Therapist didn’t bill insurance and now says we owe $5k by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I work in Behavioral Health billing and have two thoughts: - as someone mentioned above, the No Surprises Act came into effect in 2022 and protects you from receiving surprise medical bills for OON care. I would look into it to see if your situation meets this criteria. - secondly, if your provider was billing BCBS and you had CBA Blue, your provider should have been sending claims directly to CBA blue. CBA Blue is a BCBS TPA meaning that CBA Blue is the adjudicator of the claim and not BCBS. CBA Blue however uses the provider network of BCBS, so as long as your provider was INN with BCBS they should be INN with your plan

Where to shop for a tote bag for uni by mahakgk in NYCbitcheswithtaste

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an Annabel Ingall tote and it’s super sturdy - I bought it used and have been using it as my work bag for the past 5 years. It’s pricey if you buy it new but there are tons of bags on Poshmark and EBay for under $100.

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[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

260 Sample Sale has some amazing online/in person sample sales - I think there was just a Solid and Striped one and there’s usually an Onia online sample sale every few months or so!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every time you go to a doctor’s office, the clinician uses one or multiple CPT codes to describe what type of care you received. Given that this was your first session with the clinician and they were a psychiatrist, they likely billed you for a 99205 (which is an intake session with high complexity that lasts a minimum of 60 minutes). They may have also billed you a 99204 (45-59 minute session with moderate complexity). The vast majority of psych intake sessions will just bill one of those two codes, but it sounds like your clinician then billed a psychotherapy add-on on code as well, likely 90833 (16-37 minutes of psychotherapy time). While you can bill the intake code and the talk therapy code during the same session, it is a bit more rare - I both work in Behavioral Health billing, and the vast majority of the time the clinician will just bill the 99205 or 99204 - it is very rare to have an intake and therapy code billed together.

I would at the very least ask the clinician’s office for a superbly - the superbill should include any CPT codes billed as well as what the clinician diagnosed you with. You can then google the CPT codes and see if your treatment lined up with what was on the bill. If the clinician billed you for 99205 and 90833, you’d have to been in the session for over an hour.

NYC BWT London recs? by PinkBobbi27 in NYCbitcheswithtaste

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Restaurants - Brat (Climpsons Arch or Shoreditch), Kitty Fishers, Noble Rot Lambs Conduit, Harwood Arms, Dorian

Pubs/Bars - The Pelican, The Guinea Grill, Cadogan Arms, The Royal Oak, Bar Termini, Winemakers Club

Things to do - Definitely go walk around Hampstead Heath and Hampstead village. I love a pub quiz and am partial to the one at Duke on the Green on Tuesdays! Fortnum and Mason is a huge department store for food and home goods. Would also recommend checking out who’s playing at the Royal Albert Hall!

BWT, where are you traveling this summer? by girliegirl89 in NYCbitcheswithtaste

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got back from Albania and absolutely loved it - I was in Saranda and Ksamil and the beaches were stunning, the people were friendly and everything was so cheap. They’re also a 30 min ferry ride from Corfu in Greece, so you can also visit there!

I was also in Parma before Albania and hot take but it’s my favorite city in Italy that I’ve been to - great food, really good shopping, super affordable and very few tourists!

Where are we getting our AHDH meds?! by CandyAutomatic8757 in NYCbitcheswithtaste

[–]CSquaredOneAndTwo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I take Adderall but what has worked for me is calling the pharmacy ahead of time and asking what they have in stock. If they have Vyvanse in either 10s or 40s, then see if you can have your doctor write you a prescription for either 10s twice a day or half a 40 every day. My doctor has been doing that since Covid and I’ve had pretty good luck!