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The 2026 Medicare policy changes that affect your patients
By Eileen Weber
In late 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a final ruling on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026. It primarily focused on updating payment systems and expanding access to care. Effective January 1, it is part of a broader strategy “to create a health care system… Read more »
Leading Stories
Practical Practice
Owning a group practice: How hard can it be?
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Self-employed therapists often expand to group practice because demand for services is greater than the therapist’s availability, they see the potential for revenue generation, and have a vision that is larger than the single practitioner model. But owning a group psychotherapy practice is not just an expansion of solo clinical… Read more »
Tax preparation information provided for therapists
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The US Tax Code is more than 6,500 pages long. So, it’s not surprising that therapists flock to webinars like one hosted recently by the American Psychological Association in cooperation with Heard, an online accounting platform for psychologists. The topic was key tax preparation information for therapists. These talks are… Read more »
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Psychotherapy Business & Marketing
Reverse engineering your practice
By Liz Varney, LICSW
You’ve studied. You’ve interned. You’ve sat in hours of supervision. You have likely worked in agencies, hospitals, schools, and mental health clinics. You know who you are as a professional and how you can help. Yet it is easy to lose sight of this knowledge once you start your private… Read more »
Crafting a successful networking meeting
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Cultivating a solid referral network of practitioners is one way to keep your private practice running on autopilot. Creating this network may start with curating a list of practitioners who have complementary services to yours. Most times, initial contact with a new potential referral source will be made through a… Read more »
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News Briefs
RI Shooting Trauma; Key Stressors for Veterans Returning Home; New England College Receives Federal Funding for Mental Health Workers
By Tricia Stortz
RI Pawtucket shooting highlights community trauma A shooting during a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has intensified regional focus on trauma and community mental health needs. Authorities described the incident as a targeted domestic violence attack that resulted in multiple fatalities. Officials report that spectators and families… Read more »
Maine Youth Mental Health Support Gets Boost; Student Mental Health Conference in Boston; Mental Wellness Art Contest in NH; Bid for Medicaid Reform in CT
By Tricia Stortz
MaineHealth launches $1.6M program to support youth mental health MaineHealth is launching a $1.6 million initiative to expand mental health support for students across the state. The program will increase after-school programming and provide mental health first aid training in several school districts, aiming to help students identify and respond… Read more »
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In Person with Alan Bodnar, Ph.D.
Musings of a citizen psychologist
I recently listened to a podcast where the host was interviewing a woman who had devoted her life to working with immigrants. With all the strife, division, and violence in our country around the question of immigration and other important issues, this was a timely interview. It didn’t take long… Read more »
The spiritual exercises: A new adventure
If you were to ask what I have been doing since I retired 10 years ago, I would give you a list of interests I have deepened, new skills I have practiced, family ties I have strengthened, old friends with whom I have reconnected, and new friends I have made.… Read more »