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90834 vs 90837: Billing Difference and Revenue Leak

90834 and 90837 are both individual therapy codes - the difference is documented session time, and it is worth about $53 a session at Medicare rates. Here is how to bill the right one.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min read

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Compliance

Good Faith Estimates for Therapists: No Surprises Act Guide

Federal law requires a written Good Faith Estimate for every self-pay client. Here is what must be on it, when to give it, the $400 rule, and a free generator.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min

Practice Business

How Much Do Therapists Make by State? (2025 BLS Wage Data)

Therapist salaries vary widely by role and state. Here is what counselors, psychologists, MFTs, and clinical social workers earn - and why employed wages are a floor, not a private-pay fee.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min

Practice Business

How to Set Sliding-Scale Therapy Fees That Are Sustainable

A sliding scale makes therapy accessible without taking insurance - but only if it is consistent and you can afford it. Here is how to set one anchored to the federal poverty level.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min

Billing & Coding

Therapy Reimbursement Rates Explained (2026)

What insurers actually pay for therapy varies more by payer than by state. Here is what the data shows for common CPT codes - and why it matters even for cash-pay practices.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min

Practice Business

Where to Start a Private Practice: Using Shortage Data

The mental health provider shortage is officially measured. Here is how to use federal HRSA data to find underserved areas - and the honest limit of what it tells you.

CoralEHR Team·June 19, 2026·3 min

Industry Insights

Jane App Alternatives: 6 EHRs for Private-Pay Therapy (2026)

Compare Jane App alternatives for private-pay therapists: CoralEHR, SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Sessions Health, TheraNest, and Upheal. Treatment planning, AI notes, payments, and best-fit use cases.

CoralEHR Team·June 16, 2026·6 min

EHR Pricing

TherapyNotes Alternatives: 6 Private-Pay EHRs (2026)

Compare TherapyNotes alternatives for private-pay therapists: CoralEHR, SimplePractice, Jane, Sessions Health, TheraNest, and Upheal. Pricing, AI note fees, telehealth, and best-fit use cases.

CoralEHR Team·June 16, 2026·7 min

AI & Documentation

Telling Clients You Use AI for Notes (Without Losing Trust)

A practical, ethics-first guide to disclosing AI documentation to your clients - what the law actually requires, why honesty raises consent rates, and the line that separates a recording scribe from a scratchpad assistant.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·11 min

Industry Insights

De-Identified Is a Door, Not a Wall | SimplePractice AI

On June 16, 2026, SimplePractice begins retaining de-identified session transcripts to improve its AI. Here's what 'de-identified' really protects - and why 'trains nothing' is a stronger promise than 'trains only de-identified.'

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·10 min

Practice Management

Getting Started With CoralEHR: Your First Week, Day by Day

A practical day-by-day plan for your first week in a new therapy EHR - import your charts, draft your first AI note, send intake, and run telehealth - all inside a 30-day free trial.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·10 min

Practice Management

How to Leave Insurance Panels as a Therapist (2026 Guide)

A step-by-step, contract-first guide to resigning from insurance panels as a private practice therapist without breaching your agreement or stranding clients.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·9 min

Practice Management

How to Raise Therapy Fees With Existing Clients

How to raise therapy fees with existing clients: timing, a notice framework, a client-ready script, handling pushback, and sliding-scale considerations.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·10 min

Clinical Guides

How to Review a DBT Diary Card in Session

A therapist guide to reviewing a DBT diary card in session: set the agenda from the target hierarchy, scan top-down, run one chain, reinforce skills, and handle a blank card.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·14 min

Practice Management

How to Switch From SimplePractice: A Migration Guide

A practical, step-by-step guide to leaving SimplePractice: what its data export does and doesn't include, recreating templates, and switching without losing records.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·13 min

Industry Insights

Is SimplePractice Worth It for Private-Pay Therapists?

