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Boost Productivity With Prebuilt and Custom Mental Health Progress Note Templates

Clear and organized documentation is a must for behavioral health providers. Progress notes and therapy notes are a central part of keeping your treatment strategy on track. Yet documentation is often a challenge to keep up with. One way to…

Andrew SchatzbergOctober 22, 2023

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How Hiring a Prescriber Can Improve Quality of Patient Care and Grow Your Therapy Practice

Adding a practitioner with prescriptive authority to your therapy practice can help expand your practice and improve your quality of patient care. Patients have been shown to benefit from the combination of psychotherapy and medication for disorders such as depression.…

Andrew SchatzbergOctober 14, 2023

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Why Large Practices Leave EHRs, According to Tech Experiences & Impact Report

EHRs are a critical tool for success in the behavioral health industry, particularly for large practices. These software solutions make it possible to manage the sheer volume of work that goes into running a practice. Unfortunately, finding the right EHR…

Andrew SchatzbergOctober 10, 2023

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Building the Ideal Patient Care Cycle: Centralized Patient Care through a Patient Portal in Behavioral Health

Improving your behavioral health practice’s patient experience is one of the best ways to effectively serve your patients’ needs. Patients will stay engaged in treatment and you can earn more revenue. Implementing a user-friendly, secure, and robust patient portal, is…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 29, 2023

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The Disadvantages of Price Shopping Your Next EHR

Digitization has transformed many fields, including medicine. For modern behavioral health practices, electronic health records (EHRs) have become an indispensable tool. These digital systems offer numerous benefits, such as improved patient care and enhanced compliance with regulations. However, perhaps driven…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 28, 2023

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What is a Behavioral Health Treatment Plan?

Behavioral health treatment plans are an important tool, both for providers and patients. A treatment plan is a roadmap that describes where your patient is right now, where they are going, and how they will get there. This makes the…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 25, 2023

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Using Mental Health Assessment Tools for Value-Based Care: The Master Resource Page

More mental health clinicians and third-party payers are beginning to recognize the advantages of a value-based care model in the behavioral health industry. Under a value-based care model, clinicians are reimbursed based on the quality of care given. This is…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 15, 2023

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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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Simplifying The Process of Collecting Payments at the Time of Service for Behavioral Health Practices

Prompt revenue collection is a key strategy to keeping your behavioral health practice financially viable. Good billing practices for insurance are obviously crucial, but we sometimes neglect to put the same emphasis on collecting from clients. Patient payment has a…

Andrew SchatzbergSeptember 1, 2023

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Screening Tools 101: Outcome Measures for Mental Health

When it comes to behavioral health, measuring outcomes is an important practice. Doing so with intention results in data and insights that can be used to adjust treatments and enhance the overall quality of care. Mental health screening tools provide…

Andrew SchatzbergAugust 26, 2023

Therapy Notes vs. Progress Notes

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