Utilization Review for Behavioral Health Practices

Streamline utilization review with Valant. Track patient hours, stay authorization compliant and ensure care continuity, all within one integrated EHR platform.

Utilization Review Features

Automated Hour Tracking

Track approved hours in real time and get alerts before patients run out.

Authorization Compliance

Keep every session on track with payer rules to cut down on denials and avoid audit stress.

Continuity Safeguards

Catch missing or expiring approvals early so care never gets interrupted.

Integrated Documentation

Keep Utilization Review notes in one place, linked to clinical and billing records, so staff don’t have to reenter the same information twice.

Approval-Ready Reporting

Create clean reports in minutes that meet payer needs and speed up approvals.

Streamline Your Utilization Review Workflow

Streamline Your Utilization Review Workflow

Managing utilization review manually can slow your practice and put patient care at risk. Valant centralizes Utilization Review tasks, giving your staff real-time visibility into approved hours, session limits, and authorization statuses. Automatic alerts notify you of expiring or missing approvals, helping prevent care interruptions and reduce claim denials. Linked documentation ensures that clinical notes, billing, and utilization review records all live in one place, saving time and minimizing duplicate entry.

Simplify Reporting and Compliance

With Valant, generating Utilization Review reports is fast and reliable. Clean, payer-ready reporting reduces administrative burden and accelerates approvals, and ensures your practice meets all compliance requirements. Staff can produce detailed, accurate reports in minutes, keeping payers satisfied and freeing clinicians to focus on patient care.

Simplify Reporting and Compliance

Protect Continuity of Care

Ensure every patient receives uninterrupted care by catching lapses in authorizations early. Automated alerts and proactive monitoring of expiring approvals mean your practice never misses a critical step, maintaining smooth workflows, patient satisfaction, and compliance with payer rules.

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What They’re Saying

Progress notes are easy to use and treatment plan suggestions make this process easy. Informed Consent, Diagnosis page, Mental Status Exam and many other suggested or necessary documents are at your fingertips.

Ann S.,Owner

The software facilitates efficient screening, scheduling, initial evaluation, and ongoing treatment by allowing the patient to interact directly with administrative personnel, clinicians, and assessment instruments.

David B.,Owner

It is intuitive and easy for our counselors to use… organization of patient charts and history is outstanding.

Candyce N.,Administrator

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