Using insurance to help pay for mental healthcare can seem like a complicated and convoluted process. Nirvana allows clients to discover if they have out-of-network mental health benefits, and if so, maximize the amount of coverage they can receive from their insurance company.
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April 19, 2023
Nirvana Health Makes Insurance Checks Simple
At Nirvana, we build products to make the mental healthcare billing process foolproof. We use cutting edge AI and machine learning to create the tools providers and administrators need to streamline their back office work and easily access accurate pricing information on care.
March 31, 2023
What is a CPT code and Why is it Required?
If you've ever received medical treatment or services, you may have come across something called a CPT code. But what exactly is a CPT code, and why are they required?In this blog post, we'll explain what a CPT code is and how it's used, as well as why it's important for both healthcare providers and patients to understand and use CPT codes.
March 30, 2023
Will My Employer Know I'm in Therapy If I Use Employer-Sponsored Coverage?
This resource answers questions regarding the privacy of mental health insurance claims while using employer-sponsored coverage and why some to opt for Out-of Network care. Additionally, this resource details how Nirvana enables OON insurance reimbursement.
March 27, 2023
How Out-of-Network Insurance Reimbursement Helps Therapists Retain Patients in Their Practice
Retaining clients is an important concern for therapists, as it can have a significant impact on the success and sustainability of their practice. Learn more about how out of network insurance reimbursement can help promote client retention.
March 23, 2023
Privacy Matters at Nirvana
Nirvana takes client data privacy seriously. Read more about how our platform is completely HIPAA compliant.
March 20, 2023
How Therapists Are Using The Nirvana Calculator
Nirvana’s Out of Network Reimbursement Calculator provides an instant breakdown of your clients’ mental health benefits from the comfort of their preferred device. This resource is a step by step guide on how to set up the calculator and increase usage once it is active.
February 28, 2023
Understanding The Out-of-Network Insurance Reimbursement Process
A major factor that contributes to the cost of mental healthcare is whether the services are covered by a client’s insurance plan, and if their therapist is out-of-network from their provider. Read through this resource to better understand the process of out-of-network insurance reimbursement and learn how to maximize your potential benefits.
February 2, 2023
The Hidden Work of Building a Practice with Tracy LMHC
Psychotherapist Tracy LMHC shares the challenges of running a private practice and some of the tools she has utilized to help grow and sustain her own practice.
January 12, 2023
Why We Built the Insurance Reimbursement Calculator
In the first post about Nirvana’s products, we discuss our software design philosophy and introduce the first major element of our platform, the Peace of Mind Coverage Calculator.
January 10, 2023
Building Trust In Mental Healthcare
Sonya Veytsman is a licensed clinical therapist and graduate of Fordham and Columbia who specializes in anxiety and relationships. Veytsyman reflects on the impact the Nirvana Gives program had on her practice and shares insights on how Nirvana's tools benefit her clients.
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January 9, 2023
The #1 Financial Mistake in Private Practice
Read tips from Dr. Carrie Singer, a Licensed Psychologist who owns a group practice in the DC suburbs with 40 employed therapists. She speaks candidly about taking risks and her experience creating a thriving private therapy practice.
November 25, 2022
Nirvana Gives, changing mental healthcare one patient at a time.
Dr. Jennifer Kashani is one of two recipients of the new Nirvana Gives program. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist certified in psychoanalytic psychotherapy who focuses on relationship and career success. Based in Los Angeles, her work encompasses the different feelings and/or transitional points in people's lives.
November 21, 2022
What Are Out-of-Network Benefits?
Understanding your insurance plan is a crucial step for taking advantage of the benefits your plan has to offer, and can make therapy more affordable. Let’s walk through how to find out what your plan covers, and how to estimate the cost.
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October 12, 2022
The Pros and Cons of Out-of-Network vs. In-Network Insurance
Are you stuck deciding between accepting insurance for therapy and private pay? Read the details in our guide to see which payment method is best suited for your practice.
October 10, 2022
World Mental Health Day
Today we take a moment of gratitude for our customers who inspire our work, every day. Our solo therapists, group practices, and enterprise partners work daily to provide therapy to clients. Treatment that breaks cycles, opens new pathways, and changes lives.
October 3, 2022
8 Digital Mental Health Companies for Therapists
Digital health companies offer multiple services that can benefit therapists including software to set their own schedules, offer advanced client-provider matching services, video and messaging apps, and billing tools.
September 29, 2022
Promoting Mental Health Equity in Your Practice
We at Nirvana believe that all patients should have equal access to appropriate and quality healthcare services, regardless of their economic background or social identity. This article will explain the concept of "health equity", how people can find affordable therapy, and what Nirvana can do to help them.
September 26, 2022
Working with Unsupported Insurers
While we can’t support all insurers, we are still committed to helping make insurance as easy as possible. We provide tools for therapists who need to verify benefits with, or file claims to the insurers Nirvana does not currently support.
