Episode 24 : Paperwork Meets Panic – Behavioral Health Billing Exploits
Behavioral health services are exploding in demand—but billing them wrong can sink your practice. 🚨
In this must-listen episode of Credentialing Chronicles, Shannen and Nyleen break down the messy world of behavioral health billing, credentialing, and compliance. From payer carve-outs to NPI/taxonomy traps, they expose the shortcuts practices take—and the audits, denials, and clawbacks that follow.
What’s inside Episode 24:
What behavioral health billing really means (and why it isn’t “just a few codes”)
How payers like Optum, Beacon, Magellan & Carelon carve out BH networks
Why urgent cares, OB/GYNs, and pain clinics keep adding therapy—and doing it wrong
Audit red flags: upcoding, wrong NPIs, and mismatched documentation
A step-by-step guide to credential and enroll BH providers the right way
How to protect your practice before paperwork turns into panic
Who should watch: Practice owners, administrators, billers, credentialing pros, compliance leaders, revenue cycle staff, and providers expanding into therapy or psychiatry.
Don’t miss this: Adding behavioral health services can transform patient care, but only if you build it on compliance—not shortcuts.