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What’s the biggest billing challenge for mental health practices?

Denial of claims usually occurs, especially in a sensitive field like mental health treatment, due to simple issues such as the mismatch of the codes, lack of prior authorization, or erroneous patient information. The error can be significantly reduced by examining claims prior to their submission and monitoring payer-specific regulations. Developing a standard checklist for your employees also comes in handy. In case you have time and manpower constraints, outsourcing can simplify the entire revenue cycle of the business by hiring mental health billing services. This can take off your administrative burden, so you can focus on treating patients related to psychological conditions.