The answer is definitely no. Your contracted rate is agreed upon when signing your each contract you have with each insurance company. We’ve had providers demand that they be paid more as a result of our services. This is a fruitless request. The allowed amount is agreed upon as a result of the contract signed […]
3 Free Tools To Automate Your Private Practice: Google Voice [Phone], Doodle [Scheduling], and Square [Payment Processing]
This short article will point you in the direction of three free tools to automate your private practice! You’ll be able to register a free business line, automate your patient scheduling, and take credit card payments on your smart phone! You shouldn’t have to manager every damn second of your private practice. These three tools […]
United Health Care 45 vs 60 Minute Session Policy
Just a quick post about United Health Care, Optum, and United Behavioral Health Plans and how they are handling CPT codes 90834 vs 90837. All Optum, UBH, and UHC plans will automatically approve CPT code 90834 (45 – 55 minute individual therapy sessions) without authorization. But you’ll now need to obtain authorization for individual sessions […]
United Health Care, Optum, United Behavioral Health – What’s The Deal?
This short article will explain how these insurance companies relate, what questions to ask to make sure you’re in network, and how to file claims. Please note: YOU ARE NOT ON THE UHC WEBSITE United Health Care (UHC), Optum, and United Behavioral Health (UBH) are all “Optum” companies which handle mental health claims. All of […]
How to Verify Eligibility and Benefits for Mental Health Providers [with Scripts]
This short guide will teach you how to prevent mental health insurance claim denials from happening, why they happen most often, and the scripts to use to prevent rejected claims in the future. Denied claims are the plague of mental health practitioners who take insurance. “You did a great job in therapy.. but we’re not […]
How to Skip Insurance Phone Systems and Speak to a Representative [2016 Edition]
Another short and simple tidbit from TheraThink’s expertise! If you know you need to get directly to a rep to ask questions, you can try the following three techniques to skip the “IVR” (automated phone system) and get directly to a human. Start saying “help” and “representative”. Often the phone system will ask you to […]
Ideal Days & Times to Call Insurance Companies for Mental Health Providers [2016 Edition]
This will be a short and sweet blog post relaying our expertise to you folks! When should you call insurance companies? The best way to answer this question is actually: when should you not call insurance companies! Avoid Calling Insurance Companies on: Monday Friday Avoid Calling Insurance Companies During These Hours: 11am – 1pm First thing in […]
How to Get Started with TheraThink’s Billing Service
This short article will teach you the basics step to get started working with TheraThink. We’ll help you handle any and all of your mental health insurance claims, filing daily, with eligibility and benefits verification for free. Drop us a line or call us directly: 206.923.8954 New Get started guide Ready to reduce that billing […]
How to Bill Out of State Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
In this brief article, you’ll learn how we at TheraThink always handle eligibility and benefits verification as well as claims filing for new patients with Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plans filing from an out of state plan. We’ll teach you what questions to ask and how to always file correctly for these tricky plans! […]
Ketamine for Suicidal Depression – A Breakthrough In Mental Health Treatment or an Addictive Substance?
It seems as if low-dose Ketamine has a temporary but powerful ability to inhibit suicidal thoughts in at-risk, deeply depressed patients. Yet the lasting effects of this new “wonder drug” for depression are temporary, with relapse occurring with one week. Perhaps this may be a new, powerful intervention to help patients who are on the […]
