SimplePractice billing partner

Your billing team, working inside your SimplePractice account.

We run claims, Payment Reports, denials, and A/R for behavioral health practices so clinicians can stop chasing reimbursement and get back to clients.

No platform switch HIPAA-conscious, BAA-covered Behavioral health only
Claim status Managed
  1. Prepared
    Coded from locked note
  2. Submitted
    Filed to clearinghouse
  3. Accepted
    Passed payer edits · in review
  4. Payment posted
    ERA reconciled
  5. Paid
    Balance to statement
First-pass
More claims paid on submission #1
A/R days
Aging worked down by payer
Collections
Denials appealed, balances captured

Independent provider. Mental Health Billing is an independent billing and revenue cycle company that supports providers using this software. We are not the developer, owner, or officially affiliated with the software vendor unless explicitly stated. SimplePractice® is a trademark of SimplePractice, LLC.

What SimplePractice does

The platform your practice already runs on

SimplePractice is a cloud-based EHR and practice-management system built for therapy and behavioral health. It bundles scheduling, documentation, telehealth, a client portal, and insurance billing in one place which is exactly why the billing side gets so much traffic, and why the details matter.

Built for behavioral health

Session-based coding, supervised billing, telehealth, and the client portal are native — not bolted on.

Claims end to end

Electronic primary and secondary claims, integrated clearinghouse, status tracking, and Payment Reports (ERAs).

Where it stops

No built-in credentialing, limited advanced reporting, no open API. That's the gap an expert billing partner fills.

Our SimplePractice support

What we take off your plate

We work as an extension of your front and back office, inside your own subscription. Take all of it, or just the parts that keep stalling.

Enrollments

Both SimplePractice enrollment types filing claims electronically and receiving Payment Reports set up and maintained per payer.

Eligibility & benefits

Coverage, copay, deductible, and behavioral-health benefits verified before the first billed session.

Charge entry & coding

Locked notes turned into clean claims with correct CPT, add-on codes, modifiers, units, and diagnosis pointers.

Claim submission

Individual and batch claims from Unbilled Appointments, plus CMS 1500 forms where a payer requires paper.

Rejections & denials

Clearinghouse rejections corrected fast; payer denials diagnosed, appealed, corrected, or voided and rebilled.

Payment posting

Payment Reports and client payments reconciled against each claim so your ledgers stay accurate.

A/R follow-up

Aging claims and outstanding balances worked by payer and date until they're resolved.

Authorization tracking

Approved units monitored against sessions rendered, with renewals flagged before care is interrupted.

Credentialing support

CAQH, NPI, taxonomy, and payer applications handled separately, then synced to your billing profiles and enrollments.

Inside the software

How a claim travels through SimplePractice

The work sorts into four phases of the revenue cycle. Here's what happens in each and exactly where we step in.

01
Front end

Everything that has to be right before a claim can exist.

1

Intake & registration

Clients complete demographics, insurance, and consents in the portal. We catch the ID and DOB errors that cause front-end rejections.

2

Insurance verification

Eligibility and behavioral-health benefits confirmed before billing, including whether authorization is required.

3

Session & documentation

The appointment runs on the SimplePractice calendar; the clinician delivers and documents the session.

02
Build the claim

Turning a locked note into a clean, coded claim.

4

Note lock

SimplePractice won't build a claim until the note is signed and locked. We track unlocked notes so no session goes unbilled.

5

Charge entry & coding

Correct CPT/HCPCS, add-on codes, units, modifiers, place of service, and diagnosis pointers applied from the documentation.

6

Claim creation

Claim moves to Prepared, populated from the right billing profile and the client's insurance data.

03
Submit & track

Getting it to the payer clean, and watching it land.

7

Submission

Filed electronically through the integrated clearinghouse individually or in batches or as a CMS 1500 when required.

8

Scrubbing & rejections

Front-end rejections surface fast in the claim status. We fix and resubmit before they age.

9

Claim tracking

Every claim monitored through Submitted, Accepted, and Received using its clearinghouse reference number.

04
Get paid

Money in, denials worked, balances closed out.

10

Payment Reports & posting

ERAs return, and we post payments and contractual adjustments against the matching claim.

11

Denial management

Denied lines get a root-cause fix: corrected claim, appeal, or void and rebill as appropriate.

12

Statements & collection

Remaining client responsibility flows to statements and portal collection with card-on-file.

13

A/R & aging

Unpaid and aging claims worked by payer and date, with results reported back to you.

Already in your subscription

Features we put to work

Most practices use a fraction of what they're paying for. We turn these on and run them properly.

