You're trying to find a great mental health provider. Can reading online reviews help? Finding your ideal mental health provider is not easy. It’s a deeply personal matchmaking process that falls, on the stressful relationship spectrum, somewhere between a blind date and a job interview. Among the many factors to consider are: interpersonal chemistry, gut-level comfort, logistical convenience, professional training and approach, as well as affordability. How exactly do you

Definition Actuary : 1. Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, and assesses risk via probabilities based on statistical records. 2.(formerly) a registrar or clerk. Monetary risk is something we all contend with when we take out our healthcare wallet —especially when it comes to investing in mental health. Whether you’re an individual consumer or a corporation contracting for benefits, it can be hard to measure the value of a medical endeavor. How can we m

I know you’re all very busy: I’ll try to be brief. I'm writing to you today about your employees’ health insurance. First, in general, I want to say that you’re doing a great job. Running a successful organization isn't easy, nor is figuring out what’s working, or not, with your employee benefits. All I’m asking is that you hear me out about something important that is overlooked by many leaders. You see, I work in a psychiatry practice. Believe it or not, for the past

In this, my first contribution to the BioPsychoSocial field journal, I will introduce myself and my journey as a business administrator in the oft-confusing and frequently not-so-business-like field of outpatient psychiatry. The introduction will take the form of a list of seven facts. I have an MBA. I’ll write more about that later. You may think you already know what having an MBA means, but you may be surprised about how I’m using mine. True fact: most outpatient psy