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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

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DSM-5 Codes

Actually... there is no such thing as DSM-5 codes! DSM-5 is a set of diagnosis classifications, criteria, and descriptions. The codes associated with the DSM-5 diagnosis are actually the ICD-9 codes and ICD-10 codes used for insurance billing. Here’s an…

Heidi AmrineJuly 28, 2015

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10 facts about ICD-10 for Behavioral Health

Here are some quick ICD-10 facts to help ease your transition from ICD-9: Every behavioral health ICD-10 code starts with an F Overall, the number of total codes jump from 14,000 to 69,000 Luckily for behavioral health, 50% of all…

Heidi AmrineJuly 14, 2015

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ICD-10: What Behavioral Health Clinicians and Billers Need to Know

October 1 will get here before you know it! What do Behavioral Health professionals need to know about the upcoming transition to ICD-10? This whitepaper highlights the key differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 behavioral health diagnostic codes as well as…