Billing and Coding

Getting Started with Insurance and Managed Care (Flash)

Insurance Reimbursement: How to Complete the CMS-1500 (Flash)

10 Tips for Resolving Issues with Insurance Companies

Insurance Claims 101 – Avoiding Common Payment Pitfalls

Using a Sliding Fee Schedule  (PDF, 255KB)

Billing for your services: Common Q&As

Six Tips for Handling Claims Denials

Matter of Law: Managing Your Managed Care Contracts

Caution: Are You Waiving Copayments and Deductibles?

Integrated Health Care: How to Use Health & Behavior CPT® Codes (Flash)

FAQs on Billing for Health and Behavior Services

Practitioners Find Many Benefits in Using Health and Behavior Codes

Medicare Milestone: All Carriers Now Cover Health and Behavior Services

Health and Behavior CPT® Codes

Read about the APA Practice Organization's latest efforts to address problems with payment for testing services. 

Introduction to the Toolkit  (PDF, 60KB)

Summary of Changes to the Codes for 2006  (PDF, 63KB)

Q&A About Using the Technician Billing Code  (PDF, 47KB)

Q&A About Using the Computer Billing Code  (PDF, 61KB)

Q&A About Carrier Implementation of the Codes  (PDF, 66KB)

APA Division 40 Technician Policy  (PDF, 67KB)

AACN Technician Policy  (PDF, 60KB)

NAN Technician Policy  (PDF, 66KB)