The units were gone before anyone looked
Sessions delivered against exhausted, expired or wrong authorizations cost you in full and pay you nothing. There is no appeal, because there is nothing to appeal against. Here is what it costs and five checks you can run this week.
Who owns the authorization calendar
In most ABA practices the answer is nobody, which is why sessions get delivered against expired authorizations. Here is what the ownership actually involves, and the one report that turns it into a ten-minute weekly job.
Re-authorization is a revenue event, not an admin task
The gap between an authorization expiring and the next one arriving is a period where you are either not delivering or delivering for free. Here is what it costs per client per week, and why it belongs on a cash forecast.
The three authorization errors that survive every audit
Wrong code, wrong span, wrong units per week. Each one looks completely fine on the face of the approval document, and each one produces sessions you cannot bill. Here is how to spot them at intake, and five checks you can run this week.