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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...

Welcome to our new Communications Specialist, Tyler Schow!

08.02.2016 Blog, News, People

We’re excited to announce the addition of some wonderful talent to the BreezyNotes team. Tyler Schow, who wowed us as an intern last year, is taking on the position of Communications Specialist. “From day one, Tyler fit right in at BreezyNotes,” says BreezyNotes COO Paul Jonas....

Farewell to Meaningful Use

04.02.2016 Blog, Position

[caption id="attachment_1561" align="alignright" width="214"] Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.[/caption] Like many of you, we were glad to learn that Meaningful Use, while good in concept, is going away “as it has existed.” And while there's very little information about what’s...

Issuing a Refund

17.01.2016 Billing, Payments, Support Posts

Sometimes a client overpays for a session. When you need to reimburse the client, you can issue a refund by utilizing our takeback column: Go to Payments > Batch Enter the amount of the refund as a negative number in the "Payment Amount Field" Enter...

Submit a Claim without a Diagnosis

16.01.2016 Billing, Support Posts

Sometimes you run into situations when you need to submit a claim for a client before you have their diagnostic assessment completed. One such case is when you do a 90846 (Family Psychotherapy without Client). As such a rare occurence, this falls out of the...

Manually Add a Billing Code to an Encounter’s Fee Sheet

15.01.2016 Billing, Support Posts

Here's the process for adding a billing code like interactive complexity or travel time to an encounter before billing: Finish writing your note and click "Save & Sign."* After being redirected to the calendar, click the notepad icon again or select the DOS from the "Encounter...

Request to Receive Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)/835 Files in Office Ally

15.01.2016 Billing, Support Posts

You need to put in a request to each individual payer in order to receive electronic remittance advice ERA files (also called 835s) in your Office Ally account. To make that request: Visit the Office Ally Payer Enrollment Forms page. At the top of the list are the pre-filled multi-state payer...

Upload and Allocate Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) files (.835)

14.01.2016 Billing, Payments, Support Posts

Upload an ERA in BreezyNotes If you haven't already, you will need to download your ERA from your clearinghouse (tutorial for Ability). The first time you upload, you must first make sure Pop-Up Blockers are disabled for breezynotes.com. Disabling Pop-Up Blockers in Google Chrome (Two options) Version 1...

Add or Modify a CPT, ClientBilling, or ICD10 Code

13.01.2016 Billing, Support Posts

From time to time, you may need to add or change a CPT, ClientBilling or ICD-10 code in our Code List in BreezyNotes. This option is available under Administration > Codes. Each Type has a purpose: The "CPT" code list is made up of Insurance Billable codes...

Adding a CPT Code Modifier for Billing (Including EAP)

12.01.2016 Billing, Support Posts

Add a Modifier to a Single Encounter Click "Save and Sign" when you are done writing your note for the client whose claim needs the modifier. You will be returned to the Calendar. Click the notepad icon on the same session (The appointment should be...