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What’s the Difference Between MCOs and PHPs?
If you’re a behavioral health provider accepting Medicaid, understanding the complexities of different types of managed care programs is crucial for optimizing your practice. Two key terms you’ll encounter are Managed…
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What are Payer IDs and EDIs?
In the world of behavioral health, understanding insurance and Medicaid billing is crucial for therapists who want to maintain a smooth revenue cycle. Two terms you’ll often encounter are Payer IDs…
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How to Prepare for a Medicaid Audit as a Therapist
As a behavioral health therapist or practice, participating in Medicaid or Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) offers a valuable opportunity to provide care for individuals who may otherwise have limited access to…
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What Are MCOs and How do they work in Behavioral Health?
Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) play a critical role in the healthcare system, particularly in the United States. At their core, MCOs are organizations that provide or arrange managed care for health…
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Medicaid 101: What it is and its Role in Behavioral Health
Behavioral health Medicaid refers to the coverage provided by Medicaid, the United States’ public health insurance program, specifically for mental health and substance use disorder services. Medicaid plays a crucial role…
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How to Setup your Behavioral Health Practice to Accept Medicaid
Getting set up to accept Medicaid or a Managed Care Organization (MCO) as a payer for client sessions is crucial for behavioral health therapists. It opens doors to serve a broader…
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Fun Committee: 20 Activity Ideas for Playing as a Team!
Build team morale by having fun and playing games together. Teams that play together, stay together! Throughout the lifetime of CheckpointEHR, our team has realized that if we’re going to work…
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A 7-Step Guide to Navigating Mental Health Billing
Mental health billing can be a complex and time-consuming process, but it’s manageable with the right approach. Properly setting up your billing process ensures that providers are fairly compensated while maintaining…
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Getting Ahead of the “Summer Slowdown”
The “summer slowdown” is a common experience for mental and behavioral health clinicians. Typically occurring from mid-May through July, client loads can decrease significantly as individuals and families take vacations, children…
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40+ Tools for Therapists in 2024
We are only as effective as our systems allow us to be. With the multitude of financial, administrative, and marketing tasks that mental health clinicians must manage—on top of the countless…
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