Guides
Billing, Credentialing And Practice Operations Guides.
Practical guides from the team that runs billing, credentialing, payer enrollment, and daily operations for behavioral health and outpatient practices. Each one walks through a single job, with the codes, payer rules, and checklists we use in our own work.
How To Choose A Practice Management Company For Your Behavioral Health Practice
A practice management company can take medical billing, credentialing, hiring support and the systems your staff work in off your plate. Before you sign with anyone, including us, get clear answers to these eight questions.
Read the guide →Leaving Rula, Headway, Grow Or Alma? What Happens To Your Insurance Contracts
On most platforms you see insurance clients under the platform's contracts, not your own. That's why leaving can feel like starting over. Here's what each platform says about whose contract...
Read the guide →Getting Paid While Credentialing Is Pending: Oregon And The Western States
Oregon makes insurers pay for covered care from the day your complete credentialing application arrives. How Washington, California and the West compare.
Read the guide →TMS Billing: CPT 90867, 90868 And 90869 Explained For Psychiatry Practices
TMS billing for psychiatry practices: what CPT 90867, 90868 and 90869 cover, Medicare LCD and payer rules, authorization units and why TMS claims deny.
Read the guide →Credentialing In Multiple States: A Telehealth Practice’s Guide (2026)
Credentialing in multiple states takes a license, payer enrollment and Medicaid enrollment per state. What compacts do and don't do, and which states first.
Read the guide →Medicare Enrollment For Counselors And MFTs (LPC, LMHC, LMFT): 2026 Step By Step
Medicare has paid LPCs, LMHCs and LMFTs since January 1, 2024. Who qualifies, the PECOS steps, which MAC you file with, effective dates and the 75% rate.
Read the guide →Group Practice Credentialing: Group Contracts, Type 2 NPIs And Adding Clinicians
Group practice credentialing in two tracks: what the group sets up once, what each new clinician needs, a 120-day hiring plan and the roster clocks that apply.
Read the guide →From Headway or Rula to your own practice: credentialing and contracts
Moving from Headway, Rula, an employer or another practice? Understand new contracts, Tax ID changes, NPIs and payment setup before your practice bills independently.
Read the guide →How Long Does Credentialing Take? Published Timelines By Payer And State (2026)
What payers and state laws actually publish about credentialing timelines, what starts each clock, and how to plan a start date around them.
Read the guide →Clinic Policy And Procedure Control For Behavioral Health Practices
Set clear ownership, editing access, approval, and version history for clinic policies and templates. Includes a practical document control checklist.
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