Long-form how-tos for behavioral health documentation.
Practical, specialty-specific guides written by clinicians on the team. No fluff, no SEO bait, no five-page intros.
Guides we maintain.
Documenting a complex outpatient psychiatric medication management visit
A structured approach to charting the polypharmacy, partial-response, comorbidity-heavy med-management visit. Where the HPI ends and the assessment begins, and the prose patterns that hold up to peer review.
Documenting a Spravato session step-by-step
REMS-aware documentation, observation period, vitals capture, and the assessment language that holds up to a payer audit. Includes a sample template.
Setting up your AriaMD voice in week one
A daily checklist for the first five days. What to correct, what to template, and the small moves that compound into a draft you barely edit.
MAT note requirements 2026
Buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone documentation requirements at the federal and state level. What belongs in the note, in what order, and why each piece is there.
Build a custom intake template in 15 minutes
A walkthrough of the Nextvisit template editor, variable tokens, and the small structural choices that make a new-patient intake template feel like your own from the first visit.
Writing defensible psychiatric notes in the age of AI
How to use AI drafts without producing AI-shaped notes. Editing patterns, sourcing, sign-off, and the attestation language we recommend.
C-SSRS in the chart, best practices for risk documentation
How to administer the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, what belongs in the note, and the assessment language that holds up to a chart review when a bad day becomes a sentinel event.
PHQ-9 and GAD-7 best practices
Administering, scoring, and trending validated screeners. How to keep them on the chart in a way that supports MBC reporting without adding clicks.
Privacy and 42 CFR Part 2, what changes in your charting
A practical read on the federal confidentiality rule for substance use disorder records, what it actually requires in the chart and the workspace, and the day-to-day decisions clinicians and administrators have to make.
Onboarding a 5-provider group practice in week one
A day-by-day plan for getting a small group practice live on Nextvisit in five business days, with workspace setup, provider onboarding, template strategy, and the first-week metrics that predict whether adoption sticks.
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If there's a workflow we haven't covered, send a note. The team writes guides for the questions practices ask us in onboarding, not the ones we guess at.