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Billing Modifiers Without the Headaches: How Behavioral Health EHRs Should Handle Them Billing for Behavioral HealthBillerBillingBlog

Billing Modifiers Without the Headaches: How Behavioral Health EHRs Should Handle Them

Modifiers are small. The hard part is that the problems they create usually aren’t. For behavioral health practices, a missing or incorrect modifier slows reimbursement, triggers claim rework, raises compliance concerns, and frustrates teams that are already stretched thin. It…
Perrill
July 20, 2026
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The Complete Guide to Starting a PMHNP Private Practice BlogGrowing Your PracticePractice AdministrationStarting Your Practice

The Complete Guide to Starting a PMHNP Private Practice

Starting a PMHNP private practice is one of the biggest professional decisions a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner can make and one of the most demanding. You've spent years mastering the clinical side of psychiatric care. The business side demands separate disciplines and most graduate programs don't teach it.  This guide covers…
Brad Johnson
August 14, 2026
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Behavioral Health Electronic Medical Record: What to Know Before You Choose BlogEHR TechnologyPractice AdministrationStarting Your Practice

Behavioral Health Electronic Medical Record: What to Know Before You Choose

Many practice owners start their behavioral health electronic medical record search overwhelmed by options built for primary care. These systems aren't built with behavioral health in mind, which means they don't account for how therapists, psychiatrists, and counselors work. Behavioral health requires a purpose-built electronic medical record…
Brad Johnson
June 30, 2026
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Psychiatry EHR Software: The 5 Core Features Prescribing Providers Need BlogEHR TechnologyPractice Management

Psychiatry EHR Software: The 5 Core Features Prescribing Providers Need

Psychiatrists require unique features in an EHR to manage daily work efficiently. Even EHRs designed for mental health providers can fall short if they’re built primarily for therapists and not psychiatrists.  Psychiatry EHR software includes the ability to prescribe and monitor medications safely, psychiatric templates for documentation, and supportive workflows for a prescribing physician’s schedule and billing needs.  If your EHR wasn’t built…
Brad Johnson
September 4, 2026
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Mental Health Treatment Plan Goals and Objectives: Setting Your Providers and Patients Up for Success in Treatment Planning BlogClinical CareClinical DocumentationEHR TechnologyMeasurement Based CareNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPatient EngagementPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerTreatment Planning

Mental Health Treatment Plan Goals and Objectives: Setting Your Providers and Patients Up for Success in Treatment Planning

Treatment plans are an important part of your behavioral health practice. Done well, they can help set your clients up for better outcomes. One of the most important aspects of the process is setting mental health treatment plan goals and…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 19, 2026