An honest 2026 look at when SimplePractice is worth the price for a cash-pay therapist - and when you're paying for insurance billing tools you'll never use.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·11 min

Clinical Guides

PTSD Treatment Plan Template (With Progress Note Example)

A clinician guide to a PTSD/trauma treatment plan - phased structure, trauma-focused modalities (EMDR, CPT, PE), PCL-5 measurement, plus a progress note.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·14 min

Clinical Guides

Sand Tray Therapy Documentation Examples for Progress Notes

Safe, copy-ready SOAP and DAP sand tray therapy documentation examples for progress notes - describe the build without over-interpreting the symbols.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·13 min

Industry Insights

SimplePractice AI and Your Data: What Therapists Should Know

A neutral, sourced walkthrough of SimplePractice's AI Note Taker data lifecycle, the June 16, 2026 de-identified retention change, who owns your data, and what private-equity ownership means for your clients' words.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·12 min

EHR Pricing

SimplePractice Cost & Fees Explained (2026)

The full SimplePractice cost stack for private-pay therapists - plans, the $35 AI Note Taker, 3.15% card fees, per-claim fees, ePrescribe - with honest worked math.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·12 min

EHR Pricing

SimplePractice Pricing In 2026: What It Really Costs

SimplePractice's Starter plan is $49/mo in 2026 after a 2025 reprice. Here's the honest cost stack - AI add-on, card fees, extra clinicians - and a cheaper path.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·10 min

Industry Insights

SimplePractice Private Equity Ownership: What It Means

SimplePractice's parent EngageSmart was taken private by Vista Equity Partners for ~$4B in early 2024. Here's what PE ownership means for your data and pricing.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·13 min

Industry Insights

Therapists Don't Hate AI. They Hate AI Therapists.

The therapist backlash against AI isn't one feeling - it's two. Clinicians reject AI-as-therapist and conditionally accept AI-for-paperwork. The line between them is everything.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·10 min

Practice Management

Therapy No-Show & Cancellation Fee Policy (2026 Guide)

Can a private-pay therapy practice charge no-show and late-cancellation fees? What a defensible, consent-based policy looks like - plus a sample clause.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·14 min

Clinical Guides

Virtual Sand Tray Prompts for Kids, Teens & Telehealth

A therapist library of open-ended and themed virtual sand tray prompts, with age adaptations for children and teens and processing questions that avoid over-interpreting the scene.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·12 min

AI & Documentation

Why CoralEHR Doesn't Require Recording Your Sessions

Most AI scribes work by recording the therapy hour. CoralEHR drafts your note from what you type - no microphone in the room required.

CoralEHR Team·June 14, 2026·8 min

Clinical Guides

OCD ERP Treatment Plan Template (With Progress Note Example)

A clinician guide to writing an OCD/ERP treatment plan - exposure hierarchy, SUDS, response prevention, Y-BOCS measurement - plus a progress-note example.

CoralEHR Team·June 13, 2026·11 min

AI & Documentation

Why a Clinician Must Sign Every AI-Drafted Note

AI scribes can hand back your evenings - but the second a draft enters the record, one question matters: who is accountable for what it says? A care-first case for the only safeguard that holds.

CoralEHR Team·June 13, 2026·12 min

Practice Management

How to Explain Out-of-Network Benefits to Therapy Clients

A practical guide for private-pay therapists explaining out-of-network benefits, superbills, reimbursement, and payment expectations without turning intake into insurance admin.

CoralEHR Team·June 8, 2026·5 min

Practice Management

Private-Pay Practice Workflow Checklist for Therapists

A workflow checklist for therapists moving toward private pay, covering consultation, intake, payment, documentation, superbills, reminders, and revenue follow-up.

CoralEHR Team·June 8, 2026·5 min

Practice Management

Private-Pay Therapy Fee Policy Checklist

A practical fee-policy checklist for private-pay therapists covering rates, card-on-file expectations, no-show fees, late cancels, superbills, and payment follow-up.

