Coding & Reimbursement for Behavioral Health Professionals

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Get THE "How to" Billing Guide for all Mental Health Providers

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The 2012 Behavioral Health MultiBook™ helps you:

Reduce Billing Frustrations!
Get ALL the Behavioral Health codes ... Just what you need!
Audit Preparation Help!

No other reference book gives you this much information in one place at such an amazing price! Only $149.

DSM-IV-TR® criteria, CPT® codes, ICD-9 codes, HCPCS codes that you need to bill for Behavioral Health Services. Includes 1500 claim form guidelines, UB04 instructions, claim submission code sets and guidelines.

We call it "MultiBook" because it's like 9 books in one!

We excerpted codes from the standard code books just for Behavioral Health.
This means you easily SAVE at least $300.

What's in the Behavioral Health MultiBook?

Packed with approximately 500 pages of codes, reimbursement help AND online tools, it's the reference book that every office needs for billing and reimbursement strategies! Two sections (Documentation & Compliance) were created specifically to help you audit protect your practice.

Here are the sections of the book along with some of the information included in that section:

Insurance Claims

CMS 1500 & UB04 guidelines - includes required code sets for claim completion like revenue codes and type of payer codes.
Insurance information and verification forms.
What is a "clean claim"? Tips for submitting error-free claims.
How to "opt out" of Medicare
ABN - how to correctly use this important Medicare form. Are you using the new form that should be used effective November 1, 2011?
and much more...

Documentation

Medical necessity guidelines
EHR bonus vs. penalty
PQRI (now PQRS) bonus vs penalty
Initial visit vs. subsequent visit requirements - do your records meet the required standards?
and much more...

Denials

Internal and External appeals
Payment Report reviews
Medical Appeals process

Compliance

How to Audit Protect your practice. When it comes to audits, it is no longer "if", but rather "when". Learn what auditors are looking for and what to do to be prepared.
Help with refund demands and post-payment audits
Tips on how to avoid allegations of fraud and abuse!
OIG Compliance Program
and much more...

Diagnoses

DSM-V preview. DSM-V will replace DSM-IV in 2013. What changes are being considered?
ICD-10-CM Preview & Implementation Tips
ICD-9 codes coordinated with Diagnostic Criteria
Insurance edit flags help you make better coding decisions.
and much more...

Procedures

Procedure codes required for mental health services
NCCI edits for better coding decisions
Includes new 2012 codes and more.

Supplies

Supply codes for Behavioral health along with their associated fees

Fees
- Fee analysis is easy using our exclusive online fee calculator! It's in the subscriber section.
- How much should you really charge?
- How to avoid "sliding scale" fee schedule problems.

Product Availability: 2011 is Shipping Daily. 2012 Available Early 2012.

What's New?

CLICK HERE for the 2012 edition highlights.

For information on the 2011 edition, CLICK HERE.

What are book excerpts?

We go through the different HIPAA code sets required for billing and reimbursement and pick out just those codes that mental health providers need to use. Then, we compile them in meaningful, useful and helpful ways. The result: a single code book to reference throughout the year.

The following HIPAA code sets are included: