Claimark Billing Solutions — InsightsBilling insights for mental health, physical therapy, and credentialing practices.https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/Why your 90837 keeps getting downcoded to 90834https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/why-your-90837-keeps-getting-downcoded-to-90834/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/why-your-90837-keeps-getting-downcoded-to-90834/Four payers, four different definitions of what counts as documented time. Here is what each one actually looks for, and the appeal language that works on each.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat a healthy days-in-A/R number looks like for a solo practicehttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/what-a-healthy-days-in-ar-number-looks-like-for-a-solo-practice/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/what-a-healthy-days-in-ar-number-looks-like-for-a-solo-practice/The benchmarks that matter for solo practices, why national averages are misleading, and what to do if your number is climbing.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe CAQH attestation everyone forgets, and what it costshttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/the-caqh-attestation-everyone-forgets-and-what-it-costs/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/the-caqh-attestation-everyone-forgets-and-what-it-costs/CAQH attestation expires every 120 days. If it lapses, your payer enrollments go inactive. Here is the timeline and the fix.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEAP carve-outs: how to tell before the session who is actually payinghttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/eap-carve-outs-how-to-tell-before-the-session-who-is-actually-paying/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/eap-carve-outs-how-to-tell-before-the-session-who-is-actually-paying/EAP billing is not intuitive. The entity that books the session is not always the entity that pays for it. Here is how to tell the difference.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 8-minute rule, worked through with real treatment timeshttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/the-8-minute-rule-worked-through-with-real-treatment-times/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/the-8-minute-rule-worked-through-with-real-treatment-times/PT billing units are not optional. The 8-minute rule determines how many units you can bill, and getting it wrong is the most common source of PT denials.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCARC 197: what it really means and the three things that cause ithttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/carc-197-what-it-really-means-and-the-three-things-that-cause-it/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/carc-197-what-it-really-means-and-the-three-things-that-cause-it/CARC 197 is one of the most common denial codes in mental health billing. Here is what it actually means and how to prevent it.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA five-minute eligibility check that prevents most of your denialshttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/a-five-minute-eligibility-check-that-prevents-most-of-your-denials/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/a-five-minute-eligibility-check-that-prevents-most-of-your-denials/The single most effective thing you can do to reduce denials is verify eligibility before the session, not after the denial.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTTelehealth place of service and modifiers, payer by payerhttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/telehealth-place-of-service-and-modifiers-payer-by-payer/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/telehealth-place-of-service-and-modifiers-payer-by-payer/Telehealth billing rules change constantly. The place of service code and modifiers you use depend on the payer, the service, and when the patient is located.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat to do with claims that have aged past their filing limithttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/what-to-do-with-claims-that-have-aged-past-their-filing-limit/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/what-to-do-with-claims-that-have-aged-past-their-filing-limit/Some claims are dead. Knowing which ones and being honest about it is the hardest part of aged A/R recovery.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTRevalidation dates: the quiet way practices fall out of networkhttps://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/revalidation-dates-the-quiet-way-practices-fall-out-of-network/https://claimarkbillingsolutions.com/insights/revalidation-dates-the-quiet-way-practices-fall-out-of-network/Revalidation is the credentialing task that nobody thinks about until the denials arrive. Here is the timeline and the fix.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT