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    A female therapist conducts a psychotherapy session with a female client sitting on a couch, psychotherapy is one of the top CPT codes

    Top 10 Mental Health CPT Codes

    Searching for a list of current procedural terminology codes (aka CPT codes)? Or, perhaps you’re looking for the top mental … Continued

    A psychiatrist considers billing codes for psychiatry

    Billing Codes for Psychiatry

    Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are a medical coding system created by the American Medical Association (AMA) to describe healthcare … Continued

    psychotherapy provider planning a budget that scales

    How to Create a Budget for Your Private Practice

    Therapists in private practice wear many hats, and that includes managing the business finances. We get the privilege of having … Continued

    A psychiatrist starting a private practice speaks with a patient.

    Tips for Starting a Psychiatry Private Practice

    Starting a psychiatry private practice is a substantial decision to consider.  You may have many different reasons for making this … Continued

    Should you enable online booking to let clients schedule their own appointments

    The Pros and Cons of Online Booking

    There’s a lot of debate in the clinician community about online booking and whether or not clinicians should enable online … Continued

    A therapist in his office uses his electronic tablet to look at the list of most common ICD-10 Codes for mental health

    Most Frequently Used Mental Health ICD-10 Codes

    To gain insight into U.S. health trends, SimplePractice identified the 20 most common ICD-10 codes used by mental health practitioners … Continued

    A female therapist looks into insurance panels for therapists nad whether she should accept insurance and get credentialed

    Pros and Cons of Getting Credentialed and Joining Insurance Panels

    In this article, we’ll focus on the steps to become an in-network provider through “insurance paneling,” which is also called … Continued

    Female therapist looks up ICD and CPT codes on her laptop for insurance billing

    How Are ICD and CPT Codes Different—and Why Are They Important?

    ICD codes and CPT codes are two of the most important coding systems to understand in the billing process.  Whether … Continued

    A female psychiatric nurse practitioner who started her own PMHNP private practice sees a patient via telehealth

    How to Start a PMHNP Private Practice

    If you’re wondering how to start your own psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) private practice, this article has tips … Continued

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