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Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health & SUD Treatment Credentialing

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Credentialing is the backbone of professional practice in mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. It refers to the rigorous process of verifying and validating a provider’s qualifications, licensure, training, and experience before they are allowed to deliver care or receive reimbursement.

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2024 - Most Commonly Used Addiction Treatment and Behavioral Health CPT Codes for Billing and Reimbursement

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When the CMS drops a new update to existing codes, it’s considered a “new codeset” - a shiny new box of codes that addiction treatment billers can use to communicate about services rendered with insurance payers. 

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2024 Update! Mastering CPT Codes for Residential Addiction Treatment Services: H0017, H0018, H0019

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also known as CMS, released their annual update to CPT/HCPCS codes on September 8th, 2023. 

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Secrets of Medicaid Billing for Addiction Treatment in Washington

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The Medicaid program in Washington State is nicknamed Apple Health. Washington Medicaid will reimburse for a wide variety of addiction treatment services.

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Medicaid Billing for Addiction Treatment in Georgia

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Learn what treatment service categories are covered under Georgia Medicaid, as well as some of the most common CPT codes you’ll encounter when billing Medicaid for addiction treatment services in Georgia. 

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Secrets of Billing Medicaid in Pennsylvania for Addiction Treatment Services

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Finding information about billing Medicaid for addiction treatment services in Pennsylvania can be difficult. This post contains some tips and tricks - as well as some handy resources - to point you in the direction of the answers you need. 

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Everything You Need to Know About Insurance Billing for Addiction Treatment in Pennsylvania 

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If you’re running an addiction treatment center, IOP program or any type of behavioral health concern in Pennsylvania, you know that addiction treatment billing in Pennsylvania is anything but straightforward.

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Understanding HCPCS and CPT Billing Codes for Addiction Treatment Detox : Inpatient, Residential, and Outpatient 

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Let’s dive into the most common addiction treatment detox HCPCS and CPT codes, what they mean, and when to use them.

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Comparing Bestnotes With Behave Health: Which EMR is Right for Your Addiction Treatment Facility?

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Take a look at how Bestnotes and Behave Health compare in terms of behavioral health EHR utility, value and ease of use.

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Answers to Your Top Questions About Addiction Treatment Billing in Illinois

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So, you’ve How to Open an Addiction Treatment Center in Illinois and now you’ve got questions about insurance billing in the state. Billing in Illinois is complicated, but it doesn’t have to be a mystery.

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Looking for the Expedited Appeal Line for Anthem, Inc. Addiction Recovery Claims?

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So you need to file an appeal on a claim decision from Anthem, Inc at your addiction treatment or behavioral health center but you’re not sure where to find the contact information necessary to do so?

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Here's How to Find the Addiction Treatment Billing Claims Address for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is still accepting paper billing claims from addiction treatment centers but they are NOT accepting all utilization management forms by mail.

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How to Find the Right Billing Claims Address for Addiction Treatment Patients with Cigna Health Insurance

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If you’re a behavioral health provider, you probably don’t actually want a billing claims address for Cigna at all.


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What's the Average Length of Stay Per Level of Care for Addiction Treatment Patients with Kaiser Foundation Health Plans?

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Although it is difficult to find information, especially current information, on the average length of stay Kaiser Foundation Health Plans will authorize for residential addiction treatment, there are some clues to be found in one 2018 report produced by the state of Oregon.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Aetna Precertification for Addiction Treatment Billing

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When it comes to addiction treatment, Aetna uses the terms precertification and preauthorization interchangeably. Aetna may also refer to this concept as Authorization, Certification, Prior authorization, or Pre-service utilization review .

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Here’s How to Fix Your Substance Abuse Billing Issues

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Step #1: Realize that substance abuse billing is rigged against addiction treatment providers.

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The Ultimate Addiction Treatment Medical Billing Glossary

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Working with medical billing isn’t the most exciting part of addiction treatment, but it is one of the most necessary parts of a successful business in the behavioral health field.

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It's Here! Behave Health App Connects Addiction Treatment Community's Favorite Software Solution to iPhone and Android

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We are very pleased to announce that the Behave Health App is now officially available - for free - at both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store!

The staff- and client-facing versions are both ready for you to download and explore.

Whether you access the app with an iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, you’ll enjoy the same easy-to-use, HIPAA-compliant, all-in-one software solution that’s simplifying operations and improving the bottom line of addiction treatment centers, recovery homes and behavioral health organizations across the country.

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Kick Your Addiction Treatment Center's Bad Debt to The Curb

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Bad debt is on the rise in the United States healthcare system and the addiction treatment community is feeling the squeeze.