PracticaBilling, is co-owned
by Kristin Mitchell, LCSW and Hugh Simmons, LCSW. Between them they have fifty years of experience in private practice. As their respective practices grew, Kristin and Hugh felt increasingly overwhelmed by the bureaucratic demands of insurance and billing paperwork. Submitting claims, tracking insurance payments, handling unpaid and rejected claims, following-up on late co-pays and/or out-of-pocket payments and keeping up-to-date financial records devoured hours each week. This time could have been used for additional sessions or for just plain leisure.

In researching medical billing services Kristin and Hugh found an abundance of companies devoted to the needs of medical doctors, but very few for psychotherapists and other mental health professionals. Kristin and Hugh decided to join with Neal Charles, a former research analyst for the Smithsonian Publishing & Digital Network and expert in information technology. Together they formed PracticaBilling.

PracticaBilling will speed up your insurance payments.
Statistics and experience show turnaround on paper insurance claims to be 30, 60 even 90 days or longer, creating serious outstanding receivables for your practice. By submitting claims electronically, PracticaBilling can generally have money in your hands within 14-18 days.  

PracticaBilling will enhance your income.
There is a 30% suspension/rejection rate for paper insurance claims. This does not mean that the claims are never paid. What it does mean is that you must haggle with insurance carriers over payment. With PracticaBilling, careful attention is applied to every electronic claim processed, reducing errors to for all practical purposes to 0%. If something goes wrong with your claim at the payer level, we handle it in-house. PracticaBilling uses the CPT codes designed to maximize your receivables. Using our therapeutically sensitive Collections Lite service, delinquent out-of-pocket payments are significantly reduced.  

PracticaBilling will greatly reduce your workload.
Think of the hours you now spend as your own biller (filling out numerous forms, interacting with insurance companies, pursuing unpaid claims, etc.). These hours will be yours to spend doing the work you love.  

PracticaBilling will protect your good work from unnecessary financial headaches. We provide a buffer between your clinical work and your billing concerns.

PracticaBilling services are reasonably priced.
We know your cost of doing business. We've designed our pricing structure to be comfortable.  

PracticaBilling staff cares.
We maintain warm, responsive, reliable relationships with everyone we serve. You will have an individual customer representative assigned to you, a real person who knows your work and cares about your needs.