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Internal Auditing Best Practices

5 Steps to Increase Preparation in a Private Behavioral Health Practice Audits are a nominal part of worklife for publicly funded behavioral healthcare organizations, but even small private practices are subjected to them from time to time. Some private practices…

Heidi AmrineAugust 22, 2016

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Hiring for your Behavioral Health Practice

Understanding practice dynamics and employee motivations.</h2 As any successful business owner will tell you, employee churn is costly. It isn’t any different in a private behavioral health practice setting, either. Finding the best possible candidate for a needed role in…

Heidi AmrineAugust 15, 2016

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HIPAA Compliance Checklist

Quick tips for behavioral health practices HIPAA compliance is an important aspect of running a behavioral health practice, as the mismanagement of privacy measures could result in significant consequences for both patient and provider. Similar to the popular healthcare mantra,…

Heidi AmrineAugust 4, 2016

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Should I Outsource My Billing?

A guide to determine the best billing model for your private practice. Efficient, cost-effective, and accurate billing is the backbone of a healthy behavioral health practice. As the owner of a private practice, you have to determine the most economical…

Heidi AmrineJuly 27, 2016

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Can an EHR Prevent Fraud?

How certain key features protect the practice. Generally speaking, the healthcare industry is made up of honest, hard working professionals. But like any other mass-scale program involving several complex, interconnected information management systems, huge sums of money, and human hands…

Heidi AmrineJuly 19, 2016

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Signs You’re Outgrowing Your EHR

Three questions behavioral health practices must ask EHR systems have become a modern staple for behavioral health organizations. Both large and small practices have come to see value in the automation and convenience an EHR provides, but circumstances change over…

Heidi AmrineJune 30, 2016

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Valant Chosen as Best Specialty-Driven EHR for Behavioral Health by Black Book™

Just as behavioral health providers focus on specific matters for their patients in ways that aren’t typically expected of a general practitioner, a specialty-driven EHR is better equipped to accommodate the specialization for which it is designed. Behavioral health practices…

Heidi AmrineJune 10, 2016

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Infographic: The Cost of Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is among the most common mental illness diagnoses in the United States. The emotional toll on the families, friends, and colleagues of those afflicted is significant, but it does not stop there. According to a recent…

Heidi AmrineMarch 10, 2016

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3 Mental Health Technology Tools to Help Your Facility Get Funding

These days, it’s hard for mental and behavioral health care providers to get the financial support they need. Some states slash their mental health budgets deeper each year, even as the demand for better care is gaining momentum nationwide. In…

Heidi AmrineFebruary 5, 2016