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EHR Customer Survey Results: The 3 Most Important Goals of Mental Health Organizations

Valant strives to improve the experience of behavioral health care professionals. Enabling clinicians through innovative software solutions not only creates positive vendor-client relationships, it contributes to the larger goal of improved population health. As such, customer feedback is very important.…

Heidi AmrineNovember 24, 2015

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Valant Mentioned among Best Therapy Note Software

The Valant Platform leads the Software Advice™ Top 5. As the behavioral healthcare industry continues its trend toward value-based care, it is important for community mental health centers to evaluate the quality of care delivered. Clinical documentation plays a key…

Heidi AmrineNovember 11, 2015

Blog EHR Technology Managing Your Practice Practice Owner Regulations and Compliance

Is My EHR “HIPAA Certified”?

If your vendor just answers “yes”, be careful.... A brief history of “HIPAA certified” software It’s been almost 20 years since HIPAA started a wave of technology solutions that touted HIPAA compliance as part of their value propositions. A cottage…

Heidi AmrineNovember 4, 2015

Blog EHR Technology Managing Your Practice Practice Owner Regulations and Compliance

Customer Survey Results: 4 Biggest Challenges Facing Mental Health Organizations

Valant takes customer feedback very seriously. Not only is customer feedback key to building long-term, fruitful relationships with clients, it is necessary for understanding how to improve our products and services to best serve the behavioral health industry. In 2015,…

Heidi AmrineOctober 27, 2015

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Patient payment agreement: 5 ways to improve collections

Drafting a patient payment agreement and collecting fees is probably not your favorite part about running a behavioral healthcare practice, but it’s vital to your practice’s survival as a business. Clinicians often worry that business transactions with patients can interfere…

Heidi AmrineOctober 9, 2015

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How to Bring Innovation to Mental Health Technology

Technology has enabled vast improvements in the way we do business. Everything vital to organizational success - from how we communicate, to how we process and store data - has undergone dramatic transformation. Several other industries already enjoy the benefits…

Heidi AmrineOctober 7, 2015

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ICD-10 Cheat Sheet

Double Check Your Mental Health ICD-10 Crosswalk. October 1st is almost here! We are sure that you are already prepared for this big transition-- but even for the most prepared organizations, sometimes it’s hard to get peace of mind. We’ve…

Heidi AmrineSeptember 28, 2015

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The Treatment Plan Challenge

The Treatment Plan Challenge A treatment plan is not just another clinical note, and shouldn’t be treated that way by your EHR. It is a living document that follows the patient throughout the care provided to reflect progress towards goals.…

Heidi AmrineSeptember 4, 2015

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4 Secrets Auditors Won’t Tell You

Having your funders come on-site to review your agency can be a very stressful process. As much as compliance officers attempt to maintain consistency between entities and reviewers, it still can boil down to a matter of interpretation, with findings…

Heidi AmrineAugust 19, 2015

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You’re not just a behavioral health provider, you’re a business

When you were in school, you decided that you were going to do something and make a difference. Now as a behavioral health provider you are able to actualize that goal every day that you see clients. Whether you are…

Heidi AmrineAugust 10, 2015

Therapy Notes vs. Progress Notes

Treatment Plan Template

ICD-10 Codes for Depression 2024 – F32.0–F33.3