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Mental Health Billing 101: What Every Therapist Needs to Know

If you’re new to mental health billing, you may feel overwhelmed, uncertain, or anxious about the process. Don’t worry; that’s normal! Most mental health experts aren’t trained to navigate the medical billing landscape. After all, billing is closer to business…

Andrew SchatzbergMarch 25, 2022

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In-House vs. Outsourced Billing for Behavioral Health Practices

Billing for behavioral health practices can feel like a labyrinth. With different timelines and regulations for each payer, and a library of treatment codes to keep straight, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. However, mental health billing is unavoidable for any…

Andrew SchatzbergMarch 18, 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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Roles In a Behavioral Health Group Practice: Why You Need a Powerful EHR to Keep Your Team Organized

A group practice of behavioral health providers offers many benefits to patients. It allows them to access the expertise of multiple providers across a range of specialties and can be a one-stop shop for therapy and prescription drugs to manage…

Andrew SchatzbergFebruary 3, 2022

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What Happens When Your Behavioral Health Practice is Audited or Subpoenaed – and How To Prepare

Audits and subpoenas may strike fear into the heart of many mental healthcare practice owners—but if you’re well prepared, there’s really nothing to fear. Knowing what to expect if your practice does need to comply with either of these processes…

Andrew SchatzbergJanuary 27, 2022

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Case Study: Catalyst Counseling Ditches Generic EHR for Valant’s Integrated Behavioral Health Software

Sarah Kugal, Chief Administrative Office at Catalyst Counseling LLC Catalyst Counseling, LLC, needed efficient processes to manage a network of 90-plus school therapists, but a cumbersome EHR system held them back. In Valant, Catalyst saw an opportunity to manage their…

Heidi AmrineJanuary 25, 2022

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Case Study: Solving Unseen Problems

The Mental Mediator turned to Valant for e-prescribing and learned just how much of their daily work could be improved. From integrated outcome measures to efficiencies with clinical documentation, this behavioral health practice improved their efficiency in ways they couldn't…

Heidi AmrineJanuary 6, 2022

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The Importance of Measurement-Based Care for Behavioral Health Grant Writing

If you seek grants to further the work of your behavioral health practice or research initiative, you likely spend time contemplating what will excite grantmakers about your cause. What will motivate them to pick you for an award?

Heidi AmrineOctober 28, 2021

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7 Behavioral Health Horror Stories to Prepare You for Halloween

As Halloween approaches, many behavioral health providers have already seen enough scary things dealing with practice management. Running a practice in the fast-paced world of private practice mental health is no easy task, with frights and dangers jumping out everywhere.…

Andrew SchatzbergOctober 8, 2021

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Using Measurement-Based Care to Improve Patient Outcomes in Mental Health

A growing body of research affirms that behavioral health treatments are far more effective when clinicians use objective measures to assess patient progress. This practice, known within behavioral health as measurement-based care, involves the repeated screening of patient symptoms over…

Andrew SchatzbergAugust 25, 2021

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