September 14, 2022
Mental Healthcare Access - Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare
More than 25% of the non-elderly uninsured population is eligible for either Medicaid or CHIP, and we’re dedicated to providing resources to close the gap. We’re here to help people to access the care they need, the care we all deserve.
August 25, 2022
How to Grow Your Private Psychology Practice with Nirvana
With inflation on the rise, clients are facing more and more financial challenges. To make therapy more sustainable, clients need to know how to maximize their insurance benefits. Licensed psychologist, Dr. Jessica January Behr, explains how she uses Nirvana’s services to address Superbill challenges and grow her practice.
July 25, 2022
How Much Does Therapy Cost Without Insurance?
We at Nirvana see mental health services as a necessary resource that should be available to everyone in our community. This article will explain how people can find affordable therapy and what Nirvana can do to help them.
July 20, 2022
Bringing A Fresh Perspective To Mental Health
As Head of Product at Nirvana, Mike Komadina's goal is to work across the organization to make sure we deliver solutions for therapists and clients that engender trust, confidence and clarity. We want to work with our partners to ensure we reduce as much confusion and friction as possible.
July 13, 2022
How to Maximize Out-of-Network Insurance Reimbursement for Therapy
Using insurance to help pay for mental healthcare can seem like a complicated and convoluted process. Nirvana allows clients to discover if they have out-of-network mental health benefits, and if so, maximize the amount of coverage they can receive from their insurance company.
June 23, 2022
5 reasons to accept out-of-network mental health insurance
We understand that many therapists can be reluctant to accept out-of-network insurance due to the long list of potential delays that can take place when filing claims. Here are 5 benefits to accepting out-of-network insurance, and how Nirvana can make it easier.
June 2, 2022
Understanding Your Client's Mental Health Insurance Benefits
A brief guide on how to get the most of your client’s mental health insurance benefits with Nirvana Co-Founder and CEO, Akshay Venkitasubramanian.
June 2, 2022
What is a Superbill for Therapy?
A Superbill contains all the necessary information that an insurance company needs before reimbursement, but they can still be ineffective. Find out why.
April 21, 2022
Mental Health Billing Made Easy
One therapist’s journey to take the headache out of mental health billing.
April 6, 2022
How to Create a Unique Mental Health Practice By Following Your Passions
How two therapists who were frustrated by the traditional therapy model built a groundbreaking mental health practice.
March 24, 2022
Lessons Learned When Starting a Group Practice
What one therapist who started her own group practice learned about mental healthcare billing.
March 17, 2022
Mental Health as a Human Right
Scott Breitinger, a psychiatrist in the Mayo Clinic Division of Integrated Behavioral Health, unpacks how social and economic inequality impact mental well-being.
March 10, 2022
Nirvana: Where Mission Matters
Meet Nirvana Customer Success Associate Carolyn Surdovel, who uses her experience to help Nirvana customers get the most out of our platform.
February 15, 2022
How to Get the Most From Your Out-of-Network Mental Health Insurance Benefits
Navigating out-of-network mental health insurance benefits can be a headache. Here are some key tips to getting reimbursed quickly and easily.
January 27, 2022
The Biggest Misconception About Mental Health Care (From a Therapist Who Lives It)
Psychologist and Entrepreneur Ariella Soffer, Ph.D. shares how working through problems with a licensed therapist is drastically different from talking to friends or family.
January 20, 2022
What The No Surprises Act Means for Therapists and Mental Health Professionals
The No Surprises Act may be new, but we at Nirvana have been working to address the issue of medical billing transparency for quite some time. It’s part of why we created the Nirvana platform, to help therapy clients understand their benefits better so they can maximize care.
December 20, 2021
Why We Started Nirvana
We created Nirvana to put an end to insurance headaches in mental healthcare. Learn more about our founding story!
December 15, 2021
As States Return to "Normal," Should My Practice?
For practitioners among you who have leases expiring in the near future, a question is likely weighing on your minds: should I renew my lease or transition fully to remote sessions?
November 3, 2021
Making Mental Healthcare Affordable Is Personal to Our Team
"With Nirvana, I’m helping to make a product that takes something that is super complex—insurance—and transforms it into something so simple that anyone, whether they’re ten years old or a hundred, can use, to access care affordably."
October 14, 2021
Why Your Insurance Paid So Little for Your Therapy
If you’ve ever submitted a health insurance claim for out-of-network care, you've probably come across one of the many dreaded experiences of modern health insurance: not getting back what you thought you would from your insurer. Here's how to get the coverage reimbursement you expect.
October 14, 2021
Why Therapy in New York City Costs as much as Three Months Rent
Why Therapy in New York City Costs as much as Three Months Rent
Find out how we can help your practice increase revenues by accepting out-of-network insurance, and help more clients.
