Jeffrey E. Barnett, Steven Walfish

Billing and Collecting for Your Mental Health Practice: Effective Strategies and Ethical Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces mental health care professionals to the business aspects of running a private practice, including billing, collecting, financial agreements with clients, and ethically balancing business and clinical interests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• New
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 173mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781433810176
• ISBN-10: 1433810174
• Artikelnr.: 33652538

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey E. Barnett and Steven Walfish

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Ethics of Billing, Collecting, and Financial Arrangements: A
Working Framework for Clinicians
3. The Financial Agreement Between You and Your Client
4. The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Paid for Your Services
5. Do It Yourself or Contract Out: The Pros and Cons of Using a Billing
Service
6. Billing and Collecting for Forensic Mental Health Services
7. Ethical Lapses by Clinicians in the Billing Process
8. Fraud, Abuse, and Case Examples
Epilogue
Appendix A: Sample Financial Agreement
Appendix B: Sample Superbill
Appendix C: Sample Insurance Claim Form (CMS-1500)
Appendix D: Sample Credit Card Guaranty of Payment
References
Index
About the Authors