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CMS Doubled the Billing Codes for Psychological Testing: How to Navigate Them

14.01.2020 Blog, Helping You, Private Practice Tips & Tricks

It’s been almost a year since CMS rolled out new requirements for billing psychological testing services. Before there were only two CPT codes you could use: 96101 per hour with a psychologist or 96102 per hour of a technician’s time. It was the same for...

6 Insurance Questions to Ask Before Billing for Telehealth (Updated)

26.04.2018 Blog, Helping You, Private Practice Tips & Tricks

Updated March 2020 You’ve probably heard about all the exciting possibilities of telehealth by now: It’s is a promising new method of delivering therapy, allowing you to expand your geographic reach and make it easier for clients to reach you more easily! But we’re not talking about...

Appointment Reminder Text Messages DO Reduce No-Shows! But How Much? Are They Worth It?

29.03.2018 Blog, Helping You

Running a behavioral health practice, you know no-shows cost you time and money. No-Show DABDA is time better spent on other things. And depending on your Cancellation Policy, you could lose all or part of your session fee! Providers or staff can call or text clients...

CMS Exempts Small Practices from Quality Reporting, Expands Tele-Psychotherapy

09.11.2017 Blog, Helping You, News

[caption id="attachment_4332" align="alignright" width="240"] Seema Verma, administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Copyright ©2016 GreatAgain.gov, CC BY 4.0[/caption] In June, we let you know that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services planned to exempt some small behavioral health practices from grueling and expensive quality...

Glitch Cancels Some Medicare Part B Claims. Is Yours One of Them?

06.10.2017 Blog, Helping You

If you're a Medicare Part B provider, you may need to delay billing some open balances until October 6 due to a glitch with a Medicare contractor. Learn if you're affected and what you need to do: Who's affected? Medicare Part B providers who bill clients with...

BlueCross BlueShield-Magellan Update: Blue Cross Delays Credentialing Transition

24.07.2017 Blog, Helping You, News

[caption id="attachment_4394" align="alignright" width="400"] "Delayed" Copyright © 2007 Jordiet. Edited slightly. CC BY-SA 2.0[/caption] In a previous blog post, we let you know that BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota decided to outsource its behavioral health division to Arizona-based Magellan Health. As was planned, Magellan began managing behavioral...

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...

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...

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...

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