The Shadow Side of Therapy: Audits, Insurance Coverage, Documentation, and Medical Necessity

Course Materials

Part 1 Notes: Examples and Q&A
Part 2: A Quick Intro to Treatment Plans
Part 3: Audits and Records Requests
Part 4: Brief Telehealth Billing Update

Bibliography

American Medical Association, CPT® 2019 Standard Edition.  Chicago, IL; American Medical Association, 2018.

OPTUM 360 (2018).  Current Procedural Coding Expert.

APA Office of Health Care Financing.  (2016, November 16).  Psychotherapy coding clarifications, telemedicine code modifier added to CPT manual.  Retrieved March 20, 2018, from http://www.apapracticecentral.org/update/2016/11-17/telemedicine-code.aspx

OPTUM by United Behavioral Health. (2014, February), Coverage Determination Guidelines, Extended Outpatient Sessions, Retrieved March 20, 2018, from https://providerexpress.com/trans/html/pdf/extendedOutpatientVisits.pdf

Dustman, R. (2016, February 16).  Prolonged Services Update and Other 2016 E/M Changes.  Retrieved March 20, 2018, from https://www.aapc.com/blog/33732-prolonged-services-updates-and-other-2016-3m-changes/

Specific criteria must be met to use prolonged services code.  American Academy of Pediatrics News (January 10, 2018); Retrieved Feb 10, 2019 from http://www.aappublications.org/news/2018/01/10/Coding010518

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (2018)  CPT Training Manual. Retrieved Feb 11, 2019 at https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/clinical_practice_center/business_of_practice/cpt/2018_CPT_module_revised_March_2018.pdf

Direct Prolonged Serices: Inpatient and Outpatient Coding.  American Academy of Pediatrics (2016). Retrieved Feb 11, 2019 at https://www.aap.org/en-us/Documents/coding_prolonged_services.pdf

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