https://www.privatepracticecents.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-10-17 https://www.privatepracticecents.com/blog/pos02-10 monthly 0.5 2026-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/41e13acb-a313-4c09-b22d-69bd52b28028/CMS+1500+Box+24B Blog - Place of Service Codes and Reimbursement Rate Changes: What Mental Health Therapists Need to Know The POS code goes in Box 24B of the CMS-1500 claim form, and it tells the payer where the session took place. CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) defines and maintains the full list of these codes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/929e05f8-7148-472d-8344-4ed4c9478510/unsplash-image-UUsQk_9bdR8.jpg Blog - Place of Service Codes and Reimbursement Rate Changes: What Mental Health Therapists Need to Know - POS 02: Telehealth Provided Other than in Patient’s Home– The location where health services and health related services are provided or received, through telecommunication technology. Patient is not located in their home when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology. (Effective January 1, 2017) (Description change effective January 1, 2022, and applicable for Medicare April 1, 2022.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/ffecdacd-4b6d-4369-809e-78a00bc0cc9d/unsplash-image-XihOO7UOvy4.jpg Blog - Place of Service Codes and Reimbursement Rate Changes: What Mental Health Therapists Need to Know - Check your contracts and provider manuals for POS guidance specific to telehealth. And may the odds be ever in your favor if you have to call the payer and request guidance. Compare recent telehealth remittances to what you expected, especially for sessions billed as POS 02. Read payer bulletins and newsletters, even the ones you’d normally skim past. Check your EHR or clearinghouse billing settings and update your default POS code if needed. Call the payer’s provider line if something doesn't match your contract, before assuming the new rate is correct. https://www.privatepracticecents.com/blog/making-sense-of-cents monthly 0.5 2026-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/1790391088108-M8HBNS9CLBISCAURYS58/unsplash-image-YRMWVcdyhmI.jpg Blog - What They Didn't Teach in Grad School: Making Sense of Cents It is such a wonderful thing that so many people enter the mental health field because they truly want to help others and make an impact in the world around them. https://www.privatepracticecents.com/blog/how-a-math-avoidant-therapist-became-a-numbers-nerd monthly 0.5 2026-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/1789220963029-UKE3P5F8UOJ68S7RP42D/unsplash-image-hMGhFaFMG2I.jpg Blog - How A Math-Avoidant Therapist Became a Numbers Nerd - But in high school I took a Consumer’s Math class, and I remember really liking it! I learned how to calculate sales discounts and figure out the real percentage I was saving. I learned about IRS tax forms. Then a few years later in college, I deep dived on free tax software, filling out my taxes on 2-3 programs and comparing the 1040s to make sure I had it correct before submitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698b5275bbca6d4741e7790d/1789221632264-T73OYS2NEBD5J5QLA462/unsplash-image-XihOO7UOvy4.jpg Blog - How A Math-Avoidant Therapist Became a Numbers Nerd - So that’s one of the reasons why I landed on the name Private Practice Cents. Because Cents do matter… The little numbers add up and do influence outcomes! Whether it makes us uncomfortable or not, the reality is that money helps us achieve goals in our personal lives. 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You Lose Control When you work for a platform, they can change the terms, reimbursement rates, fees, record-keeping requirements, and even data privacy policies whenever they want. You have far less say than you would in your own practice. What might have started out as a referral stream dries up, or suddenly costs you. If you decide to move away from the platform, you have to start all over with credentialing and practice systems if you relied on using the platform’s. Private Practice Can Be Streamlined With a good EHR and some solid systems, private practice isn’t as daunting as it seems. Scheduling, intake paperwork, billing, appointment reminders, secure messaging, insurance billing, bookkeeping—it can all be streamlined and automated. 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