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Manually Add a Billing Code to a Blank Fee Sheet

30.11.2016 Billing, Support Posts

Sometimes you need to manually add a code to a fee sheet. This occurs most often when you are transferring balances from previous EHR/Billing systems (more on that here). These instructions are for adding a code manually to a blank Fee Sheet. For interactive complexity or adding...

Adding a “Balance Forward” from a Previous EHR or Billing System

30.11.2016 Billing, Support Posts

If you are just transitioning to BreezyNotes, what do you do with client balances from your previous system? Transferring a balance involves creating a Fee Sheet and applying the appropriate Balance Forward (BALFWD) code to it. There are a few key factors involved: Are they active...

What to do with a Failed Claim in Office Ally

30.11.2016 Billing, Support Posts

If you get an email from Office Ally indicating that a claim has failed, there are a few steps you can take. First - log in to Office Ally. Then: 1. Get File Summary This let's you download a text file so you can see details of the submission Office...

CMS Updates ICD-10-CM Codes Effective October 1, 2016, DSM-5 Also Receives Update

28.09.2016 Blog, Helping You, News

CMS is changing a number of ICD-10 codes to take effect on October 1, 2016. This is the first update to the ICD-10 codebase since 2010. Most changes relate to specifiers, but a number of them are modifications of the ICD-10 codes themselves. Some of the...

Excerpts From APA 2016: #Jimsights & the Filing Cabinet Backpack

05.08.2016 Blog, Conferences

We've been having a blast at the 2016 American Psychological Association annual convention! Of course, we're happy we've gotten to talk to a lot of clinicians about BreezyNotes EHR. But in addition to that, our founder, Jim Jonas, LICSW, LMFT, has learned quite a bit from...

What is Congress’s $250M Behavioral Health Proposal All About?

24.03.2016 Blog, News and Interest, People

When behavioral health was left behind in Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for meaningful use, our industry felt snubbed. Now with mental health taking hold in the national consciousness, we are happy to hear some members of congress trying to fix that, at least in...

What a $500M Request in Obama’s 2017 Budget Means for Mental Health Services

09.02.2016 Blog, News, News and Interest

Mental Health has made it to the national stage in a real and a meaningful way. President Barack Obama’s 2017 budget includes a request for $500 million in “new mandatory funding” for mental health services. Here’s the full text of the request: Expanding Access to Mental Health...

BreezyNotes Founder Presenting at Private Practice Workshop

07.01.2016 BreezyNotes Facts, Events, Fun, News

BreezyNotes Founder and Chief Manager, Jim Jonas, will be presenting at the four-session Building and Growing a Private Practice workshop. Jim, who is also Director of The Jonas Center, will cover Clinical and Administrative considerations in the fourth of four session on February 16 at 1 p.m. Mental...

Register a Diagnosis for the Client (CTSS)

02.01.2016 CTSS, Support Posts

Basic Steps to Completing and Billing a Diagnostic Assessment 1. Schedule the Diagnostic Assessment Appointment on the Calendar 2. Start the Diagnostic Assessment from the Forms Dropdown in the Client's Chart 3. Select the Client's Diagnosis 4. Bill the Claim With the Progress Note Associated with the Appointment on...

Adding a Client

01.01.2016 CTSS, IEP, Support Posts

Adding a client is easy. Just click the green "+ Add / Search Client" button in the top, left corner of the BreezyNotes window. Click "+ Add/Search Client" button in the top left corner Check the Boxes of the Sections you Need to Complete For client's...