A set of slides accompanying the video tutorial: https://therathink.com/mental-health-billing-how-to-video/ How to bill mental health claims faster! by TheraThink.com

1. Faster Billing
Pro Tips from TheraThink Billing Service

2. Optimize Your Mental Health Billing
3 Best Practices
Hiccups to Avoid
Problem Solving
Video Screencast of this Presentation:
therathink.com/mental-health-billing-how-to-video/

3. 3 Best Practices
#1: Pre-Verify Eligibility & Benefits
-- the 80% of the 80%
#2: Always PhotoCopy Everything
#3: Always Record Call Reference ID

4. Pre-Verification Guide
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never-get-denied-claims/
1. Prep all information
2. Call and skip lines
3. Verify your information
4. Verify new patient benefits
5. Verify claims address
6. Reference ID

5. Backups: SmartPhone Photo Copies
80/20: If you have a smartphone, take a front and back photo the following:
● insurance cards, demographic information questionnaires, about info
● all EOBs
● all paper claims filed
● all checks received
Please, just make sure you do not have photo sharing or public photo albums
enabled on your phone!
If no smartphone, use a scanner or photocopy machine.

6. Your Call Log
● Date
● Company + Number
● Time Called
● Rep First Name
● Content of Call
● Outcome of Call
● Call Reference ID

7. Hiccups to Avoid
#1: Provider ←→ Insurance Co Information
#2: SubContracted Insurance Coverage
#3: New Patient Follow Up

8. Solving Problem Claims
How to Skip Insurance
Co Automated Systems
Appeals & Phone
Call Reference IDs

9. If you found something helpful..
Share this information with someone who you
think would benefit from learning a thing or two.
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