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What is a PTAN: Billing Medicare for Mental Health Therapists
PTAN is an acronym for Provider Transaction Access Number, but really it’s a unique identifier you get when you become credentialed with Medicare Part B as a mental health therapist. Your Medicare contract will have your PTAN written within the first few pages. You need to write it down, take a photo of it with […]
How Do I Know My Contracted Rate as a Mental Health Therapist?
Many of our providers will ask us what their contracted rate is for each insurance company that they’re in network with, or working with out of network. This is an important but unfortunately disappointing fact to reveal: we cannot know the exact amount of a reimbursement until that reimbursement has been made, checks have been […]
Understanding Mental Health Insurance: Part 4 – How to Apply and Get Contracted with Insurance Panels
We’ve actually created a PDF report on exactly how to apply and get contracted with behavioral health insurance companies. Shoot us your info below and we’ll send you a copy via email. Thanks! -Denny
Understanding Mental Health Insurance: Part 2 – How to Read Mental Health EOBs (Explanation of Benefits)
This short video screencast will use real explanation of benefit documents to reveal how to read and understand mental health EOBs. You keep getting them in the mail and they might as well be written in hieroglyphics. Mental health EOBs aren’t actually overly complex, they just require knowing how the math works out. Watch our […]
How to Negotiate a Raise with Mental Health Insurance Panels
Getting a Raise This private practice business guide will teach mental health practioners how to negotiate a raise and increase their income with behavioral health insurance panels. If you are not on insurance panels, learn how to apply and get accepted here. Like with any job, employees who over-preform for their company deserve higher wages. […]
Mental Health Insurance Credentialing: Case Study
Watch the live video case-study below that shows you How to Find Mental Health Insurance Panels and apply for Cigna Behavioral Health (and other insurance panels too). You can also review our text-guide for How to Get Contracted with Insurance Companies for Mental Health Providers which will walk you through what behavioral health insurance panels want […]
