Behavioral Health Billing services
A person’s state of being and how their behaviors and choices affect their life constitute behavioral health. Behavioral health disorders are illnesses precipitated or perpetuated by conscious decisions, which individuals cannot resist the urge to repeat despite harmful consequences. Changing these compulsive behaviors directly influences one’s life.
The revenue from psychiatry services is directly correlated with prompt follow-up, account reimbursement, and billing. One of the most important considerations for medical service providers when it comes to the revenue side of the field is hiring a reliable medical billing services provider.
Your revenue cycle must be managed by a qualified and seasoned psychiatry billing provider. Because mental health medical codes are so complicated, invoicing for mental health services might be more difficult than billing for other specialties.
The Benefits of Outsourcing Behavioral Health Billing Services
Outsourcing billing services to behavioral health billing company offers numerous advantages for healthcare providers and facilities.
Minimized Billing Errors
State-of-the-art billing software will minimize or completely eradicate billing errors that cause payments to be delayed. Your data for analysis will also be improved by accurate charging.
Automated Verification Process
Inaccurate verification sometimes leads to the rejection of claims. Invoicing services can help you save time and increase accuracy on tasks that are better handled by an automated system. More significantly, you won't have to spend money training your employees on new coding standards.
Boost Profitability
By charging for services, a facility can lower operational expenses and increase cash flow. Professional billers figure out how to collect money with the least amount of stress on your facility and employees.
Increasing Productivity
By freeing up mental health professionals to focus on patient care, behavioral health billing outsourcing helps healthcare institutions and providers increase productivity and improve overall efficiency.
Enhancing Revenue Flow and Analytics
Medical billing companies ensure accurate coding, timely claims, and provide valuable analytics, leading to consistent reimbursements and facilitating informed financial decisions.
Denials at the Front End Dropped by 20%
Our group promises a 20% decrease in front-end denials, which will result in more efficient revenue cycle management.
Accessing Advanced Technology
Outsourcing grants access to advanced billing software and technologies, streamlining processes, enhancing data security, and improving reporting capabilities.
Filing Claims Timely
Efficient billing processes, including the prompt generation and submission of claims, ensure the timely filing of claims to maximize revenue and prevent unnecessary delays.
Our Free Additional Services
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We assist you in behavioral health billing solutions by providing some more extra services free of cost.
Authorization Services
We handle the necessary authorizations to ensure your Behavioral procedures are covered, reducing administrative hassles for your practice.
Eligibility Verification
We verify patients' eligibility for insurance coverage, so you can confirm their benefits and streamline billing, reducing the risk of claim rejections.
Benefits Verification
We check and confirm the benefits available to your patients, making sure you know what's covered and what's not, helping to prevent unexpected costs for your patients.
Differences Between Behavioral Health Billing and Medical Billing
The complexity of medical billing in the behavioral health domain surpasses that of other healthcare domains because of the distinct services, limitations, duration, and extent of treatment.
Standardized check ups with consistent time requirements are administered to all patients during normal medical examinations. These services are billed using a standardized, packaged procedure. Therapists and counselors treat patients very differently from other medical experts.
These variables present challenges in balancing effective treatment with timely and adequate reimbursement. Mental health practices are often small, with limited administrative support, leaving physicians to handle the cumbersome task of medical billing themselves.
Commonly Utilized CPT Codes in Behavioral Health Billing
90791: Conducting an intake session.
90837: Carrying out individual therapy sessions lasting 56 minutes or longer.
90847: Conducting couples or family therapy with the patient present.
90832: facilitating 30-minute-long individual therapy sessions.
90853: Offering interactive services for complexity within the framework of psychotherapy.
90853: providing services for group psychotherapy.
90834: Performing individual therapy sessions lasting between 45 to 55 minutes.
90846: Providing couples or family therapy in the absence of the patient.
90839: Administering crisis psychotherapy, 60 minutes (typically ranging from 30 to 74 minutes).
Common Challenges in Behavioral Health Billing Services
- Manual processes for managing claims: Manually processing claims can be error-prone and time-consuming.
- Inadequate Record-Keeping and Documentation
- Documentation mistakes
- Erroneous coding
- Inaccurate gathering of patient data
Why Choose Us for Behavioral & Mental Health Billing Services
Customizing Prices to Meet Your Needs
Efficient RCM for Behavioral Health
It takes more than simply psychiatric visits and counseling sessions to manage the revenue cycle for a mental health center. To guarantee strong revenue cycle management (RCM), a committed group of specialists is required.
