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The real cost of changing EHRs
And what’s missing from the equation Generally speaking, people are not averse to change. When the upside of change is obvious, we’re all over…
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Perspectives, research, and stories from the MediSprout team on how we're rebuilding the EHR for therapists
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Business Thinking
You don’t own your practice. Here’s how to get it back.
Last month, thousands of therapists opened an email and learned their income was being cut. Not because they saw fewer clients. Not because their work changed. A payer and a platform renegotiated…
Dr. Samant Virk
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MediSprout featured in Therapists Unchained Podcast
MediSprout featured in Therapists Unchained Podcast MediSprout founder and CEO gets candid about the dire state of EHRs today, and the ethics needed to…
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America’s largest mental health EHR just started acting like Big Tech. That should alarm every clinician.
SimplePractice is the most widely used EHR platform among independent behavioral health clinicians in the United States. Last week, it quietly announced a policy…
Business Thinking
First they help you. Then they own you.
How modern practice platforms are extracting value from independent clinicians. You went into private practice to do one thing: help people. But the tools…
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It’s time to transform insurance claim processing, part 2
In part 1 of our series on transforming insurance claims submissions, I explored how complexity, technology, and the middleman mentality conspired to make claims…
Health Insurance
It’s time to transform insurance claims processing, part 1
As thousands of mental health therapists and administrators will tell you, processing health insurance claims is rarely, if ever, a seamless and cost-free exercise.…
Health Insurance
Insurance or private pay? Welcome to the conundrum.
Among the many business decisions therapists face when setting up a practice, or evolving it, is whether to accept insurance payments or see only…
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Whether it’s EDI or DEI, let’s talk rebrand.
There was no shortage of timely presentations and topics of discussion at APA2025 in Denver. But it was a featured presentation by Anne Stegenga,…
Economics
The economic case for innovation in healthcare: Why moving beyond pen and paper benefits everyone
In virtually every era of economic history, one constant has remained true: technology and innovation are the principal drivers of progress. From the Industrial…
Artificial Intelligence
How AI can earn our trust
I was chatting with a psychologist recently who is dead set against the use of artificial intelligence (AI), at least in his practice. Nervousness…