5 Important steps to follow under medical billing services for mental health practices | Medphine

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5 Important steps to follow under medical billing
services for mental health practices
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Medical billing is in itself a complicated and
time taking process but when it comes to mental
health billing the things become further
complicated. The major reason why mental health
billing services differ from medical billing is
that medical billing is somewhat standardized and
varies only marginally from patient to patient
with basic tests and parameters remaining
standard.

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Important steps which a mental health practice
must follow for medical billing services are as
follows

• 1. Patient Check-in It is important to sort and
  enter detailed patient information at the time of
  check-in as it helps in insurance verification
  and minimizes further errors. Some practices as
  well as mental health billing companies use
  special mental or behavioral health billing
  software where patient information such as
  personal details, demographic information, etc.
• 2. Eligibility Verification Insurance
  eligibility verification is important for mental
  health billing as coverage and policies might
  vary in such cases which in the long term can
  lead to rejections.

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3. Medical Coding Medical coding is also
important in mental health billing as it involves
separate codes for therapy referral and
diagnostic services and any error in coding might
lead to rejection or non-payment. It involves
updating the system for a new or missing code for
a particular therapy. Medical coders refer to CPT
assistant as well as ICD-10 to verify and check
the codes for a procedure to cut down the errors.
How can Medphine.com help? Medphine offers
mental health billing services as it has all the
required experience and technology to deal with
the mental health billing process.
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