Medical Billing for Behavioral Health

Cleaner claims. Faster collections.

Full-service revenue cycle management built around how behavioral health practices actually run. We submit, follow up, appeal denials, handle patient billing, and report transparently — so you can stop chasing payments and focus on clients. Collections-based pricing means we only get paid when you do.

~6% of collections You only pay when we collect 16+ years in behavioral health
Revenue Overview
• LIVE
Aetna · Commercial
PAID
$2,840 · received Apr 18 · 11 days
Blue Cross Blue Shield
RECOVERED
$1,920 · appeal won · 4 days
Cigna · Behavioral
PAID
$3,150 · received Apr 22 · 9 days
Carelon
IN REVIEW
$2,210 · submitted Apr 25 · day 6
Clean Claim Rate
96.4%
↑ first-pass acceptance
— 01 / Where Revenue Leaks

Most practices lose 10–20% before they ever see it.

01

Claims sit in “submitted” for weeks because nobody calls the payer to push them through.

02

Denials pile up unopened — and most never get appealed before the timely filing window closes.

03

Behavioral health codes get downcoded or silently rejected by payers who don’t recognize them properly.

04

You can’t get a straight answer on what’s actually been collected versus written off.

05

Modifiers, units, and add-on codes get missed every session — small leaks that compound over the year.

06

Generic billers don’t know the BH carve-outs (Carelon, Magellan, Beacon) and route claims to the wrong place.

— 02 / The Pricing
~6%of collections

We get paid when you get paid.

Collections-based billing means our incentives are aligned with yours. If your money doesn’t show up, neither does ours. No setup fees, no monthly retainer, no per-claim charges — just a clean percentage of what we actually collect for you. The exact rate depends on payer mix and volume; most practices land at 6%.

— Includes

Daily Claim Submission

Every claim scrubbed, coded correctly, and submitted within 24 hours. We track confirmation numbers and follow up when payers go quiet.

— Includes

Denial Appeals

Every denial gets reviewed and appealed within 7 days. We don’t write off claims because nobody had time — that’s your money.

— Includes

Patient Billing

Statements sent on schedule, payment plans set up, balances chased. Your front desk doesn’t become a collections agency.

— Includes

Monthly Reporting

Transparent monthly reports showing what was billed, collected, and outstanding by payer. No black box, no “trust us.”

— 03 / How It Works

From submitted to deposited.

i

Free revenue audit

We review your current billing setup, payer mix, recent denials, and outstanding A/R. You get a clear picture of where revenue is leaking before we ever talk pricing or contracts.

Timeline30 minutes
ii

Onboarding & data migration

We pull your historical data, sync with your EHR (Practice Fusion, SimplePractice, TheraNest, others), and build your billing workflow. No disruption to client care during the switch.

Timeline1–2 weeks
iii

Daily claim submission

Claims go out within 24 hours of session, scrubbed for codes, modifiers, and units. We track each claim through the clearinghouse and follow up when anything stalls.

TimelineDaily
iv

Denial management

Every denial gets reviewed, root-caused, and appealed within 7 days. We don’t let claims age into write-offs. When a payer pattern shows up, we fix the upstream cause too.

TimelineWithin 7 days
v

Patient billing & collections

Statements go out on schedule. Payment plans set up for balances over a threshold. Past-due accounts worked tactfully so patients don’t feel ambushed but balances still get paid.

TimelineMonthly cycle
vi

Monthly reporting

Clean dashboards showing what was billed, collected, and outstanding by payer. We surface trends — rising denials from a specific payer, slow-paying CPT codes, AR aging by bucket — before they become problems.

TimelineMonthly
— 04 / Payers We Bill

Every payer that matters in behavioral health.

We bill commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare panels for behavioral health practices nationwide — every state, every regional carrier, every Medicaid MCO. Below is a sample. If your payer mix includes a panel that isn’t listed, ask. We’ve probably already worked it.

Aetna
Commercial · BH
Blue Cross Blue Shield
All states
Cigna
Commercial · EAP
United / Optum
Behavioral
Carelon
Anthem · BH carve-out
Magellan
Behavioral health
Beacon
Behavioral health
Humana
Commercial · MA
Medi-Cal
PAVE 2.0 · CA
Medicare
Part B billing
TriWest
VA · CCN
Kaiser
Select regions
Molina
Medicaid MCO
Premera
WA · BH
Regence
WA · OR
+ More
Ask us

Don’t see your payer? Just ask. We’ve billed nearly every behavioral health panel in the country.

— 05 / The Alternative

Comparing your options, honestly.

In-house biller / DIY
With ClientFit
Cost
$55–75K salary + benefits + software
~6% of collections, scales with you
Behavioral health expertise
Generalist who learned BH on the fly
16 years, BH-only specialty
Coverage when sick / on PTO
Claims pile up, cash flow stalls
Always covered by a backup specialist
Denial appeals
Often skipped — “I’ll get to it”
Reviewed and appealed within 7 days
Reporting
Spreadsheets, gut feel, monthly excuses
Clean dashboards by payer & CPT
Headway / Alma platforms
30%+ off the top, no payer relationships
~6% — you keep direct contracts
— 06 / Questions

Things people ask us before signing on.

How does collections-based pricing actually work?+

We charge a percentage (typically 6%) of what we actually collect for you each month. No setup fees, no minimums, no per-claim charges. If we don’t collect, we don’t get paid — which is the point. Our incentives are aligned with yours: maximum collections, minimum write-offs.

What if a claim never gets paid?+

You don’t pay us for it. We work claims through every reasonable appeal pathway, but if a claim ultimately can’t be collected (carrier truly denied, patient genuinely uncollectible, timely filing missed before our involvement), we don’t bill you a percentage of zero. The collections-based model only works when it’s honestly collections-based.

Do you handle denial appeals or just submission?+

Both, and appeals are honestly where we earn our keep. Most billers will submit clean claims; far fewer will fight a denial all the way through Level 2 appeals or external review. We do, because that’s where 10–20% of revenue lives in most behavioral health practices.

What EHRs do you work with?+

Practice Fusion, SimplePractice, TheraNest, TherapyNotes, Kipu, Sigmund, and several others — the systems most behavioral health practices actually use. We’ll integrate with whatever you have rather than asking you to switch. If you’re considering a switch separately, we’ll give you an honest opinion on which EHR fits your workflow.

Do I have to switch EHRs to work with you?+

No. We meet you where you are. If your current EHR has limitations that are genuinely hurting your billing, we’ll tell you, but switching EHRs is never a condition of working with us. Most clients stay on their existing system indefinitely.

How do you handle patient billing?+

Statements go out on schedule (usually monthly) once insurance has finished processing. We set up payment plans for balances above a threshold you choose. Past-due accounts get worked tactfully — firm enough to collect, careful enough to preserve the therapeutic relationship. You stay in the loop on anything that might affect a client.

Do you handle credentialing too?+

Yes — credentialing is a separate flat-fee service ($195/panel) that pairs naturally with billing because the underlying provider data is the same. Many clients use us for both. Credentialing is also available as a standalone service if you have billing handled elsewhere.

— Ready to keep more of what you earn

Stop leaving revenue on the table.

Most practices we audit are losing 10–20% of what they should be collecting — to denials, missed claims, and underbilling. The audit is free. Let’s find out what your number is.

Book your free revenue audit
No commitment · No pitch · Just your numbers