Medical Billing Blogs

Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) play a vital role in providing mental health and substance use disorder services to low-income and underserved communities. However, recent reports suggest that some CBHCs engage in questionable billing practices, putting them and their patients at risk of legal troubles and financial harm. As a leading medical billing service provider, 24/7 Medical Billing Services has seen first-hand how these practices can negatively impact CBHCs’ bottom line and reputation. Some of the most common questionable billing practices by community behavioral health centers: Upcoding: Upcoding is the practice of billing for a more expensive service than the one provided. CBHCs may upcode by listing more intensive services than were actually performed, in order to receive a higher payment rate. For example,  CBHCs billing  for an hour-long therapy session when only 30 minutes were provided. This practice is fraudulent and illegal. Not only can it lead to ...

 Behavioral health is the study of emotions, biology, and mentality that lead to a person’s behavior and how it impacts their daily life. Unfortunately, the sort of care given to patients and the funding provided for treatment make Community Behavioral Health Billing Services complicated. The current opioid abuse epidemic, which includes both prescription pain relievers and heroin, is having a major impact on the healthcare industry. Traditionally, services for mental health and general health have been given separately from those for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse and substance use disorders. Counselors and psychiatrists handle their patients in a variety of ways, such as counseling, medication, meditation, and so on. These treatments can take a long time, depending on the patient and the illness. A patient with incapacitating behavioral problems requires extra rehabilitation, literacy instruction, job training, etc. Unfortunately, the time allotted by ins...