Therapy Session Coding
Correct time thresholds and add-on codes for individual, group, and family therapy. 90834 vs 90837 handled accurately every time.
About Cosentus
Cosentus is a healthcare revenue cycle management company combining specialty-trained experts with AI-native technology. With 25+ years of experience, we manage the full revenue cycle for behavioral health practices in San Francisco and across California through our SiMed division. From coding to collections, every step is connected through Zeus AI, which runs 23 modules, and managed by people who stay in behavioral health.
98%
Net Collection Rate
48hrs
Charge Lag
99%
Clean Claim Rate
<15%
AR Over 90 Days
Local Expertise
San Francisco has strong and growing demand for behavioral health services, driven by a population that prioritizes mental health access. UCSF Health, Dignity Health, Kaiser, and Sutter Health anchor the market alongside numerous private practices and community organizations. High operating costs in the city mean behavioral health practices need every session billed correctly and every authorization managed tightly. The Bay Area’s sophisticated payer environment demands billing precision that general RCM companies cannot deliver for behavioral health.
Cosentus, through our SiMed division, provides full-cycle behavioral health billing and revenue cycle management designed for the financial realities of the San Francisco market. Our team handles coding for psychiatry, therapy, IOP/PHP, medication management, and telehealth with the payer-specific accuracy needed to maximize collections in a high-cost market. Every session is tracked, every authorization is managed, and every claim is coded by behavioral health specialists.
What We Manage for Behavioral Health Practices in San Francisco
- Behavioral health coding: psychiatry, therapy, IOP/PHP, medication management, telehealth
- Session limit tracking and authorization management by payer
- Eligibility verification across commercial, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and EAP
- Claim scrubbing and same-day submission to 1,400+ payers
- Denial management with root cause review
- Appeals with clinical evidence and payer escalation
- AR follow-up and aging management
- Live analytics by provider, modality, payer, and denial category
Complete Behavioral Health Revenue Cycle
Psychiatric & Medication Management
Capture both psychiatric and E/M components when clinically appropriate. No missed revenue on dual-service visits.
IOP & PHP Billing
Manage payer-specific bundling and per-diem vs per-service differences. Each payer has its own rules. We track all of them.
Telehealth Billing
Correct place-of-service codes and modifier usage across payers. Rules change often. Our team stays current.
Authorization Management
Tracking ahead of time, submission, and follow-up on every authorization. Expirations caught before they become write-offs.
Crisis & Add-On Services
Accurate capture of crisis interventions, prolonged services, and behavioral health add-on codes.
Patient Billing & Support
Cindy handles patient balances empathetically in over 50 languages. Behavioral health patients need clear, sensitive communication.
Ai AGENT: CINDYAnalytics & Reporting
Dashboards showing revenue per provider, session type, authorization status, and denial patterns.
Why Local Knowledge Matters
We Know California Payers
San Francisco behavioral health practices work with high-value commercial contracts, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and EAP programs. The SiMed team understands the session limits, authorization protocols, and documentation requirements for every major payer in this market, so your sessions are covered and your claims are paid.
Dedicated to Behavioral Health
SiMed by Cosentus is dedicated exclusively to behavioral health billing. Our team understands every modality: psychiatry, individual therapy, group therapy, IOP, PHP, medication management, and telehealth. We track session limits, manage authorizations, and code every encounter with the specificity this specialty requires.
National Reach. Local Focus.
We manage behavioral health revenue cycles across the country, but your SiMed team knows San Francisco and the Bay Area. They understand the premium payer contracts, the strong BH demand, and the financial dynamics that make precise billing essential in this market.
Frequently Asked Questions
Know Exactly Where Your Revenue Is Going.
Wherever your revenue cycle needs to go, we can help.
- STEP 1
Connect
Tell us about your organization, your specialty and where revenue is getting stuck.
- STEP 2
Diagnose
We run a No-Cost Financial MRI on your revenue cycle and show you exactly what it finds.
- STEP 3
Recover
Together we fix the causes, and the revenue you were missing starts arriving.