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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SimplePractice

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASimplePractice is a practice management platform, made specifically for small business owners in the health and wellness space. SimplePractice’s feature set includes secure messaging, customizable paperless intake forms, a template library, free appointment reminders (SMS, email, & voice), electronic claim filing, billing and invoicing, a beautiful client portal with online appointment booking, and more.

    $39

    per month

    Therap

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATherap Electronic Health Records allow users to track different types of health data and create reports for Individuals, from Therap Services Waterbury.N/A

    TheraNest by Therapy Brands

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ATheraNest Professional is a mental health and therapy notes software from Therapy Brands, that is designed to help psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and others in mental health manage and grow their practices and organizations. From health records, to notes, to payment processing, TheraNest aims to make managing clients and business simple, with reporting that enables the user know how a practice is doing including referral reports, retention rates, and billing reports.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    SimplePracticeTherapTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Editions & Modules
    Essential Plan
    $39.00
    per month
    Professional Plan
    $59.00
    per month
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    TheraNest (up to 30 active clients)
    $39
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 40 active clients)
    $50
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 50 active clients)
    $60
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 80 active clients)
    $91
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SimplePracticeTherapTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEssential ($39.00 / month); Professional ($49.00 / month); Professional for Groups ($49.00 / month + $29.00 / mo for each additional clinician).——
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    Features
    SimplePracticeTherapTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Billing and Claims Management
    Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of SimplePractice and Therap Services and TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Feature
    SimplePractice
    -
    Ratings
    Therap Services
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    -
    Ratings
    Claims management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Coding00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient billing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient Scheduling
    Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of SimplePractice and Therap Services and TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Feature
    SimplePractice
    -
    Ratings
    Therap Services
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    52% below category average
    TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    -
    Ratings
    Rule-based scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated appointment reminders00 Ratings2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location support00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Calendar interface00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Medical Records
    Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of SimplePractice and Therap Services and TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Feature
    SimplePractice
    -
    Ratings
    Therap Services
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    -
    Ratings
    Charting / document management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Templates00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient portal00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile/tablet support00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automation00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Speech recognition00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    E-prescribing00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Medical Security and Privacy
    Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of SimplePractice and Therap Services and TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Feature
    SimplePractice
    -
    Ratings
    Therap Services
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    -
    Ratings
    HIPAA compliance00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based permission levels00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data backups and redundancy00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow and Scale
    Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of SimplePractice and Therap Services and TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Feature
    SimplePractice
    -
    Ratings
    Therap Services
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    TheraNest by Therapy Brands
    -
    Ratings
    Task tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Specialty-specific workflows00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SimplePracticeTherapTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SimplePracticeTherapTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    I think it's a good choice for solo providers who bill insurance. If you have employees or are self-pay, go elsewhere, in my opinion
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    Therap Services
    Therap is best used by persons who primarily work on a computer. This would include administrative work and supervisors or direct care staff who work in a group environment and enter documentation on the computer. While there is minimal room to adjust any of the forms to reflect agency specific documentation, the form templates themselves offer flexibility within the template. The exception being that whatever standard one uses for measurement must be carried out throughout the form to which the measurement standard is attached. Much of the documentation entered into the system must occur in the browser making access through a mobile devise cumbersome. The daily documentation (ISP Programs, T-logs and MARS) are available on the mobile app itself and is pretty straight forward. In this regard persons who work in the field including any supervisory staff in the field can enter documentation easily on this app. There are significant limitations though in that there is no ability to save a return to a form and the default time out is 30 minutes.
