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How the Right EHR Simplifies Daily Workflows for Small Behavioral Health Practices  Behavioral health providers balance a demanding set of responsibilities every day. Clinical care, documentation, scheduling, and billing all […]

For decades, The ASAM Criteria has been the shared language of addiction treatment, guiding how providers assess patients, recommend a level of care, and plan treatment, continued stay, and discharge. […]

With MedEZ, your team can assess, place and document patients under The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, without leaving the EHR. ASAM 4 is becoming the standard many payers use for […]

EHR Software for Psychiatric Hospitals: Improving Mental Health Care and Clinical Workflows Mental health care rarely involves just one person and one chart. In a single week, a patient may […]

Behavioral health care involves many moving parts. One patient might see a therapist, prescriber, nurse, and case manager in the same week. Behind every visit sit schedules, notes, medication records, […]

A single day in a behavioral health facility involves many handoffs. A patient is admitted. A therapist writes a group note. A nurse gives medication. A scheduler books the next […]

How Behavioral Health Revenue Cycle Software Improves Billing Efficiency and Reimbursement Billing in behavioral health is rarely simple. A single treatment program may bill Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance, managed care […]

Addiction Treatment EMR: Improving Clinical Workflows and Patient Management Running an addiction treatment program takes more than good clinicians. Behind every program sits a long chain of tasks. Intake, assessments, […]

How a 42 CFR Part 2-Compliant EHR Supports Secure Behavioral Health Care Substance use treatment records carry a level of sensitivity that goes beyond most other medical information. A person’s […]

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, or CCBHCs, are changing how mental health and substance use care is delivered across the country. These clinics agree to meet strict federal standards for […]

Mental health care rarely happens in one place. A single patient might work with a therapist, a psychiatrist, a case manager, and a billing team, all at the same time. […]

Every fall, addiction studies, counseling, and social work programs send a new cohort of students out to field placements, and every fall, site supervisors report the same gap: capable, well-trained […]

Behavioral health clinics run on documentation. Every intake, progress note, and treatment plan must match what clinicians actually did in the room. When the paperwork lives on paper or in […]

Mental health and substance use treatment programs run on information. Every intake form, progress note, and medication order tells part of a patient’s story. For years, many of these programs […]

Behavioral health and substance use treatment is one of the most document-heavy corners of healthcare. Every session, every assessment, and every treatment plan update must be recorded correctly, on time, […]

EHR software for behavioral health education programs carries significant responsibility. They must teach theory, ethics, and clinical judgment while also preparing students to use the tools required in professional practice. […]

Running a therapy practice means wearing many hats. You’re a clinician, a scheduler, a biller, and sometimes an IT support person, all before lunch. Paper charts and disconnected spreadsheets used […]

Running a behavioral health or substance use treatment program means handling a lot at once. Clinicians need to document care. Billing teams need to file clean claims. Administrators need reports […]