Mental Health Coding: Stay Away From Denials

Denials and delays are increasingly common responses from Medicare

, managed care and insurance companies for behavioral health claims and requests for payment. Procedure code and policy changes have complicated the reimbursement process for all psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, counselors and clinical nurse specialists.

So if you want to keep your reimbursements flowing in the coming year and your mental health practice healthy, sign up for mental health coding audio conference.

When you register yourself for one, youll identify and use all current and new procedure codes for mental health services, discuss problem areas of documentation for mental health services, get to know the documentation required to support reimbursement, apply Medicare rules and payment policy, apply Medicare rules for clinical psychologist and clinical social worker services, and discuss reimbursement strategies for inpatient and partial hospital services.

Onboard such a conference, you even stand to learn to outline procedures for conducting internal review of coding and documentation.

Whats more, even if you miss out on a scheduled mental health coding conference, you can always fall back on CDs and PDF transcript of the same. You can even attend the conference from the comforts of your office or meeting room without having to travel the distance. This will not only save you time but money too.

And the best part of attending such a conference is that you even stand to acquire CEUs to keep your certification up and running. So sign up for one today and see the difference it brings to your mental health practice.

by: angela martin

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