Many of our mental health clients ask us about documentation requirements. I just attended a great webinar through AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders.) It was very helpful in outlining what the documentation requirements are for mental health practitioners. I’ll outline them here. We all know we need provider name, patient name and date of service. One other critical piece of information is: time. Providers should always document the total amount of time spent

When we bring on a new client, we often receive questions around e-mail communication with their patients. Some providers are unsure if they can communicate with their patients and staff through unsecured e-mail. I recently was provided some great information from an Expert at the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). The AAPC Expert provided me with some really clear information regarding this subject, as well as pointed to me to a fabulous article on the HHS sit