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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 Schatzberg
January 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 Amrine
January 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 Amrine
January 6, 2022
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No Surprises Act: Information for Behavioral Health Practices

On July 1, 2021, the Biden administration issued an interim final rule establishing the No Surprises Act (NSA), which introduces consumer protections against high medical costs and has implications for how physical and behavioral health providers bill for services. The…
Heidi Amrine
January 5, 2022
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ICD-10-CM 2022 Updates

Updates to ICD-10-CM Coding 2022 The American Psychological Association (APA) announced coding updates to its DSM-5 diagnosis list based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10 diagnostic coding updates for 2022. Healthcare providers worldwide use the ICD-10-CM…
Andrew Schatzberg
December 30, 2021
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Tips for Using Whiteboarding During Telehealth Appointments

Whiteboarding is a powerful tool to take traditionally in-person therapy activities to the digital telehealth space. With 41 percent of behavioral health appointments conducted online, therapists and psychiatrists can no longer rely on pen-and-paper or other physical materials for things…
Andrew Schatzberg
December 13, 2021