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Specialty — Psychiatry

Medical billing and RCM for psychiatry practices

Psychiatric billing combines evaluation and management with time-based psychotherapy add-ons - a combination payers scrutinize closely.

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Denial drivers
Authorization, documentation
Coding pressure
E/M + add-on pairing
Where A/R ages
Recurring visits
Underpayment risk
Moderate
The challenges

What actually costs psychiatry practices money

E/M and add-on pairing

The add-on must be supported separately from the E/M service, and often is not.

Authorization for ongoing care

Approvals lapse mid-course and the subsequent sessions are denied.

Documentation standards

Time and content requirements differ from other specialties.

Patient balance sensitivity

Balance chasing has to be handled carefully in this specialty.

How we work a psychiatry account
  1. 1 Pairing rules checked before submission
  2. 2 Authorization runway monitored per patient
  3. 3 Documentation templates aligned to payer requirements
  4. 4 A measured, respectful patient balance cadence

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How healthy is your psychiatry revenue cycle?

We will review your denials, A/R and payer performance and tell you what we find.

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