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Payers Now Publish Their Prior Authorization Numbers. They Still Do Not Count Your Staff's Time.
New CMS-required reports show approval rates and turnaround times for prior authorization. A federal audit of one behavioral-health plan shows what those numbers hide, and what a therapy practice should measure on its own side.
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dataMedicare Publishes Its Networks' Results. For the CINs Recruiting Therapists, I Couldn't Find a National File.Clinically integrated networks are recruiting therapy practices. Medicare's Shared Savings Program publishes participant and results files every year by law; for commercial CINs I could not locate a national standardized public results file. Here's the transparency benchmark, the caveats, and eight questions to ask before joining.July 20, 20267 min readdataYour Insurance Company Is Betting You Won't Appeal. And 99.7% of the Time, They're RightI analyzed 1.25 billion insurance claims across three years of CMS data. Denial rates surged 17%. Appeal overturn rates prove insurers know their denials are wrong. But 99.7% of providers never fight back.May 30, 20268 min readAIHow AI Session Notes Are Saving Private Practice Therapists 5+ Hours a WeekDocumentation is the #1 time drain for solo therapists. Here's how AI session note tools work, what to look for, and how to evaluate whether one is right for your practice.May 26, 20268 min readHIPAAHIPAA and AI Tools for Therapists: A Practical Buying GuideEvaluate AI documentation tools with questions about BAAs, data use, access, retention, and clinician review. Includes HHS sources and a practical vendor checklist.May 26, 20265 min readburnoutTherapist Burnout Starts with Paperwork: How to Reclaim 6+ Hours a WeekAdministrative burden is the leading driver of therapist burnout. This post breaks down where the time actually goes and what solo practitioners are doing to get it back.May 26, 20268 min readpractice managementPractice Management Software for Solo Therapists: Costs and FeaturesCompare SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane and Therapy Companion for a solo practice: current US prices, AI notes, insurance fees and questions to ask in a demo.May 26, 20267 min readSOAP notesHow to Write SOAP Notes: A Therapist Workflow and ExampleUse a practical SOAP-note workflow, a fictional annotated example, and a review checklist. Learn where typed-input AI drafting fits and what clinicians must verify.May 26, 20265 min readindustryWho Really Owns Your Therapy Software?Every major practice management platform has private equity, insurance, or payer-aligned ties. I researched 15; here's the full breakdown with sources.May 25, 20268 min readdataI Ran the Numbers on Abortion Restrictions and Depression. The Data Tells a Different Story Than Either Side Expects.I downloaded CDC BRFSS data, SAMHSA state estimates, and cross-referenced them with abortion policy status for all 50 states. The averages don't tell the story you'd expect, but the longitudinal research does. Here's what four peer-reviewed studies and 1.1 million data points actually show.May 19, 20267 min readpracticeThe Therapy Hour Gets All the Attention. The Work Between Sessions Is Where Outcomes Are Made or Lost.Therapists spend 35% of their time on documentation, clients forget 80% of session content within a week, and between-session engagement is the strongest predictor of treatment outcomes. Here's what the research says, and what's changing.May 5, 20268 min readdata50,000 People Graduate as Therapists Every Year. Only Half Get Licensed.The therapist pipeline is leaking at every stage: from graduation to licensing exams to burnout. Here's what the data shows, why it matters for the shortage crisis, and what can actually fix it.May 2, 20267 min readdataAmerica's Therapist Shortage Is 50x Worse Than the Federal Numbers SuggestHRSA says we need 5,037 more therapists. The real math, counting 61.5 million adults with a mental health condition, realistic caseloads, and a workforce bleeding out to burnout, puts the gap closer to 250,000. Here's what the data actually shows.April 30, 20267 min read