With the increasing demands of running a mental health practice, it has become essential to automate the billing process to save time, reduce errors, and improve efficiency. However, automation can be something of a buzzword, and you might have to dig a little to find a genuinely automatic option.

Billing is one of the most challenging parts of managing a mental and behavioral health practice, particularly with reimbursement cuts and insurance requirements. It’s lengthy, time-consuming, and even fully digital systems require frequent manual intervention to stay on top of it. Enter automated billing.

In this blog post, we take a look at the top six business metrics mental and behavioral health providers should track to monitor their business’s health effectively. If your EHR does not allow you to generate these reports, it may be time to look for a better solution.