Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? Download Whitepaper Invest in Everyone’s Success Hiring and supporting new providers in your behavioral health practice requires strategic planning , comprehensive onboarding, and ongoing encouragement. Do you hope to open another location?

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Not needing to worry about the minutiae of insurance claims or appointment scheduling frees up time for clinical work. Download Whitepaper What to Know About Opening Your Own Practice Choosing between opening your own practice and working at a group practice is a decision that requires careful consideration of the pros and cons.

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Valant

JUNE 19, 2024

Benefits for Patients and Providers Telemedicine offers several advantages: Efficiency: Patients save time by avoiding commutes and waiting rooms, leading to more efficient appointments. Convenience: Patients can schedule appointments at their convenience, sometimes even during non-traditional hours. Download Template

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In many diagnosis-related closed claims, a lack of sound documentation supporting the decision-making process of the treating NP or other staff members under the NP’s supervision hindered the case’s legal defense. Common missing or incomplete documentation noted in the dataset included: Lack of a complete patient and family history.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Streamline Documentation: Use digital forms and automated systems to collect patient information before their first visit. Pre-Visit Communication: Ensure patients receive all necessary information before their appointment, including directions or telehealth instructions.

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Valant

JULY 3, 2024

For many patients, med management offers distinct advantages of efficiency and convenience, whereas frequent and lengthy therapy appointments may be costly and difficult to fit into a busy schedule of work and family obligations. Download Template Tracking patient progress over time informs treatment adjustments.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Features that improve the scheduling flow might include patient-initiated appointment requests, automated reminders, and waitlist management. An appointment request feature allows patients to book at their convenience, freeing up staff to simply approve requests rather than spend time on the phone scheduling each patient.

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Valant

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding Treatment Plans in Counseling A treatment plan is a document that records a patient’s current mental health status and lays out goals for the outcome of their treatment. This document provides a clear roadmap you can use to ensure your treatment stays on track with a client’s goals.

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Valant

MARCH 30, 2024

Complete and accurate documentation is a crucial part of the therapy intake process. A patient’s medical history, presenting concerns, treatment preferences, and any relevant psychosocial factors should all be documented. It ensures that important information is recorded for future reference and can be used as a baseline.

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Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

The American Health Information Management Association recommends a few policies and procedures related to data integrity that your practice can document and implement. Document all complaints to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. Speak with patience and calmness, especially when a client is upset.

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Valant

MAY 3, 2024

policies for no-show appointments). Cancellation Policy Form This form should explain expectations for timely attendance of appointments, policies for rescheduling, exceptions for extenuating circumstances, and penalties imposed, such as a cancellation fee. Several forms, such as HIPAA and TCPA forms, are legally required.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For instance, monitoring appointment scheduling and wait times helps streamline administrative processes and reduce patient wait times. Thus, by analyzing data on appointment wait times, cancellations, and scheduling bottlenecks, practices can identify areas for improvement and optimize their scheduling workflows.

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Valant

JULY 25, 2024

Personalized Reminders: Use automated reminders for appointments, medication adherence, and self-care. Download Template Encourage healthy coping mechanisms. Reinforce positive behaviors. Strategies for Effective Behavioral Health Messaging 1. Highlight the importance of routine visits and follow-ups.

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Valant

APRIL 24, 2024

Patient will continue practicing thought-challenging between appointments, as well as engaging in 15 minutes of body scans and meditation per day. Objectives: Within the first four sessions, patient will learn how to identify and challenge irrational distressing thoughts.

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Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Even small tasks like scheduling appointments can have an outsized impact on your practice if not standardized. When providers and staff don’t have a set method for taking down appointments, double-booking and confusion easily ensue, tying up employees’ valuable time and creating a negative experience for affected patients.

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Doximity

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Here’s what other pharmacists I spoke to have to say about using Doximity’s telepharmacy tools to serve our patients: “I use [Doximity] almost every day in clinic for my virtual appointments. I use it regularly for faxing prior authorizations and clinical documents to insurance companies as well as calling patients when working remotely.”

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Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

An EHR that is specifically intended for behavioral health practices can offer important features, such as better clinical documentation, tailored billing functionality, and a high-quality patient portal. How intuitive is the user interface for clinical documentation and treatment plans?

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Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Obtain consent from new patients to provide appointment reminders , to send PHI through a secure patient portal, to obtain medical records from past providers, and more. Download Implementing Effective Practice Management Systems Using the right technology can improve your practice’s workflows and efficiency.

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Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

Performance Reporting: The ability to focus on metrics such as patient retention, insurance aging, and billing documentation status goes a long way towards practice efficiency. Clinical Workflow Improvement EHR data can reveal gaps in care delivery, such as missed appointments or incomplete documentation.

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Valant

MAY 30, 2024

This can include anything from standard office furniture to specialized equipment for telehealth appointments to child-friendly spaces, depending on the clientele. Setting up a professional corporation costs more than forming a sole proprietorship because of the additional documentation and compliance requirements.

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Valant

JULY 3, 2024

Documentation Headaches An EHR system with limited clinical workflow support tools, such as documentation, can directly impact the quality of patient care. Without robust support, there’s a higher risk of issues creating and submitting adequate documentation, which can affect everything from billing to treatment outcomes.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Although this treatment requires at least several weeks of appointments at certified treatment centers where patients are observed for at least 2 hours, the time and cost can be worth it. This is quite different and, for many patients, potentially more effective than other medications. Recent research (e.g.,

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Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. Download Template 9. This reduces manual workflows and error rates, while also improving staff productivity. Know you’re switching EHRs?

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These applications can be downloaded and used from anywhere, anytime, making mental health support readily available. Less Burden on Therapists: With mental health applications, therapists have the power to control their routine and not burn themselves out with numerous appointments in a day. It ignites fatal diseases such as cancer.

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Accepted Blog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Accepted’s free download Fitting In & Standing Out: The Paradox at the Heart of Admissions will show you how to do exactly that, both fit in and stand out. You can download your free guide at accepted.com/fiso. We had to have every document certified more than other people. Those are the best. I didn’t know.

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