Mental Health and Psychiatry
Documentation thatreflects the careactually delivered.
From outpatient therapy and psychiatry to IOP, PHP, residential, and inpatient psychiatric treatment, Circle helps the record support the service, the code, and the ongoing treatment plan, without forcing every clinician into the same template.
93%
Treatment plan timeliness as census grows
As reported by Circle customers
A complete note is not always a useful one. Circle helps the record show how care is working.
Reimbursement structure
Outpatient therapy and psychiatry are billed by service, with psychotherapy codes tied to documented time. Inpatient psychiatric, residential, PHP, and IOP care are authorized through reviews. Medicare defines its own PHP and IOP programs, separate from commercial criteria.
Common criteria evaluated
- LOCUS
- CALOCUS
- CMS psychotherapy time ranges
- The Joint Commission
- CARF
- State licensing
How it works, in the daily work.
Progress note review
- Complete
Psychotherapy time
Documented time supports the code
- Review needed
Symptom measure
Score recorded, interpretation missing
- Complete
Link to treatment goals
Intervention tied to plan
- Not due yet
Clinician signature
Required before record entry
Built into every review.
Coding support
Documented psychotherapy time, medical management, and add-on services each supported on their own.
Measurement-based care
A recorded score is the start. Circle looks for how the clinician used it in the plan.
Level of care evidence
Continued-stay reviews built from the full episode, organized around LOCUS and CALOCUS for the programs that use them.
Plans that stay current
Treatment plan reviews in view before they are late.
Telehealth details
Patient location and emergency planning checked as part of telehealth documentation.
Targeted coaching
Recurring findings routed to the clinicians who need support, without flattening every note into one style.
What customers have measured.
93%
Treatment plan timeliness as census grows
As reported by Circle customers
100%
Chart review coverage
70%
Less time to a compliant note, expanding clinical capacity
As reported by Circle customers
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