Behavioral Health Billing & Coding 101: How to Get Paid

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0:00 Introduction 3:21 CPT Codes for Integrating Behavioral Health Into Practice 8:21 CPT Codes for Co-Located Model 10:46 CPT Codes for Psychotherapy & Developmental / Behavioral Screening 13:39 CPT Codes With a Clear Focus on Behavioral Health 16:15 Care Management CPT Codes 20:30 CPT Codes for Telemedicine 22:08 CPT Codes for Virtual Visits 24:21 Collaborative Care Management Implementation 28:11 Achieving Operational & Financial Goals 35:13 Northwestern Medicine Takeaways 37:21 Building EHR Solutions (Integration with EPIC) 39:05 Can you clarify what you mean by the payers paying for medical, but not the carve-out behavioral health coverage? 40:57 Can CPT Codes 99406 and 99407 be used for vaping and other substances that are inhaled like marijuana? 42:22 If someone is conducting telehealth from home, do they document it in the note as a point of service, and is there a difference in reimbursement for phone versus video versus in office? 47:52 Suggestions on how to contract with insurance companies for small groups to get their mental health clinicians to provide integrated care in the practice without joining the mental health IPA's like Beacon or Magellan? 49:37 How does 99452 differ from other digital evaluation codes, 99421 to 99423? 51:38 How do you make the billing and coding work for collaborative care in a small practice setting? 52:20 At what rate does a collaborative psychiatrist get paid? 54:50 Parting thoughts 57:03 If a physician provides smoking cessation counseling for e-cigarette vaping for eight minutes, may CPT code 99406 be reported?

[@karimbarrie9244]

Are these Canadian codes or US?

[@ZAMGAMINGZONE512]

WHO WOULD BE "THE BEHAVIORAL CARE MANAGER" IN THIS CONTEXT, @ 26:40 REPLY PLEASE. THANKS