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What Is A Clearinghouse? - insurance claim submitted through clearinghouse
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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
an example of a superbill - what is a superbill
Superbills 101: What Is a Superbill? What Info Needs to Be On It? BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthEHR TechnologyManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Superbills 101: What Is a Superbill? What Info Needs to Be On It?

Providing “superbills” to your patients may be an excellent way to get more business and help your patients fully take advantage of the insurance benefits available to them. A superbill is a special type of invoice, also sometimes referred to…
Andrew Schatzberg
September 4, 2026
provider plans out broadcast messaging for behavioral health
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6 Ways to Use Broadcast Messaging for Behavioral Health

Simplify the management of your practice by using broadcast messaging for behavioral health in these six creative ways. Broadcast messaging is a game changer when it comes to sending real-time, urgent messages to your behavioral healthcare clients. The same is…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
clinician debates value-based care vs. fee-for-service
Value-Based Care vs. Fee-for-Service: Understanding the Key Differences in Healthcare Models BlogBillerBilling for Behavioral HealthClinical CareClinical DocumentationClinical ReportingEHR TechnologyIndustry NewsManaging Your PracticeMeasurement Based CareNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPatient PortalPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Value-Based Care vs. Fee-for-Service: Understanding the Key Differences in Healthcare Models

Value-Based Care vs. Fee-for-Service In this article, we will explore behavioral healthcare definitions and compare and contrast value-based care (VBC) vs. fee-for-service models. While the fee-for-service model is more traditional, the newer value-based care model has been gaining popularity in…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
provider working on ChatGPT for behavioral health services
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How Can Behavioral Health Services Leverage ChatGPT?

In November 2022, a service called ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research company founded in 2015. ChatGPT taps into a large database of text data from various sources (books, the web, etc.) to produce automated text…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025
provider exploring integrated vs. non-integrated credit card processing
Integrated vs. Non-Integrated Credit Card Processing for Your EHR BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthEHR TechnologyIntegrated Credit Card ProcessingManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPatient PortalPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Integrated vs. Non-Integrated Credit Card Processing for Your EHR

Does your behavioral health practice need credit card processing built right into the EHR, or will a third-party service do? Practice size, long-term goals, and budget will all factor into the decision, but here’s a basic overview of the differences…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 18, 2026
Billing ERAs explained
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What Is a Billing ERA? How Do You Use Them?

However your practice handles billing, it's critical to understand the role ERAs play in your revenue cycle. Electronic remittance advice (ERA) explains how a health insurance company or health plan has paid and/or adjusted claims from a medical provider. Often,…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 11, 2026
Provider works out her behavioral health practice profitability
Projecting Your Behavioral Health Practice’s Profitability BlogBillerBillingBilling for Behavioral HealthGrowing Your PracticeIntegrated Credit Card ProcessingManaging Your PracticeNon-Prescribing ClinicianOffice ManagerPerformance ReportingPractice AdministrationPractice OwnerPrescribing Clinician

Projecting Your Behavioral Health Practice’s Profitability

Projecting your behavioral health practice’s profitability isn’t as hard as you may think. The process requires financial clarity, a little analysis, and brainstorming. Finally, sprinkle on some specific goals for new income streams if your practice is seeing red. The…
Andrew Schatzberg
August 4, 2025
ICD-10 2023 Updates - ICD-10-CM 2023 Updates for clinicians to review
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ICD-10 2023 Updates

New diagnostic codes related to behavioral health conditions have gone into effect via the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) effective as of October 1, 2022. These updated codes expand upon and specify existing categories of behavioral…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2025