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Team works on scaling their practice with technology
5 Strategies for Scaling a Practice—And How Technology Can Help BlogClinical DocumentationClinical ReportingEHR TechnologyGrowing Your PracticeManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPatient PortalPerformance ReportingPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

5 Strategies for Scaling a Practice—And How Technology Can Help

Is your behavioral health business ready to grow? Do you have the tools to support scaling your practice with technology? Increased demand for mental health treatment makes this an excellent time for practice owners to consider scaling up, whether that…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
behavioral health growth strategy decision: build or buy
Growth Strategies for Behavioral Health Practices: Weighing the Decision to Build or Buy BlogClinical CareEHR TechnologyGrowing Your PracticeManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Growth Strategies for Behavioral Health Practices: Weighing the Decision to Build or Buy

With demand exploding for behavioral health treatment, and trends in technology and care modalities changing the industry, it’s more important than ever for practices to have a strong growth strategy. Significant opportunities exist for mental health practices that are ready…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
What is e-prescribing - clinician using e-prescribing
What Is E-Prescribing and How Does it Work? BlogClinical CareEHR TechnologyePrescribingManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

What Is E-Prescribing and How Does it Work?

Technology has allowed mental health providers to move many tasks online. Just as scheduling, clinical notes, and entire therapy sessions can happen digitally, so too can the prescription process. E-prescribing refers to the process of submitting prescription orders to pharmacies…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
clinician discusses insurance for therapy
Why Your Practice Should Accept Insurance for Therapy Along With Private Pay BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthClearinghouseEHR TechnologyManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Why Your Practice Should Accept Insurance for Therapy Along With Private Pay

As a mental health provider, the idea of accepting insurance for therapy can feel daunting. Accepting insurance in private practice involves a lengthy credentialing process and requires you to cede some control over your pricing structure and the speed at…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 18, 2026
clinician works with insurance panel
How To Get Paneled with Insurance Companies and the Pros & Cons BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthEHR TechnologyManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

How To Get Paneled with Insurance Companies and the Pros & Cons

In this article, we will dive into insurance panels for private practices, which can be a great way to find a reliable stream of behavioral health patients. What Is an Insurance Panel? Joining an insurance panel means signing a contract…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 18, 2026
clinician discusses patient scheduling
The Great Patient Scheduling Debate: Should Patients Be Able to Self-Schedule? BlogEHR TechnologyIntake and Assessment AutomationManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPatient EngagementPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing ClinicianScheduling

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 Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
What Is A Clearinghouse? - insurance claim submitted through clearinghouse
What Is a Clearinghouse and How Can It Help Your Behavioral Health Practice? BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthClearinghouseEHR TechnologyManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

What Is a Clearinghouse and How Can It Help Your Behavioral Health Practice?

A medical billing clearinghouse is an intermediary that helps streamline communications between healthcare providers and healthcare payors. This includes checking billing claims for errors and enabling interoperability of various software systems. Behavioral health practices can cut down on errors, lost…
Andrew Schatzberg
September 4, 2026
clinician reviews DEA's new telemedicine rules with patient
DEA’s New Proposed Telemedicine Regulations BlogClinical CareComplianceEHR TechnologyePrescribingIndustry NewsManaging Your PracticeOffice ManagerOperating VirtuallyPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

DEA’s New Proposed Telemedicine Regulations

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the United States Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) implemented special rules allowing certain controlled medications to be prescribed by telehealth/telemedicine, without ever meeting the patient in-person. Although the federal pandemic emergency declaration…
Andrew Schatzberg
July 20, 2026
clinician prescribes depression medication spravato
Requirements for Prescribing Patients the Depression Medication Spravato® BlogClinical CareClinical ReportingePrescribingIndustry NewsManaging Your PracticeOffice ManagerPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Requirements for Prescribing Patients the Depression Medication Spravato®

Spravato® (esketamine) is a newer pharmaceutical that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2019, to be delivered in a clinical setting as a nasal spray along with an oral antidepressant. As a depression medication,…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025