Q: I have had difficulty collecting third-party payments from a certain insurance company. My claims either get denied or I have to bill multiple times for the same sessions. I have tried dealing directly with the insurance company with little or no success. Do I have to hire an attorney?
Category: Private Practice in Counseling
Do counseling and credit cards mix? Q: Would it be advantageous to accept credit card payments in my practice? A: In the past, most health care providers were hesitant to accept credit card payment. Perhaps it was due to a lack of client demand. Also, accepting credit cards for counseling
Q: I received an e-mail about CAQH, a Universal Credentialing Data Source. What more can you tell me? A: CAQH stands for Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare. In essence, licensed counselors can submit their credentialing information to CAQH once, and it will then be made available to more than 100
Words of advice for establishing a Web presence Q: I am an ACA member and obtained my New York mental health counselor license in October 2005. I am seeking some resource information for creating my own website, as I plan to have a private practice. Therefore, can you suggest some
Q: I am a counselor who will be licensed in the next year and am trying to start my own practice. Can you give me resources about getting my practice up and running, from getting a tax ID number to everything else? A: Yours is a good question. The answer
Q: In the January 2006 issue of Counseling Today you answered a question concerning MCM 2050.1 (the “incident to” provision that allows psychological services coverage under Medicare for master’s level counselors). In living in Nebraska, I have been researching this piece of information and have been told something completely different
Q: I have interviewed (for employment) with a medical clinic. They would like to hire me. However, the issue of LCPC (master’s degree licensed counselor) nonpayment for Medicare seems to be the roadblock. They seem to have a large percentage of Medicare clients, and they believe they would lose money