Start an ABA Revenue Cycle Management Firm

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   Master ABA-specific billing, not generic medical billing

   This is distinct from the behavioral-health RCM firm card in this bank; it is ABA-only. ABA billing runs on time-based CPT codes (97151, 97153, 97155, 97156), per-payer authorized-hour limits, and payer-specific documentation rules that produce denials generic billers miss. A documented case study shows an ABA RCM firm lifting a single client's monthly collections by 41.6 percent purely by resolving duplicate-claim denials and correcting payer-specific documentation gaps, with no change to clinical care. That depth of payer-specific expertise is the entire product.

2. 2

   Build compliant billing operations

   Stand up the systems and staff to submit clean claims, track authorizations, work denials, and reconcile payments across commercial, Medicaid, and TRICARE. You are handling protected health information, so HIPAA compliance, Business Associate Agreements, security, and audit trails are foundational. Reliable operations and clean claims are what let you actually move a client's collections, which is what you are paid for.

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   Price on percentage of collections

   The standard model is a percentage of what you collect, which aligns your incentive with the clinic's, though flat-fee arrangements exist. A percentage model means you earn more as you recover more, and it lets clinics pay you out of money you found for them. Set the percentage to reflect the complexity of ABA claims and the payers involved, and be transparent that results depend on the clinic's own documentation and caseload, not a guaranteed lift.

4. 4

   Land clinics drowning in denials

   Your buyers are ABA clinic owners, usually clinicians who never wanted to run a billing department and are losing money to denials and unbilled authorized hours. Sell on the concrete cost of their current denial rate versus the collections you can recover. A short paid audit that surfaces recoverable revenue is a strong entry point, because owners believe results they can see in their own aging report.

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   Scale on expertise and reputation

   In a connected industry, clinic owners talk, and a firm that visibly improves collections earns referrals. Standardize your payer-specific playbooks so quality holds as you add clients and staff, and deepen expertise as payers change rules. The moat is accumulated, ABA-specific payer knowledge that generic billers and new entrants do not have.

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Best for: Medical billers and ABA operations people who can master payer-specific ABA claims

Not for: Not for generalist billers who want to treat ABA like any other specialty; the whole value is ABA-specific payer depth, and without it you add nothing. Not for anyone unwilling to carry real HIPAA and BAA obligations, because a compliance failure with protected health information ends the business.