/events.register/event/7137673A-F573-4763-BE27-D0C11D79C723

08/20/2026

ATTN Wyoming Providers!! Our Friends at Active Balance Physical Therapy, LLC are hiring!

‼️ We are growing and looking to add to our Physical Therapist Team!

📧 Send a resume and letter of interest to Lisa at [email protected].

08/20/2026

It’s the question we hear most. And we always answer it honestly because the answer isn’t always yes. 👇

Outsourcing billing makes sense when:

• Your internal team is overwhelmed and denials are growing
• You’re losing revenue to errors and no one has time to fix them
• A new provider is joining and credentialing needs to be managed
• You want better reporting and visibility into your revenue cycle
• Billing is taking your focus away from running your practice

It might not makes sense if:

→ You have a strong, experienced billing team with capacity
→ Your denial rate and Days in AR are already where they should be
→ You have specialty-specific billing complexity that requires deep internal knowledge

The honest truth? There no one-size-fits-all answer.

The right billing setup depends on your practice, your size, your specialty, your team, and your goals.

We’re not here to convince every practice to outsource. We are here to help you determine whether it’s worth the investment for yours.

08/13/2026

Your payer contract is one of the most important documents your practice has. We have noticed a lot of practices sign it and then never look at it again 🧐

You don’t have to take the first rate and offer you. And you truly don’t have to do it alone.

08/11/2026

What is a global period? 🤨

When a surgeon performs a procedure, CMS and most payers bundle related pre- and post- operative care into the procedure’s payment.

In can get quite confusing in surgical billing. Swipe through to see what you can bill and where practices typically go wrong 🫠

08/05/2026

In medical billing, organization is a revenue strategy.

When your files are a mess, your workflow suffers. When it suffers, claims are late. When claims are late, denials go up. When denials go up, revenue goes down↘️

It all starts with the basics:
• Credentialing documents filed and up to date
• Superbills reviewed and current
• Deadlines are on the calendar
• Eligibility checks before every visit
• AR reports pulled and reviewed regularly

You don’t need a perfect system. You need a consistent one.

Small organizational habits protect big revenue.

08/03/2026

Why should your practice care about this?

-> Incomplete records = documentation gaps = billing risk
-> Duplicate testing from poor data sharing = patient cost and payer scrutiny
-> Referral coordination is easier when records transfer automatically

Interoperability isn’t just a tech trend. It’s the direction healthcare administration is moving.