Valant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Clinical documentation features should be available that allow practitioners to easily generate narratives, complete clinical notes, pre-fill assessments, and chart progress. A specialized behavioral health EHR should include note templates for CBT and other types of therapy, and they should be easy to customize.

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Valant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Group therapy involves unique documentation and coding practices that can significantly impact your bottom line. These codes are used to document the services provided within a group context. Accurate Documentation for Group Therapy Accurate documentation is the cornerstone of successful reimbursement. Take attendance.

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Valant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This allows practitioners to spend more time on direct client care and less time on documentation. This leads to more efficient documentation processes and better overall practice management. This integration can reduce data entry time, minimize errors, and ensure consistency across all client documentation.

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More Fragmented Communication and Collaboration Fragmented communication can impede care coordination and compromise patient safety or security.

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Practice Index

APRIL 25, 2024

One Practice Manager estimated they were saving a day a month, which can be a considerable relief in their busy schedules! Staff scheduling and rota management: Chatbots can assist in creating and managing staff schedules, considering various constraints and preferences to ensure that the practice is adequately staffed at all times.

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Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Maybe you want to see more clients, but see no feasible way to add to your schedule because of logistical burdens. Auto-generating narratives, check boxes, and the ability to pull material forward from a previous note all make it easier to capture and document info quickly. And much of that comes down to your EHR workflow.

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Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Intake, scheduling, billing, patient portal functions, clinical reporting, and other basic functions of your practice should work the same across all providers, staff, and locations. Learn about your patients’ experience with the patient portal , scheduling, intake, and billing/payments. Consider integration between software tools.

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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? How does the EHR handle insurance and billing?

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 29, 2024

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Health Prime

MARCH 6, 2024

Additionally, it allows patients to: Access their medical records Schedule appointments Receive important updates This seamless communication fosters patient engagement , leading to increased satisfaction and loyalty. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

This means you can create a work schedule that accommodates your personal life. Billing, scheduling, and other administrative tasks are often handled by dedicated staff, allowing providers to focus more on patient care. Cons of Opening Your Own Practice Starting your own behavioral health practice also comes with challenges.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Justifying the Expense of an EHR-Provider Partnership An Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution is essential for private practices. The value an EHR provides outweighs the investment.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

The process usually ends with negotiating your terms of a contract and fee schedule. Blog What Is an Insurance Panel? Because of their expertise and experience, hiring a consultant may result in better approval odds, a faster credentialing process, and a higher-paying fee schedule. A drawback of this path is the additional cost.

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Valant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Data Collection and Documentation What’s involved in insurance audits varies. That is, because these systems automate reporting and documentation, the risk of errors is minimized. EHRs can integrate seamlessly with billing software, ensuring that a practice’s financial documentation aligns with its patient care records.

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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. This includes recording prescribed medications, dosages, administration instructions, and any adverse reactions.

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Valant

JUNE 19, 2024

Convenience: Patients can schedule appointments at their convenience, sometimes even during non-traditional hours. Electronic Health Records (EHR): Integration with EHR systems ensures seamless communication, documentation, and management of the patient care cycle.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Streamline Documentation: Use digital forms and automated systems to collect patient information before their first visit. Centralized Scheduling: Implement a centralized patient scheduling system to manage appointments effectively and reduce issues such as overbooking or no-shows.

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Valant

JANUARY 25, 2024

Blog ICD-10 Codes for Depression – F32.0–F33.3 To see how Valant could improve your EHR and coding experience, schedule a free, personalized demo today. F33.3 , and ICD-10 Code for Anxiety, Unspecified 2024 – F41.9. You can also find a list 2023 ICD-10 updates here , and a list of common codes for mental health disorders here.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For instance, monitoring appointment scheduling and wait times helps streamline administrative processes and reduce patient wait times. Efficient scheduling enhances patient satisfaction as well as resource allocation within the practice. Evaluating staff productivity enables practice managers to allocate resources most effectively.

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Scrubs

MARCH 22, 2023

Others said that Hall fell off the bed after holding onto the call bell but the staff didn’t properly document the injury. She has another hearing scheduled with the Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services for next month, which could determine her fate as a nurse. Waller agreed to surrender her license after being charged.

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Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

If your practice becomes disorganized during the switch, or if things like scheduling and accessing the patient portal become difficult for clients, it will impact the quality of care you deliver, and could ultimately cost you clients. Examples might include: The new software will make scheduling easier.

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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. Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More 5.

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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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ACI Medical & Dental School

MARCH 9, 2024

In this month’s blog post, we will be discussing the Medical Secretary position. Scheduling patient appointments. Obtaining necessary documents from patients and preparing paperwork. Attention to Detail: Precision in maintaining medical records, scheduling appointments, and handling documentation.

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Valant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More American Psychological Association (APA.org) The APA website offers valuable resources for practice management and professional development.

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Valant

JULY 3, 2024

This can impact everything from scheduling and billing to patient care. Documentation Headaches An EHR system with limited clinical workflow support tools, such as documentation, can directly impact the quality of patient care. Optimized scheduling can allow for more appointments and reduce no-show rates.

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Valant

MARCH 2, 2024

Blog Mental Health Billing – What Every Therapist Needs to Know Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More Staff Training and Skill Development Obviously, staff training is critical for the successful implementation of in-house billing.

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Practice Index

AUGUST 8, 2024

Best of our blogs 1999? - The post What’s new across Practice Index – July 2024 roundup appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. July meant the start of school holidays, an election, a new government, and lots of change in general practice. Catch up with the monthly roundup of news and updates across Practice Index.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? Ask yourself the following questions about your practice: Are you turning away potential clients due to lack of bandwidth? Do your providers often run out of time for daily tasks like clinical notes and billing-related work?

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 17, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore administrative duties specific to medical assistants. These duties may include scheduling patient appointments, maintaining patient records, directing tasks that follow up on processing billing and coding and coordinating communications between the patient and other health staff with the provider.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 21, 2024

Scheduled downtimes can happen as often as monthly, usually in the early hours of a weekday (e.g., Details about affected sub-systems are posted in advance of a planned downtime, and a variety of backup systems ensure that things like test results, order sets, documentation and other key tools remain accessible.

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Valant

AUGUST 29, 2024

Time management tips, such as creating a study schedule and setting realistic goals, can help. The duration of this practical experience can range from 1-2 years, depending on state requirements and individual progress. Additional Considerations Balancing education and practical experience can be challenging.

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Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Assessing Provider Needs and Concerns Behavioral health providers often have specific requirements related to documentation, assessment tools, and treatment planning. Provider feedback can also identify areas for improvement.

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Scrubs

JULY 20, 2023

She also always tries to work with our schedules. She’s always gowned, gloved and masked, helping us with an admission, getting vitals, assessments, documentation, central line dressing changes. -Amanda My boss has this awful habit of trying to get us really good bonuses when we pick up a shift. Yasmin Always supports her staff.

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Valant

AUGUST 5, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Increasing Practice Revenue In the transition toward value-based care, outcome measures data can significantly impact a practice’s financial performance.

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Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Examples of care coordination may include structured meetings such as routine, formal case conferencing with the patient representative or a regularly scheduled, interdisciplinary team meeting to coordinate care, discuss goals, map out roles and responsibilities, and address any barriers preventing the patient from receiving services.

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