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Billing
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Medicaid & Medicare: A Legal Blog
CMS Targets Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for Complex Medical Record Review
What the Audit Covers CMS has added Recovery Audit topic 4A346, “Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Medical Necessity and Documentation Requirements,” to its complex review program. Basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) treats…
Actionstep Blog
Where billable time disappears in law firms
By Andrea Prien
Why time capture is a workflow problem According to Bloomberg Law’s 2025 Survey, law firms lose an estimated $150,000 in revenue per lawyer each year to billable work that’s done…
California Attorney's Fees
Hourly Rates: 2026 8am Survey Shows That Hourly Rates Are Still Prevalent For U.S. Small And Midsize Firms
Hourly Rate Arrangements Eclipse Flat Rate Agreements By A Substantial Margin. 8 am, on October 22, 2026, issued the 8am SMB Law Billing and Payments Report (available on the Internet)—based…
The Legal Wire
New 8am Data Finds Hourly Billing Outpaces Flat Fees 4-to-1 Among SMB Law Firms
The 8am SMB Law Billing and Payments Report reveals law firms are getting paid more reliably, but billing growth isn’t coming from higher rates AUSTIN, TEXAS (October 22, 2026) —…
Rivkin Rounds
$500 Million Fraud Case Highlights Continued Scrutiny of COVID-19 Testing
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 24 that the Chief Operating Officer of Fast Lab Technologies, LLC pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection…
Horizons
Intapp Time: 18 years of AI capture, one AI-native foundation
By Colin McKee
AI is coming to the legal market at an unprecedented rate, bringing plenty of opinions and noise along with it. While much of what the market is sharing is genuinely…
PracticePanther Blog
Tips & Tricks to Reduce Clicks: Automate Task Creation and Manage Batch Billing
Now available on-demand! With so many ways to customize PracticePanther, every firm manages casework, handles billing, and builds reports a little differently. Chances are there are a few time-saving features…
Business of Law
The billable hour is not the first thing AI changes
By Ken Erwin
Before AI changes the billable hour, it exposes how legal work gets done. Learn why process visibility and client value should come before pricing redesign.
My Shingle
The One About Passing AI Costs Through to Clients
Welcome to the Inaugural MyShingle Ethics Opinion. Regulators aren’t providing guidance quickly enough, and while large firms have access to in-house ethics advisors, solos and smalls don’t. The MyShingle Ethics…
Legal Futures Blog
When AI becomes a line on the client’s bill
Posted by Eduard Grigoryan, general counsel of Legal Futures Associate Codified StrategyGrigoryan: Who will own the relationship?On 23 June, Legora changed how it charges.The Swedish-built platform, formerly Leya, now used…