The Digital Medicine Revolution – Seeing Your Patients Through a Screen… and the Price of Poor Clinical Charting
How the 98000 Digital Medicine CPT Code Family, Telehealth Psychiatry, and Documentation Standards Are Reshaping Behavioral Healthcare The future of behavioral healthcare is digital. The future of reimbursement depends on documentation. Telehealth is no longer a temporary pandemic solution. It has become a permanent part of behavioral healthcare delivery. 2025 brought in new options for […]
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Complete Guide to Treatment, Insurance Coverage, Prior Authorization, and Patient Access
A New Hope for Patients Living with Depression For millions of Americans, depression is far more than feeling sad. It can make everyday tasks feel impossible, strain relationships, interfere with work, and diminish quality of life. While antidepressant medications and psychotherapy help many individuals, approximately one-third of patients never achieve full remission despite multiple medication […]
Understanding CIS+ Psychiatric Respite: Hawaii Medicaid’s New Opportunity to Improve Behavioral Health Outcomes
Beginning January 1, 2026, Hawaii’s Med-QUEST Division expanded the Community Integration Services (CIS) program into Community Integration Services Plus (CIS+), introducing an important new benefit known as Medical Respite. One of the most significant additions for behavioral health providers is Psychiatric Respite, a short-term Medicaid benefit designed to help eligible members safely recover from acute […]
The Telehealth Landscape Is Changing Again: What Behavioral Health Providers Need to Know Through 2027
For nearly six years, telehealth has transformed the way behavioral health providers deliver care. Psychotherapy, psychiatric medication management, substance use treatment, and integrated behavioral health services all experienced unprecedented growth through virtual care. Now, the landscape is beginning to shift. While Hawaii has continued to protect access to behavioral health services through expanded telehealth legislation, […]
Celebrate Our New Website with a Limited-Time Offer!
Celebrate Our New Website with a Limited-Time Offer! To celebrate the launch of the new Access Revenue Hawaii website, we’re excited to offer 50% OFF our one-time onboarding fee for new behavioral health providers and facilities that enroll during this promotional period. Whether you’re: Our Hawaii-based team can help simplify your revenue cycle while providing […]
Act 93, Hawaii, finally ushers in an Associate License Model
Act 93 Update: Associate Licensure Continues to Take Shape Implementation of Hawaii’s Act 93 continues to evolve as payers, licensing boards, and provider organizations work through the operational impacts of the new associate licensure pathways for post-graduate master’s-level behavioral health professionals. Several Hawaii health plans have begun outlining their anticipated approaches. HMSA HMSA has begun […]
New CCS MCO The Treatment Center Dilemma
AlohaCare to Assume CCS Administration for Ohana Health Plan Beginning in October 2026, AlohaCare will assume administration of the Community Care Services (CCS) program currently managed for Ohana Health Plan. Although many operational details are still being finalized, several important changes have already emerged. Outpatient Providers For routine outpatient behavioral health providers, the most notable […]