  • Eligibility checks run before intake, not discovered after three sessions.
  • Electronic claim filing — primary and secondary, with reference numbers tracked.
  • Batch claims from Unbilled Appointments, filtered by payer, clinician, or note-lock status.
  • Payment Reports (ERAs) — enrolled and reconciled so remittances post without manual entry.
  • Corrected & voided claims — used correctly so you don't trigger duplicate-claim rejections.
  • Authorization Tracking — approved units watched against sessions rendered.
  • Billing profiles mapped per payer and clinician on supporting plans.
  • Superbills fully coded for out-of-network clients to self-submit.
  • Analytics reports exported and turned into the A/R and first-pass metrics you actually need.
  • Client Portal billing statements, autopay, and card-on-file set up so balances don't linger.
What changes

Numbers move, not just how busy you feel

Higher first-pass acceptance

Clean coding, verified eligibility, and note-lock discipline mean more claims paid on the first try.

Lower A/R days

Consistent follow-up keeps claims out of the 60–90+ day buckets where they get harder to collect.

Increased collections

Captured client responsibility, worked denials, and appealed underpayments recover real revenue.

HIPAA-conscious handling

We operate within SimplePractice's secure, HITRUST-certified environment under a BAA.

Reporting you can act on

First-pass rate, denial rate, and A/R aging the platform doesn't hand you automatically.

More clinical time

Clinicians document and treat. They stop chasing claims and posting payments.

Why us for this software

We live in SimplePractice every day

Not a generalist medical biller learning the platform on your dime. We already know the small things that trip practices up.

  • Note-lock timing we know a claim won't generate until the progress note is signed and locked, and we build the workflow around it.
  • Telehealth & supervised billing correct modifiers, place of service, and rendering/supervising provider on every claim.
  • Rejection vs. denial — we route each one the right way instead of treating them the same and losing revenue.
  • The credentialing gap — we handle it separately and keep enrollments synced, so a new payer is actually ready to bill.

You keep everything you already have

Your subscription, your calendar, your notes, your client portal untouched. We work behind them on the revenue cycle, and fit around your setup instead of replacing it.

Start with a review of your open A/R, unbilled appointments, and enrollment gaps. We take over new submissions while working down the backlog in parallel.

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Who we support

Built for behavioral & allied health

SimplePractice is centered on mental health and that's exactly where our billing expertise is concentrated.

Therapy & counseling practices Psychologists LCSW / LPC / LMHC Marriage & family therapists Psychiatry & psychiatric NPs Substance use & addiction ABA & autism services Speech / OT & allied therapy Pre-licensed clinicians (supervised) Group practices
Before you reach out

SimplePractice billing questions, answered

Do we have to leave SimplePractice to work with you?

No. We work inside your existing SimplePractice account with appropriate access. You keep your subscription, calendar, notes, and client portal exactly as they are we take over the billing functions within them.

Can you file both primary and secondary claims?

Yes, both are submitted electronically. When you're enrolled for Payment Reports from the primary payer, secondary claims can auto-populate much of the required information from the primary adjudication, which we verify before sending.

How does SimplePractice handle ERAs?

SimplePractice calls them Payment Reports. Once you're enrolled to receive them, remittances return electronically and we post payments and adjustments against the matching claim. Where a payer doesn't support electronic reports, we post from the paper EOB.

Does SimplePractice do provider credentialing?

No credentialing isn't a SimplePractice feature. We handle credentialing and payer enrollment as a separate service (CAQH, NPI, taxonomy, applications), then keep your SimplePractice enrollments and billing profiles aligned so you can bill each payer once approved.

What's the difference between a rejected and a denied claim?

A rejection happens before adjudication usually a data error caught by the clearinghouse and shows up quickly in the claim status; we correct and resubmit. A denial happens after the payer adjudicates; we diagnose the reason, then file a corrected claim, appeal, or void and rebill. Treating them the same is a common way practices lose money.

Can you handle out-of-network clients and superbills?

Yes. We configure and generate superbills through SimplePractice with complete coding so out-of-network clients can self-submit, and we can file out-of-network electronic claims where that's the better route.

Do you manage insurance enrollments?

Yes. We complete and maintain both enrollment types filing claims electronically and receiving Payment Reports for each payer, since incomplete enrollments are a frequent cause of claims that can't file or remittances that never post automatically.

How do you track therapy authorizations?

We use SimplePractice's Authorization Tracking to monitor approved units against sessions delivered, and flag when a client is approaching their limit so a renewal can be requested before care is interrupted or a claim is denied.

Is our client data secure if you access our account?

SimplePractice operates in a HIPAA-conscious, HITRUST-certified environment and offers a Business Associate Agreement. We work within that environment under appropriate access controls and BAA coverage, and handle protected health information according to HIPAA requirements.

How quickly can you take over billing?

It depends on your claim volume, payer mix, and enrollment status. We typically start by reviewing your open A/R, unbilled appointments, and enrollment gaps, then take over new submissions while working down the existing backlog in parallel.

Get started

Ready to get your SimplePractice billing under control?

We'll review your account, show you where reimbursement is leaking, and take the billing work off your plate inside the platform you already use.

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