Specialized medical billing for psychiatrists and psychiatric practices.
Psychiatry billing has unique requirements because psychiatric practices may combine evaluation and management services, psychotherapy, medication management, diagnostic evaluations, telehealth and other behavioral health services.
Mental Health Medical Billers provides specialized revenue cycle management for psychiatry practices.
Psychiatry Billing Services
Our services include:
- Eligibility and benefits verification
- Charge entry
- Claims submission
- Claim tracking
- Denial management
- A/R follow-up
- Payment posting
- ERA processing
- Insurance follow-up
- Prior authorization support
- Credentialing
- Provider enrollment
- Monthly reporting
Common Psychiatry Billing Services
Psychiatry practices may bill services including:
- Psychiatric diagnostic evaluations
- Psychiatric diagnostic evaluations with medical services
- Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy with E/M
- Medication management
- Crisis psychotherapy
- Other behavioral health services
CMS identifies psychiatric diagnostic evaluation and psychotherapy services among Medicare-covered mental health services and provides specific billing guidance for these services.
Psychiatry Billing Requires More Than Coding
A correctly selected code does not guarantee payment.
A successful claim also depends on factors such as:
Provider eligibility + patient eligibility + benefits + authorization + coding + documentation + payer rules + timely filing
Our job is to manage the revenue cycle surrounding those requirements.
Psychiatry Denial Management
We investigate common problems including:
- Eligibility denials
- Authorization denials
- Provider enrollment issues
- Coding errors
- Telehealth issues
- Timely filing
- Duplicate claims
- Incorrect rendering provider
- Coordination of benefits
- Underpayments
Psychiatry Credentialing
We also provide credentialing support for psychiatric providers who need to enroll with commercial insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and other payer networks.
Psychiatry Billing for New Practices
Starting a psychiatry practice involves more than opening a schedule.
A new practice may need to establish:
- NPI
- Tax ID
- EHR/PMS
- CAQH
- Payer enrollment
- Clearinghouse connectivity
- ERA/EFT
- Fee schedules
- Billing workflows
- Patient responsibility processes
We can help establish the billing side of the practice.
Already Have a Billing Company?
If you already outsource billing but are experiencing increasing A/R, inconsistent reporting or unresolved denials, we can review your current revenue-cycle workflow.
Need a Psychiatry Billing Company?
Let's review your practice and determine whether our billing services are a good fit.
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Last reviewed: September 2026. Coding and payer requirements vary by service, provider, payer and date of service.