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Blog for Mental & Behavioral Health Providers

Valant is how behavioral health practices get the specialized EHR tools they need to provide quality care – and keep business running smoothly. With less effort but more insight, you finally have a better way to put growth into practice. Too many practices of every shape and size keep running into the same growth hurdles. With everything from cumbersome intake processes to inefficient clinical workflows to the hassle of juggling multiple practice management tools – there’s always another obstacle in the way. To really put growth into practice, you’ve got to be able to focus your efforts, speed your process, and track your progress. Only Valant makes this possible, and it’s why thousands of behavioral practices rely on us to save them time, increase their reimbursement rates, and improve outcomes. Valant. Put growth into practice.™

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Subscription or Perpetual? Why Your Choice of EHR Software Matters for Your Mental Health Practice

In the world of EHR software, a mental health practice has two main purchasing choices: subscription or perpetual, with “perpetual” meaning a one-time purchase where the practice owns the software outright. While the overall EHR industry trend is to offer…
Heidi Amrine
May 4, 2022
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Donna’s Story: Visually Impaired Provider Connects with Patients Through Valant EHR Case StudyBlogClinical DocumentationEHR TechnologyGrowing Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Donna’s Story: Visually Impaired Provider Connects with Patients Through Valant EHR

Working at Valant, we often hear inspiring stories from our customers. Here’s a special example from Donna Offield, M.A., LPC. The Beginning Donna Offield did not come into this world easily. While her father was serving in the United States…
Andrew Schatzberg
November 29, 2021
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ICD-10 Codes for Depression 2025 – F32.0–F33.3

ICD-10 Codes for Depression In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 codes for depression, ranging from F32.0 to F32.9. It’s important to note coding changes frequently; the code for 2021 went into effect on October 1, 2020. As of…
Odd Dog
October 22, 2026
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ICD-10 Code for Anxiety, Unspecified 2025 – F41.9 BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthClinical CareClinical DocumentationClinical ReportingEHR TechnologyManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

ICD-10 Code for Anxiety, Unspecified 2025 – F41.9

In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 code for anxiety. The ICD-10 code for unspecified anxiety disorder is F41.9. It is important to note, however, that there are a number of anxiety disorders indexed in ICD-10. The ICD-10 code…
Odd Dog
October 22, 2026
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How To Get Paid For Measurement-Based Care

If your practice hasn’t started administering outcome measures or using measurement-based care, you should be. Why? Not only is it rapidly becoming the standard of care, but it allows you to achieve better patient outcomes faster, and you can get…
Heidi Amrine
August 30, 2024
What is Measurement Based Care
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What is Measurement-Based Care?

Measurement-based care is a term that’s been around since 2006, yet remains unfamiliar to many behavioral health professionals still today. It is defined as the systematic administration of symptom rating scales and other assessment tools to help initially assess behavioral…
Heidi Amrine
August 25, 2026