Owing to its interdisciplinary nature – integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological, and social sciences relevant to health and illness – Behavior Medicine physicians hardly find time to manage their medical bills filed and reimbursed efficiently.
Alternatively, our Behavior Medicine Billing Advisory – comprising AAPC certified medical coders, who are proficient in generating diverse behavior medicine bills on advanced software such as Lytec, Medic, Misys, Medisoft, NextGen, IDX, etc., and applying specific CPT, ICD-10, & HCPCS; complying with HIPAA privacy norms; and processing the prepared bills with leading private insurance carriers such as United health, Wellpoint, Aetna, Humana, HCSC, Blue Cross Group, and Government sponsored Medicare and Medicaid as well – has been able fill in the void successfully, and ensure greater revenue generation for Behavior Medicine physicians, patient inflow and referrals, and medical efficiency.
Our medical billers in Seattle, WA have reduced the tedious and time consuming medical billing tasks which are responsible for the ultimate revenue collection. The experience of our billers and coders in streamlining Seattle, WA provider’s billing procedures so that they can devote more time, energy and resources in providing the highest level of patient care. These Biller’s leverage their technology as well as domain expertise in your specialty to service your practice better. Their expertise lies in:
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Seattle, a major city in the state of Washington in the northernmost part of the country has its fair share of healthcare reimbursement issues. Most clinics here suffer from long revenue cycle periods and denied claims.
Trained Billing professionals would be the ideal way to ensure optimized revenue cycles for Seattle physicians. Our billers and coders in and around Seattle are committed to assist you with all your insurance and patient billing needs of your practice.
Our billers apply their knowledge across healthcare to suit your billing processes and can offer end to end solution for your medical practice. If you are looking to streamline any of the below mentioned functions in your clinic, you may not have to look anywhere:
When a claim is partially paid or rejected, it is important that the explanation of the partial payment or rejection is understood by the Billing Professionals. It has been our experience that too few agents actually question why the claim benefit was administrated the way it was and leave it to the patient to follow up with the insurance companies. But not with our Billers in the Seattle area, they would go all the way to benefit your practice without making your patients upset.
From Renton to Seattle our Billers understand the effort of the state of Washington to reduce and detect fraud and insurance abuse, thus they implement the best Medical Billing and Coding practices and facilitate the Department of Social and Health Services. Your very own local Biller is aware of the Medicare and Medicaid programs run by the State, making them your best choice.
Explore the specialty, experience and software used by our Seattle Billers to match your requirement.
Many providers in Washington are exploring various options of optimizing their billing and medical billing process by hiring specialists locally. These physicians expect their specialists to handle their medical billing and be involved with any day to day operations.
They can help you streamline your medical billing process by customizing the services which will ultimately decrease your efforts and increase your productivity. These certified Medical Billing Specialists are located in major cities like Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver and Bellevue and provide services such as:
Our billing advisory has been able to cater to a majority of Behavior Medicine professionals comprising of psychologists, physicians, and qualified nurses by employing a comprehensive billing and coding approach that covers the whole gamut of behavior medicine procedures including:
A thorough knowledge of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system covering the comprehensive health and behavior assessment and intervention of medical services has been pivotal in enabling accurate and refined medical billing on our clients’ behalf. Following list of CPT codes used in coding Behavior Medicine procedures is a valid endorsement of our integrity in compliant coding system:
| CPT Codes | Corresponding Behavior Assessment and Intervention Medical Services |
| 96150 | For initial assessment of the patient to determine the biological, psychological, and social factors affecting the patient’s physical health and any treatment problems |
| 96151 | For re-assessment of the patient to evaluate the patient’s condition and determine the need for further treatment; a re-assessment may be performed by a clinician other than the one who conducted the patient’s initial assessment |
| 96152 | For interventional service provided to an individual to modify the psychological, behavioral, cognitive, and social factors affecting the patient’s physical health and well being |
| 96153 | For interventional service provided to a group; an example is a smoking-cessation program that includes educational information, cognitive-behavioral treatment and social support |
| 96154 | To code interventional service provided to a family with the patient present |
| 96155 | To code interventional service provided to a family without the patient being present |
Coupling a competent coding regimen with timely and accurate modifiers, our Behavior Medicine Billing Advisory has been able to mitigate undesirable delay/denial of its clients’ medical reimbursements. Modifier 22 for Extended Service and Modifier 52 for Reduced Service (where in the provider reduces or eliminates a portion of the service or procedure, which results in a reduction in reimbursement. The reduced service is identified by its CPT code and the addition of the modifier-52) are prime examples of Modifiers adopted in our billing management.
The Behavior Medicine physicians, who lent preference to our billing and coding competencies – complete with accurate charge-capture, intricate procedure coding, electronic filing of claims, patient billing, multi-tiered appeal process, denial elimination initiatives, and compliance standards – have been able to witness simplification of revenue cycle, appreciable increase in collection rates, more patient inflow and referrals, and Increased avenue for medical research and development.
