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What Is CPT Code 96127 and How Does It Affect Your Income?

What Is CPT Code 96127 and How Does It Affect Your Income?

By Dr. October Boyles September 22, 2022

What is CPT Code 96127 and How Does it Affect Your Income? Brief mental health assessments are a great way for behavioral health professionals to…

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How to Write Progress Notes

How to Write Progress Notes

By Dr. October Boyles September 8, 2022

How to Write Progress Notes As a therapist, knowing how to write progress notes is crucial for tracking your patient’s progress and ensuring effective treatment…

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How to Write Couples Therapy Notes

How to Write Couples Therapy Notes

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN August 24, 2022

How to Write Couples Therapy Notes Couples counseling differs from individual therapy because instead of dealing with one person’s issues or addiction, you’re working through…

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What Out-of-Network Clinicians Need to Know About Insurance

What Out-of-Network Clinicians Need to Know About Insurance

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN August 18, 2022

What Providers Need to Know About Out of Network Reimbursement An out of network provider is a clinician who has not signed a contract with…

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Recent DSM-5-TR Updates

Recent DSM-5-TR Updates

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN August 9, 2022

Recent DSM-5-TR Updates As a behavioral health professional, it’s essential to stay up-to-date on changes to the DSM-5 to diagnose patients accurately and help them…

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Which EHR Is Right for My Practice?

Which EHR Is Right for My Practice?

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN July 15, 2022

An electronic health record (EHR) underpins the many tasks in healthcare practices, from recording progress notes to billing patients. Since practices have so much to…

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Types of Therapy Notes

Types of Therapy Notes

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN July 7, 2022

Types of Therapy Progress Notes with Examples As a therapist or mental health professional, writing therapy notes is one of the most common, important parts…

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6 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Medical Transcribing Services

6 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Medical Transcribing Services

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN June 28, 2022

6 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Medical Transcribing Services Amidst record rates of burnout in healthcare, some practices have turned to medical transcription services to…

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Is Telehealth the New Norm?

Is Telehealth the New Norm?

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN June 23, 2022

Due to widespread lockdowns aimed at reducing the risk of community transmission of COVID-19, clinics across the world scrambled to find an effective way to…

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Understanding Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy for Treating ADD and ADHD

Understanding Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy for Treating ADD and ADHD

By October Boyles, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN June 15, 2022

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), previously called attention-deficit disorder (ADD), is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to sit still and pay attention and…

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