I’m often asked whether it’s better for therapists to hire a medical biller or to do it themselves. Happy to help with this and other related questions! But…there is a problem… Therapists tend to expect a definitive yes or no answer.
“In many ways, Medicare is much easier than private insurance, but it has a language all its own.” I say this a lot. Once you’re initiated into the Mysteries of Medicare, you’ll find that one HUGE advantage is almost NO
12 Enduring Myths in Mental Health Billing Why is it so difficult to find correct, CURRENT information about billing and insurance topics? I hear this all the time, I Found the Answer Online! It’s Not True? This can be a
Hello! It’s me again, Susan. Your Billing Buddy! Last time we talked about the clocks turning over to the New Year and Insurance deductibles, copays, and coinsurance starting all over again on January 1st. If you didn’t get a chance
means one thing to me: THOSE DARN DEDUCTIBLES! With most health plans, benefits renew on January 1. Yeah, the dial goes back to ZERO. It’s the most awful time of the year. Let’s begin by looking at what a deductible
If you’re billing insurance out of network, you will eventually receive faxes or emails like this:
A telehealth claim during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is submitted to the primary plan, a commercial plan that requires Place of Service (POS) code 02 or 10 and modifier -95. The claim applies to the deductible. The patient
A patient comes to you, says I have Medicare primary and then United Healthcare. You bill in that order, but are puzzled when Medicare denies the claim with the following reason code: CO-109: CLAIM/SERVICE NOT COVERED BY THIS PAYER/CONTRACTOR. Now
By now, we’ve all heard more than we probably want to about the No Surprises Act and Good Faith Estimates. But there is another part to the whole Consolidated Appropriations Act puzzle that concerns mental health professionals. Consolid…what? What we
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