Dieticians & Nutritionists
Dieticians & Nutritionists
Diet and nutrition providers that are looking to leap into billing with insurance may not know the best place to start. After all, today’s insurance landscape is extremely complicated and can feel daunting if you are not familiar with the process. Many specialists who previously did not accept insurance are beginning to and more and more insurance plans are bringing dietician services under their umbrella of coverage. The realization has been that accepting insurance is a quicker way to get paid for services, it helps make services affordable for patients, and brings in a higher number of patients than without.
Ultimately understanding what medical billing codes to use, and who is eligible to use them, will help providers improve their overall claims process by achieving more approvals and earning more payments.
Though they work with their clients in similar ways, like chiropractors and physical therapists, there are major differences between how dieticians and nutritionists bill for their services. It is important to note that there are dozens of titles like personal trainers and life coaches who may offer nutritional advice and diet plans, but who do not meet the qualifications in order to be covered by or to bill insurance companies. For providers that are eligible for insurance billing, it’s important that they are doing so correctly and efficiently. Though dieticians and nutritionists may gather a large portion of their revenue from self-pay clients, the ability to leverage insurance billing can boost their bottom line. Insurance billing, however, is a complicated landscape.
The most important part of billing for dietician services is finding the right tools that will help you along the way. Billing for dietician services can be time-consuming when you do not have the right software and technology to streamline the process. NJ-MBS is here to help simplify your claim processing and help you get paid faster.