CoralEHR Blog

90834 vs 90837: Billing Difference and Revenue Leak

Good Faith Estimates for Therapists: No Surprises Act Guide

How Much Do Therapists Make by State? (2025 BLS Wage Data)

How to Set Sliding-Scale Therapy Fees That Are Sustainable

Therapy Reimbursement Rates Explained (2026)

Where to Start a Private Practice: Using Shortage Data

Jane App Alternatives: 6 EHRs for Private-Pay Therapy (2026)

TherapyNotes Alternatives: 6 Private-Pay EHRs (2026)

Telling Clients You Use AI for Notes (Without Losing Trust)

De-Identified Is a Door, Not a Wall | SimplePractice AI

Getting Started With CoralEHR: Your First Week, Day by Day

How to Leave Insurance Panels as a Therapist (2026 Guide)

How to Raise Therapy Fees With Existing Clients

How to Review a DBT Diary Card in Session

How to Switch From SimplePractice: A Migration Guide

Is SimplePractice Worth It for Private-Pay Therapists?

PTSD Treatment Plan Template (With Progress Note Example)

Sand Tray Therapy Documentation Examples for Progress Notes

SimplePractice AI and Your Data: What Therapists Should Know

SimplePractice Cost & Fees Explained (2026)

SimplePractice Pricing In 2026: What It Really Costs

SimplePractice Private Equity Ownership: What It Means

Therapists Don't Hate AI. They Hate AI Therapists.

Therapy No-Show & Cancellation Fee Policy (2026 Guide)

Virtual Sand Tray Prompts for Kids, Teens & Telehealth

Why CoralEHR Doesn't Require Recording Your Sessions

OCD ERP Treatment Plan Template (With Progress Note Example)

Why a Clinician Must Sign Every AI-Drafted Note

How to Explain Out-of-Network Benefits to Therapy Clients

Private-Pay Practice Workflow Checklist for Therapists

Private-Pay Therapy Fee Policy Checklist

5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique: A Therapist Guide

ACT Values Card Sort: From Values to Committed Action

Behavioral Activation Planner: Schedule Values-Based Action

Breathing Exercises for Therapy: Box Breathing & 4-7-8

CBT-I Sleep Diary: How Therapists Track Sleep Efficiency

CBT Thought Record: Using Automatic Thought Worksheets

DBT Chain Analysis: How Therapists Map Behavior Chains

DBT Diary Card: What to Track and How Therapists Use It

EMDR Container Exercise: Containment Script & Guide

EMDR Safe Place Exercise: Calm Place Script & Guide

EMDR Target Sequence Planning: Past, Present & Future

Exposure Hierarchy Worksheet for ERP: Build a Fear Ladder

Exposure Timer with SUDS: Track Exposure Practice

Feelings Thermometer for Kids: Emotion Intensity Scales

Online Sand Tray Therapy: Virtual Sand Tray in Telehealth

Panic Attack Plan: A Therapist Guide to Coping Worksheets

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Script for Therapy Sessions

SUD and VOC in EMDR: How to Track Ratings Across a Session

Window of Tolerance: A Therapist Guide to Regulation Mapping

Worry Monster Activities for Child Anxiety Therapy

EHR Cost Comparison for Therapists: What You'll Pay in 2026

Complete Guide to EMDR Bilateral Stimulation

EMDR for Telehealth: A Clinician's Guide

EMDR Treatment Plan Templates for Therapists

How to Switch EHRs Without Losing Patient Data

What to Look for in an EHR for Your Private Pay Practice

ASRS Shaded Boxes Explained: Score the Adult ADHD Scale

Insurance vs Private Pay: Which Model Fits Your Practice?

6 Best SimplePractice Alternatives for Therapists (2026)

HIPAA Made Simple: A Private Practice Therapist's Guide

Why Therapists Are Leaving Insurance Networks in 2026

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