How to start a private practice and transitioning off insurance with Carrie Bock | POP 753
How do you find the balance between bootstrapping and spending money to launch your new practice? Are there any limiting beliefs that could be…
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Mental Health Insurance Benefits: What is the Difference Between Out-of-Network vs. In-Network Providers?
What You Need to Know About Mental Health Insurance Benefits As a mental health provider, I am frequently asked by potential clients if I…
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Should I Take Insurance in My Private Practice? Five Questions for Private Practice Series 2 of 5 | PoP 367
Are you unsure as to whether or not you should accept insurance in your practice? Do the benefits of insurance or private pay outweigh…
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3 Ways to Do Verification of Benefits
One of the most important processes you will complete in your time as an insurance-based practice is completing the verification of benefits. What is…
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Health Insurance, How to Charge No Show, Do You Need Another LLC, and Questions About Killin’It Camp | PoP 352
Ever wondered about working for yourself but not sure whether it would be worth losing your benefits from your full time job? Are you…
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Stages of Change into Private Practice: The Contemplation Stage (Part 2 of 5)
Coming out of denial is a gradual process. It was like having an addiction, an addiction to allowing other people to be masters of…
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One Therapist’s Journey Through The Insurance Jungle
There was I, standing in my first office space. I had decided to start my own private practice as a way to make a…
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10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Biller In Private Practice
If you’re at the point where you think you need a biller for your private practice, you probably do. Billing insurance can take up…
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PoP 167 | Adding Insurance and Talking to Doctors with Alison Pidgeon
Today we’re talking about insurance and talking to doctors with Alison Pidgeon. She runs through her experiences going into Private Practice. Podcast Sponsor Brighter Vision…
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Should I Have a Self-Pay or Insurance-Based Private Practice?
I recently posed this question to a Facebook group full of therapists in private practice: How did you decide to either take insurance or…
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How Do I Fill Out An Insurance Claim Form?
Are you totally overwhelmed by the thought of filling out a claim form? There are so many boxes! All insurance companies use a standardized…
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Forms of Payment from a Client’s Point of View
Forms of Payment from a Client’s Perspective Many counselors accept both insurance and private pay as a form of payment. If you are having…
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Why I don’t take insurance
Someone just asked me: “I saw your comment on LinkedIn about how you no longer take insurance. I’m curious about that. What made…
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More ways to help angry kids
In my last article “How to Help Angry Kids” I talked about a number of treatment approaches to help kids that have anger issues….
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Four things to do before starting a private practice
I know the feeling, you are so excited that you can’t stand it. You want to start as soon as possible. Here are four…
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