Tyler Schow, Author at BreezyNotes EHR

5 Basic Insurance Terms for Therapists Explained

28.04.2017 Blog, Helping You, Private Practice Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

With health insurance comes a lot of complicated terms and concepts. We understand it can be overwhelming and frustrating. That's why we offer professional billing services that take care of all this complicated insurance nonsense for you. But even if you take advantage of our cost-effective billing...

Pro Tips: View Your Practice’s Collections by Provider

18.04.2017 Pro Tips

You've probably used our collections report to see your practice's open balances. A month ago, we showed you can separate open balances by age to see how long they've gone unpaid. Now with our most recent version of BreezyNotes, you can view your collections report for...

Pro Tips: Send Taxonomy Code to Insurance Payer In 3 Steps

04.04.2017 Pro Tips

Some payers are now requiring a Billing Provider Specialty code (also called a Taxonomy code) included in Box 33a of the CMS1500. That's the form that is sent every time you click "Save, Sign & Submit". But don't worry about that insurance jargon. If this is...

Pro Tip: Quickly See How Long Your Invoices Have Gone Unpaid

21.03.2017 Pro Tips

[caption id="attachment_4127" align="alignright" width="300"] With the aging columns, invoice balances are separated by how long they have gone unpaid.[/caption] You've probably used our collections report to see the open balances for each of your clients. But did you know you can separate the open balances by age...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Outsources Behavioral Health to Magellan: What Providers Need to Know

16.03.2017 Blog, Helping You, News, News and Interest

Recently, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota announced that they will hand over management of their behavioral health plans to Magellan Health. According to Blue Cross, Magellan has a, “unique vision of integrated, quality care - and 40 years of experience offering behavioral and specialty health...

Pro Tips: Add an Interactive Complexity (or any Other) Billing Code

06.03.2017 Pro Tips

One of the most common add-on CPT codes in behavioral health is Interactive Complexity (90785). When a client encounter requires greater-than-usual effort a therapist can add this CPT code to the standard mental health billing codes (This APA guide outlines its use). How would you add a second CPT...

How to Find Free Images for Your Behavioral Health Practice

02.03.2017 Blog, Helping You, Private Practice Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

You’ve almost reached the finish line. Your therapy clinic has a fantastic website design, social media content ready to go and marketing materials written. But you’re missing something: images. It may seem like a small thing, but having high quality images on your marketing materials...

1st Anniversary of Trade Winds Weekly Digest

17.02.2017 Blog, Helping You, News

Not long after BreezyNotes EHR's first birthday, we have another milestone to celebrate: Today marks the one year anniversary of Trade Winds Weekly Digest, BreezyNotes EHR's carefully curated digest of the most relevant behavioral healthcare news. Saving therapists time and sanity [caption id="attachment_1898" align="alignright" width="267"] Click above to...

Pro Tips: Change an Encounter’s Date of Service

08.02.2017 Pro Tips

We’ve all done it: You set an encounter, write your note and then realize the appointment is set to the wrong date. It’s a small mistake that could get you in some hot water when it comes time to bill insurance. Changing an Encounter’s Date of...

Why NOT Take Insurance? (According to Therapists in Private Practice)

02.02.2017 Blog, Helping You, Private Practice Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized