How To Improve Behavior Counseling Schedule
All mental health professionals have a lot on their plates. Especially solo practitioners and small practices with a limited administrative staff. Scheduling patient appointments, handling necessary administrative work, and collaborating with other industry professionals can make it challenging to effectively manage your schedule. This can leave anyone feeling overwhelmed and overworked. Without some type of correction, it can lead to a serious case of burnout. There’s no doubt about it, burnout can take the job you love and make [...]
Tips ABA Therapists Can Save Time On Insurance Billing
Every ABA therapy practice should have some sort of insurance guide. While there isn’t technically such a guide in print, there are some key industry insights and tips that will help streamline the process in a way that will help save your ABA practice time and money. Stay Informed On Each Patient's Insurance Coverage As an ABA therapist, you need to always be mindful that not all insurance plans cover applied behavior analysis therapy in the same way. With [...]
Why You Need A Managed Billing Service For Your ABA Billing Practice
ABA therapy tends to be one of the most effective ways to treat patients with behavioral concerns of developmental issues. It uses a data-driven is a scientific approach for applying empirical methodology based on key principles of the patient and operant conditioning to change behavior and improve skills. ABA therapy tends to be the most successful treatment method for autism spectrum disorder, developmental issues, and behavioral concerns. Of course, the data-driven approach used by ABA therapists to help their [...]
What Are Medically Unlikely Edits / MUE for ABA Billing?
Medically Unlikely Edits, which are often referred to in the medical billing industry as “MUE” are used by public health institutions like the Medicare Administrative Contractors, the Durable Medical Equipment, and similar institutions to help reduce the improper payment rate for a wide range of Medicare Part B claims. An MUE for an HCPCS/CPT code is essentially the maximum number of units of service that a provider can report for a single beneficiary on a single date of service. [...]
What Should Be Included In ABA Intake Paperwork
As an ABA therapist taking on a new patient and helping them get started on a journey toward living their best life can be exciting. It can also feel challenging when you take into account how much information needs to be gathered and organized as part of the in-take onboarding process. The truth is onboarding can be a potentially cumbersome and time-consuming process for both you the ABA therapist and the patient. This starts with gathering some of the [...]
Central Reach ABA Software Review
Since its inception in 2012, Central Reach software has become one of the leading EHR and practice management solutions used by clinicians and educators. This is thanks in large part to the way it focuses on applied behavioral analysis, as well as occupational therapy, speech therapy, and PK-12 special education. Originally founded by Charlotte Fudge, who is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Central Reach ABA software helps ABA therapists meet the challenges of managing an ABA clinic using industry-best [...]
Rate & Frequency Data Collection & Why It Matters
In the world of ABA data collection, most people think of frequency in terms of time, and how often the data is collected in a given span. In reality, Applied Behavior Analysis uses frequency based on the times a specific behavior occurs. This differs from rate, which measures data points of behavior by time. An example of this would be a patient who raises their hand five times in a session is a collection of frequency. Noting that the [...]
What Is Operant Conditioning For ABA Therapy?
As an ABA therapist, you have probably heard the term “Operant Conditioning” or “Instrumental Conditioning” being used in conjunction with therapeutic methods that focuses on the strength of specific behavior as well as how it can be modified via positive or negative reinforcement. It can theoretically be used for adults, children, and sometimes even in training animals. It also lends itself to ABA therapy principles. Though to find out how to use operant conditioning effectively, we are going to [...]
Top Data Collection Methods for ABA Therapy
Being able to efficiently collect and analyze data is a critical component of Applied Behavior Analysis. Clinicians at every level use data to clearly understand the function of behaviors as well as develop treatment strategies to help modify them. Repeated data collection has been one of the primary methods for assessing behavior change through ABA treatment strategies. Though the exact data collection method that you use to track, analyze, and record all of this data will vary based on [...]
What are Medical Referrals for Medical Billing & Why They Are Important?
Primary care physicians and general practitioners often need to refer patients to a specialist for more advanced diagnostics and specific treatments. This sometimes involves contact the specialist, clinic, or treatment center to get more informed advice while developing a customized treatment plan. Directing a patient to a specialist for diagnostics or advanced treatment is known as a “Referral” in the world of medical billing. Though there are a few details to be mindful of. Especially when you consider that [...]
