Category: Billing Tips

There are numerous errors that can cause your insurance claims to be denied or delayed, resulting in your holistic practice not being paid on time for your services. A successful acupuncture practice is one with accurate acupuncture insurance billing, but how can you stay on top of it?   As an acupuncture billing company, our team […]

Chiropractic CPT codes are some of the most important components of the insurance billing process. Accurate chiropractic insurance billing is essential for your practice’s revenue cycle management, but errors can cause costly denials and delays. As a billing company focused on holistic healthcare providers, Holistic Billing has the answers to many of the most common […]

Understanding the correct massage CPT codes for your medical practice is essential across all specialties when it comes to insurance billing. Holistic practices, including massage therapists, have unique health insurance billing needs. This includes specific CPT codes for massage therapy. Accurate massage therapy insurance billing is key for reimbursements to be processed faster and with […]

In the world of billing insurance, insurers improperly issue medical necessity denial claims on the basis of treatments being not medically necessary quite frequently. This is especially true in cases where you are billing insurance for acupuncture, medical massage, or chiropractic treatments. Sometimes such denials are a mistake, but all too often, these denials by […]

As an insurance billing company, Holistic Billing has new providers contacting us daily about how to start medical billing. The first step is to apply for NPI (National Provider Identifier) number otherwise known as your NPI number. However, many holistic practices are unaware of how to apply for an NPI.  Luckily, the application process for getting an NPI number […]

The world of insurance billing is complex, and even more so for holistic practices. Understanding when to use the right acupuncture billing codes and procedures is essential to any successful medical practice - whether holistic or traditional. Accurate coding and billing practices ensure a streamlined reimbursement process so your practice can get paid and deliver […]

While a medical record audit is a lengthy process, it’s a necessary one to ensure your practice is as efficient, organized, and profitable as possible. Clinical documentation in medical records is crucial to delivering the most accurate care to patients, and disorganized medical records can easily hinder this. With medical record auditing, your holistic practice […]

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the "CAA"), signed into law on December 27, 2020, is the second-largest federal stimulus package of 2020, following the CARES Act. The CAA provides $900 billion in COVID relief and reserves $284 billion for small businesses through a second round of Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") forgivable loans, or as some […]

As a holistic practice, you want to deliver the best treatments of holistic medicine to your patients - while also ensuring you are paid! To service your patients and grow your holistic business, however, you will want to consider provider credentialing as an in-network provider to bill insurance plans. To be approved, you must meet […]

On January 21st, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their decision to cover acupuncture for chronic low back pain. This is defined as localized pain in the lower back that persists for more than three months. The decision was momentous because it marked the first time acupuncture services could be reimbursed […]

As acupuncture insurance billing experts, we've been getting numerous questions from acupuncture providers reporting claim denials for 60-minute visits that used to pay without issues. Read on for our answer to this recently asked question! Why Are My Acupuncture Visits Exceeding 45 Minutes Getting Denied? Typically, commercial insurance companies peg their reimbursement rates and procedure protocols […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a series of changes in 2018 to the way E/M coding would be documented and billed for reimbursement. In partnership with the healthcare billing community, we reacted swiftly to the announcement, pointing out a series of potential problems that could arise when the changes went into […]