DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 10 (October)

Defend against reduced payments, denials for mental health services

Don’t let your primary care practice be underpaid for the mental health services you provide to your patients — a pitfall that can be all too easy to fall prey to, say billing experts. Report your patients’ co-morbidities first and look to billing E/M codes based on time for counseling mental health patients in order to capture all of your appropriate Medicare reimbursements.
 
 

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