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The hidden costs of managing prospective patients and mitigating those costs have a direct impact on the success of a behavioral healthcare practice.
Read The latest from Valant CEO Ram Krishnan.
 

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How Can Behavioral Health Services Leverage ChatGPT?

In November 2022, a service called ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research company founded in 2015. ChatGPT taps into a large database of text data from various sources (books, the web, etc.) to produce automated text…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
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Integrated vs. Non-Integrated Credit Card Processing for Your EHR

Does your behavioral health practice need credit card processing built right into the EHR, or will a third-party service do? Practice size, long-term goals, and budget will all factor into the decision, but here’s a basic overview of the differences…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
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Projecting Your Behavioral Health Practice’s Profitability

Projecting your behavioral health practice’s profitability isn’t as hard as you may think. The process requires financial clarity, a little analysis, and brainstorming. Finally, sprinkle on some specific goals for new income streams if your practice is seeing red. The…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 4, 2025

In this article, Valant CEO Ram Krishnan provides insight on: What is “The Patient Experience” and why it's important.

 

https://hitconsultant.net/2023/01/25/why-patient-portal-usability-is-critical-to-patient-experience/
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ICD-10 2023 Updates

New diagnostic codes related to behavioral health conditions have gone into effect via the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) effective as of October 1, 2022. These updated codes expand upon and specify existing categories of behavioral…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
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Patient Waitlist Management and How To Make the Most of It

Behavioral health clinics across the nation continue to absorb a wave of clients struggling with mental health. The long-term psychological effects of recent national and world events will likely take years to untangle. In the meantime, waitlists for mental health…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
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What is Value-Based Care? What Does It Mean for Behavioral Health?

You may have heard that “value-based care” is attracting attention in the healthcare world. In fact, some predict that it will help define the future of healthcare. But what, exactly, is this type of care—and how does it apply to…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025