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The front office receptionist, one role at a behavioral health group practice
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Roles In a Behavioral Health Group Practice: Why You Need a Powerful EHR to Keep Your Team Organized

A group practice of behavioral health providers offers many benefits to patients. It allows them to access the expertise of multiple providers across a range of specialties and can be a one-stop shop for therapy and prescription drugs to manage…
Andrew Schatzberg
July 11, 2025
New Medicare decision expands telehealth coverage for behavioral health
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Medicare’s Latest Telehealth Decision and What it Means for Behavioral Health

A new telehealth coverage policy set by Medicare could mean increased demand for telehealth services at your behavioral health practice. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in early November that Medicare will ease restrictions on telehealth coverage…
Andrew Schatzberg
July 20, 2026
Shannon Shadman - The Mental Mediator
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Case Study: Solving Unseen Problems

The Mental Mediator turned to Valant for e-prescribing and learned just how much of their daily work could be improved. From integrated outcome measures to efficiencies with clinical documentation, this behavioral health practice improved their efficiency in ways they couldn't…
Heidi Amrine
April 5, 2024
No Surprises Act
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No Surprises Act: Information for Behavioral Health Practices

On July 1, 2021, the Biden administration issued an interim final rule establishing the No Surprises Act (NSA), which introduces consumer protections against high medical costs and has implications for how physical and behavioral health providers bill for services. The…
Heidi Amrine
January 5, 2022
2022 updates for ICD-10 codes
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ICD-10-CM 2022 Updates

Updates to ICD-10-CM Coding 2022 The American Psychological Association (APA) announced coding updates to its DSM-5 diagnosis list based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10 diagnostic coding updates for 2022. Healthcare providers worldwide use the ICD-10-CM…
Andrew Schatzberg
January 28, 2022
Creating a genogram with whiteboarding during a telehealth session - telehealth whiteboarding
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Tips for Using Whiteboarding During Telehealth Appointments

Whiteboarding is a powerful tool to take traditionally in-person therapy activities to the digital telehealth space. With 41 percent of behavioral health appointments conducted online, therapists and psychiatrists can no longer rely on pen-and-paper or other physical materials for things…
Andrew Schatzberg
March 12, 2024