American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Get Another Degree or Not?
Over the years I’ve received many questions and requests for my thoughts on whether a clinician should pursue additional advanced [...]
Avoiding and Recovering from Burnout
Burnout is “a psychological syndrome emerging as a prolonged response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job,”1 stressors that are often [...]
Should You Give Patients Advice?
I received a question about whether clinicians should give advice to patients receiving mental health treatment. This is a frequent [...]
Never Get Paid Just Once
No matter where you work or what you do, you should never ever get ‘paid’ just once. The good news [...]
New 2021 E/M guidelines: What Psychiatrists and Other Qualified Behavioral Health Professionals Need to Know
Behavioral health medical providers are in the business of helping others, which is why they sometimes forget to help themselves. We’re talking about helping their own practices survive and thrive financially. What’s the most effective way to do this? Report the right Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. Far too often, psychiatrists and other qualified behavioral health professionals underbill because they aren’t aware of new coding guidelines, or they don’t understand how to apply existing ones. The result? They end up leaving money on the table.
Teletherapeutic Alliance
Teletherapeutic Alliance is my term for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients through the medium of telemedicine videoconferencing. One thing [...]