Medical Billing Forum
General Category => General Questions => : robhwood April 17, 2011, 11:49:48 AM
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Hi
I am a fully licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working for a state agency. I want to start doing some private practice on the side perhaps even move completely to private practed.
I not only need help getting my CAQH number but also getting in network with two key insurance companies- Tricare and United Healthcare.
I know you guys provide credentialing help with CAQH but do you also provide help with private insurance? I don't want this getting out locally until I actually start working part time in private practice because our agency administration has not exactly been pleased with previously licensed staff seeking credentialing in the past.
Thanks
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Have you called Tricare directly to find out what they may need? Also there are different divisions of tricare. I have tricare insurance and I know it is different from other insurances.
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We do have someone that can help you with CAQH and private insurances. You can email her at pam-solutions@cnymail.com
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One thing to remember with United Healthcare, in my area anyway, is that you need to be credentialed with United Behavioral Health, not UHC.
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with UBH, you must go to their website and input your information to find out if they are credentialling in your area. I just had to do this!!!! With Tricare, there are approx. 3 steps to getting final credentialling status. It takes a little bit with Tricare, because they do complete and thorough background checks, (just did this too).
What state are you in?