Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatments

Practicum Journal: Reimbursement Rates In this Practicum Journal Assignment, you will analyze reimbursement rates for mental health treatments you will likely use in your practice and compare those rates to other provider rates. Students will: Analyze reimbursement rates for mental health treatments To prepare for this Practicum Journal: • • Research reimbursement rates for various treatment modalities. Compare NP rates to other provider rates. For this Practicum Journal: Complete the Reimbursement Rate Template in your Learning Resources using the five types of services you are likely to use in your practice. NURS 6670 Reimbursement Rate Template Type of Service eg. -New office visit -Established office visit -Inpatient hospital -individual psychotherapy -group psychotherapy (see examples below) CPT code Private insurer reimbursement rate for PMHNP Private insurer reimbursement rate for physicians Medicare reimbursement rate for PMHNP Medicare reimbursement rate for physician As the PMHNP becomes proficient in diagnosing and treating, it is also important to learn how to bill for your time. The CMS sets up codes to identify the type of service you are providing. You will generally complete this task at the end of the visit as you are documenting the visit with the client. ‘ Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatments

Here are examples of the codes to know: CPT Codes for Psychiatric and Psychological Procedures HMSA recognizes the following service codes for the reporting of psychiatric and psychological services. (See Code Books for information on how to obtain the books.) CPT Code Footnote(s) Description 90791 1 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation 90792 1,3 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services 90832 2 Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient and/or family member 90833 2,3 Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient and/or family member when performed with an evaluation and management service 90834 4 Psychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient and/or family member 90836 3,4 Psychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient and/or family member when performed with an evaluation and management service 90837 6 Psychotherapy, 60 minutes with patient and/or family member 90838 3,6 Psychotherapy, 60 minutes with patient and/or family member when performed with an evaluation and management service 90839 6 Psychotherapy for crisis; first 60 minutes 90840 2 90846 4 Family psychotherapy (without the patient present) 90847 4 Family psychotherapy (conjoint psychotherapy) (with patient present) 90849 4 Multiple-family group psychotherapy 90853 4 Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) each additional 30 minutes 90870 1, 5 Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatments

Electroconvulsive therapy (includes necessary monitoring) 96101 1 Psychological testing (includes psychodiagnostic assessment of personality, psychopathology, emotionality, intellectual abilities, e.g., WAIS-R, Rorschach, MMPI) with interpretation and report, per hour. Note: All hours of psychological testing done on a single day will be counted as one visit (either inpatient or outpatient as appropriate) toward the patient’s inpatient or outpatient visit maximum. Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatme

However, payment will be made to the participating provider on a per-hour basis. 96118 1 Neuropsychological testing battery (e.g., Halstead-Reitan, Luria, WAIS-R) with interpretation and report, per hour Note: All hours of psychological testing done on a single day will be counted as one visit (either inpatient or outpatient as appropriate) toward the patient’s inpatient or outpatient visit maximum. Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatments

However, payment will be made to the participating provider on a per-hour basis. Links to websites that discuss this: https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/practice-management/coding-reimbursement-medicare-and-medicaid/coding-and-reimbursement http://www.mb-guide.org/medical-coding-guidelines.html …Reimbursement Rates for Mental Health Treatments