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Preparing Your Behavioral Health Business to Scale: Auditing Operations to Grow

“Scaling” is the goal of many business owners, including many behavioral health business owners. If you’ve considered hiring more providers, growing your client list, or opening new locations, you probably identify growth or scaling as a major goal. But it…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 1, 2023

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Therapist Scheduling Software

Effective therapist scheduling software empowers you to better serve your patients. Despite being a problem that almost every service-oriented business faces, scheduling tools are hard to get right. This is why we at Valant have worked hard to perfect our…

Andrew SchatzbergJuly 29, 2023

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Goals for 2023 – Improve Your Mental Health Practice

There is always room to improve your mental health practice. As we head into the second half of 2023, consider these possible priorities to finish the year off strong. Increase Provider & Staff Productivity with the Right Tools Consider the…

Andrew SchatzbergJune 28, 2023

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The Great Patient Scheduling Debate: Should Patients Be Able to Self-Schedule?

Patient scheduling is one of the most critical workflows to optimize at your behavioral health practice because it is one of the most frequent tasks on any given day. As with so many administrative processes, technology has revolutionized appointment booking,…

Andrew SchatzbergApril 22, 2023

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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 SchatzbergJanuary 21, 2023

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How Therapy Appointment Reminders Can Help Your Practice

They show up on our phones, drop into our inboxes, and ping us through voicemail: appointment reminders. If you’ve visited any appointment-focused provider in recent years, from a doctor to a hairstylist to your tax accountant, you’ve probably gotten one…

Andrew SchatzbergJune 4, 2022

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“Valant Saves Lives”: Betts Psychiatric Streamlines Work to Better Care for Patients

Betts Psychiatric Streamlines Work to Better Care for Patients: William Betts, PMHNP-BC, founded his practice Betts Psychiatric PC to fill a need he saw for more personalized patient care within the mental health system. He wanted a practice where providers…

Allister LiberatoMay 31, 2022

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The Tools You Need for a Successful Group Therapy Session

What factors determine the success of a therapy group? Provider training, group cohesion, consistent attendance—these things each play a major role in effective group treatment. Less acknowledged, however, is what goes on behind the scenes, including the software and systems…

Andrew SchatzbergApril 14, 2022

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Top 5 Ways to Improve Front Office Efficiency

Front office staff are the first point of communication for the majority of behavioral health clients. In addition to being the face of your practice, these staff are responsible for a large percentage of the administration tasks necessary to keep…

Andrew SchatzbergMarch 10, 2022

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How Efficient Is my Private Practice?

A Quiz for Behavioral Health Professionals. As a behavioral health professional, the total amount of work hours you put into your practice goes well beyond the face time spent with patients. For every billable hour, your practice must also account…

Heidi AmrineSeptember 28, 2020

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