Selected Articles / Newsletters
- What’s Wrong With Your Note Template (September 4, 2023)
- August 2023 Update: A New Way to Bill for Longer Sessions (Update August, 2023)
- 9 Questions About Giving Up Your Office: Update (updated June 18, 2023)
- Medicare Clients: Can You See Them if You Aren’t a Medicare Provider? (March, 2023)
- Coaching vs. Therapy: What’s the Difference? (And Why It Matters) (March 23, 2023)
- COVID Public Health Emergency (PHE) to End May 11th (Feb 19, 2023)
- Warning for Out of Network Providers: Sudden Payment Drops, and How to Prevent Them — the Data iSight Multiplan Story (Feb. 19, 2023)
- Clawbacks: When a Plan Wants Their Money Back (January 3, 2023)
- Great News for Therapists and Clients! Medicare To Allow MFTs and Counselors; Also, Medicare Extends Telehealth Two Years (January 4, 2023)
- Can You Ethically Tap Dance Around Your Insurance Contract? (November 22, 2022)
- Update on the No Surprises Act and Good Faith Estimates (November 22, 2022)
- Public Health Emergency Order Extended Again (October 17, 2022)
- Do You Do Longer Sessions? Prolonged Services Codes to Be Discontinued (October 17, 2022)
- What? A New DSM? The New DSM-5 TR is Published (August 15, 2022)
- Missed Sessions: Being Nice Can Cost You Thousands (updated August, 2022)
- When Your Client Has Medicare AND Another Policy (Updated Aug 16, 2022)
- Choosing, Changing, and Adding Diagnoses: Audit Triggers? (July 12, 2022)
- Getting More Requests for Verifications? Blame the No Surprises Act (July 12, 2022)
- Blue Cross Reviewing Adjustment Disorders (May 16, 2022)
- Place of Service Codes (POS) for Medicare: What’s the Latest? (May 11, 2022)
- Did You Hear? New 2022 Telehealth Place of Service Codes (updated March 5, 2022)
- The No Surprises Act and Good Faith Estimates: What ALL Therapists Need to Know (January 3, 2022)
- Telehealth Coverage Post-COVID: What Therapists Should be Thinking About Now (July 5, 2021)
- UPDATE: Do you Use 90837? New Insurance Plan Reviews (June 5, 2021)
- Progress Notes vs. Psychotherapy Notes: Do You Know the Difference? (updated Feb 6, 2022)
- Using ZOOM? You May Not Be HIPAA Compliant
- Scary Trend: Health Plans Requesting Notes Before Paying — And After (February 9, 2021)
- In-Person Sessions During COVID — An Informed Consent (November 29,2020)
- Charging for Missed Sessions: What Does Being Too Nice Cost You? (updated Nov 18, 2020)
- The Art of the First Client Call: 10 Tasks (updated Nov. 18, 2020)
- Whose Notes Are They, Really? (November 2, 2020)
- How to Catch Up With Notes (September 8, 2020)
- What’s Up at Kaiser Northern California? (September 8, 2020)
- Thinking of Giving Up Your Office? (Part 2) (August 21, 2020)
- Quick and Easy Referrals for Blue Cross Clients (August 21, 2020)
- Thinking of Giving Up Your Office? Read This First (Part 1) (August 4, 2020)
- Did You Get a Letter About Your Use of CPT 90837? (August 4, 2020)
- 10 Telehealth Billing Myths (May 7, 2020)
- Telehealth During the Pandemic: Will Insurance Cover it?
- PLAN-BY-PLAN LIST OF COVERAGE FOR PHONE AND VIDEO SESSIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (Partially updated Sept 8th, 2020)
- You’re Not Burned Out. Or Are You? 15 Easy-to-Miss Signs of Therapist Burnout — And How to Prevent It (February 24, 2020)
- How Confident Are You in Your Notes? Progress Notes Survey Results, Part 6 (November 18, 2019)
- The #1 Reason Your Network Application Will Be Rejected (November 19, 2019)
- Do YOU Hate Treatment Plans? You Aren’t Alone. Progress Notes Survey Results, Part 5 (October 9, 2019)
- Ghost Networks: Why Your Clients Can’t Find Network Providers (Sept. 23, 2019)
- Have You Ever Had Your Treatment Reviewed or Notes Requested? Progress Notes Survey Results Part 4 (Sept. 23, 2019)
- Extended Sessions: A New Way to Bill? (Updated Sept. 16, 2019)
- Out of Network Providers: Help Your Clients Get Reimbursed — With No Effort on Your Part! (Sept. 10, 2019)
- HOW Do We Keep Notes, and What’s In Them? Progress Notes Survey Results Part 3 (Sept 9, 2019)
- How Long Does it Take to Write Your Notes? Survey Results Part 2 (August 22, 2019)
- When Do you Write Your Progress Notes? Survey Results Part 1 (August 3, 2019)
- What Should Your Notes Cover When Insurance ISN’T Being Billed? (July 5, 2019)
- How is HIPAA like Cleaning the Bathroom? (May 27, 2019)
- Billing for Couples and Family Therapy (Updated May 8, 2019)
- Becoming a Network Provider: Selling Yourself to Insurance Plans, (May 9, 2019)
- The Importance of Documenting Impairment (April 22, 2019)
- Why Treatment Plans Matter — And 8 Tips (March 29, 2019)
- Longer Couples and Family Therapy Sessions: A New Way to Bill? (Feb. 17, 2019)
- The Secret to Successful Treatment Reviews: Speaking the Language of Medical Necessity (Jan. 29, 2019)
- Are You SURE You’re Using the Right Diagnosis Code? (Jan. 17, 2019)
- 2019 CPT Code Updates: Psychological Testing, Neuropsych Testing, and ABA Services (Dec. 10, 2018)
- Update: Video and Phone Sessions: Will Insurance Pay? (Updated Sept 8, 2018)
- When Insurance Asks for Money Back — And How to Prevent It (Aug 25, 2018)
- 10 Tips for Responding to a Record Request (updated Jul. 2, 2018)
- 10 Tips for Collecting Every Dollar Clients Owe (Apr. 16, 2018)
- Can I Convert Insurance Clients to Private-Pay? (Jul. 11, 2017)
- Getting Paid for Late Claims (Mar. 25, 2017)
- 2017 CPT Codes Clarified/Changed, and New Telemedicine Modifier/POS code (Mar. 27, 2017)
- The Art of the First Client Call: 10 Tasks (Nov. 18, 2020)
- Blue Shield of California and Magellan: A Deceptive Arrangement (Opinion) (Jun 8, 2015)
- Speaking the Language of Insurance Plans (Jun 8, 2015)
- Are Raises Possible? (Updated Feb 13, 2017)
- The Top 10 (Mostly Preventable) Reasons For Claim Denials, (Updated May 27, 2019)
- Tired of Billing Hassles? Consider a Billing Service (Updated Jan 3, 2015)
- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: The Perils of Private-Pay (Jun 9, 2012)
- Getting More Sessions: Successful Treatment Requests (Apr 15, 2012)
- Avoiding Frustration When Working With Insurance (Sept 24, 2010)
- 10 Tips for Fighting Denials (Apr 17, 2010)
- The New PTSD: Pissed at Those Stupid Deductibles (Jun 16, 2008)
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Barbara Griswold, LMFT, is the author of Navigating the Insurance Maze: The Therapist’s Complete Guide to Working with Insurance – And Whether You Should. To purchase the book or other resources for therapists, click here. Contact Barbara at barbgris@aol.com to get answers to your insurance questions.
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