    Pros: EVV, all inclusive EHR including plans, documentation, forms, MAR and more, excellent reports to capture data across all documents, Ability to export reports by PDF and Excel, provides good training, feedback, and communicates disruptions to the system as well as a walk through of updates made to the system.
    Cons: browser access is not mobile friendly, scheduling is cumbersome, inability to save as you go, inability to create plans for the same service year for multiple services, no time out warning on the mobile app.
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    Therapy Brands
    TheraNest is appropriate for clinical practice and seems well-suited for providing speech-language and other allied health services. Without firsthand experience billing, it is difficult to provide input regarding the ease of billing with this software. I have yet to see how TheraNest would work for clients with multiple insurance types. I trialed the TheraNest video conferencing near the beginning of 2020 (start of global pandemic), but the feature had glitches and I have since discontinued use of this feature.
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    Pros
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    • Intake paperwork formatting
    • Calendar interface and ease of use
    • Automated features such as appointment reminders
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    Therap Services
    • Therap has some very nice reports to track billing, documentation, end user activities, and much more!
    • Therap did not disappoint in a smooth EVV process.
    • Therap's billing is program works quite well.
    • The alerting system works very well particularly for alerting T-log entries (we use this for our incident reporting)
    • To be fair, they have a number of documentation tools that are very helpful (seizure logs, food diary, medical appointments and so much more) on the browser version of the program.
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    Therapy Brands
    • Well-organized layout
    • Syncs to Google Calendar
    • User friendly
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    Cons
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    • Would like more usability on the app.
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    Therap Services
    • We provide a number of services to the same individual. VA requires a separate plan (ISP) for each service. Therap only allows one plan that covers a specific date and will not permit overlap.
    • Because we provide supplemental services, most of our employees are field workers and rely on a table to access the record and enter documentation. the mobile app is very limited in what the user can document (T-Logs, MARs, and ISP Data). The browser version is far to cumbersome to use on a tablet and only the browser version contains some of the other useful documentation tools.
    • Employees cannot save and return to data that has been entered. It must be completed in one setting before timing out.
    • The mobile app times out in 30 minutes without warning creating issues with documentation not being saved.
    • Scheduling is a nightmare. It is cumbersome and difficult to navigate. It does not seamlessly roll schedules over. It is also impossible for management to adjust schedules when away from a computer as the browser version (required to change schedules) is not mobile friendly and difficult to navigate on a phone or tablet.
    • There is no measure available to prevent 'clocking out" before documentation is entered. This can create a logistical and time consuming processes to reconcile the billing and pay.
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    Therapy Brands
    • Make it easier to see if a note is linked to an appointment
    • More options for making employee availability blocks
    • Synced appointments still show up after client is archived
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    Support Rating
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    I have not had to contact support which is nice. If I have a question, I am typically able to find the answer within the help section.
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    Therap Services
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    Therapy Brands
    TheraNest support team is great but has grown since we bought it 4 years ago. 4 years ago you could call a number and someone would assist immediately and your issue would be resolved within moments. Now when you call to support you speak to someone who tells you they will create a ticket and get back in touch, which takes 2-3 days for a resolve. We understand that this is because TheraNest is growing and cannot staff at such a large scale so quickly without needing to better structure the support process. However, it is something that has been hard to transition over to for our company.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    Also Kalix, Practice Better, Practice Q (formerly Intake Q), Healthie, Jane, etc. I'm hoping to switch to Practice Q soon.
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    Therap Services
    The products that we have researched and used int he past are not listed as available options.
    Lauris Online - completely customizable EHR system based on templates the agency uses. The process is cumbersome though in that each form has to be submitted to production with a wait time to go live up to 6 weeks. This can be challenging to business who have the ability to work on the fly and correct forms as they see fit. The reports are also challenging.
    MITC - Capriccio Elite, LLC currently uses this program to supplement the pieces of Therap that do not work for us. This include a robust workforce management program (times sheet, clock in and out, documentation with ability to save, a number of alerts letting management know of no shows or late arrivals, completely mobile friendly, prohibits clocking out until documentation is complete, ease of use for administrators to make changes on a computer or mobile device.
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    Therapy Brands
    TheraHelper was outdated software that was difficult to use and hard to understand. We have cut down almost 3X the amount of work it took to use TheraHelper. TheraHelper did have a better report option for accounting purposes and that is something we are hopeful TheraNest grows toward. TheraHelper also was just beginning to offer a cloud-based option that was very different from the original software they offered, but still too difficult to navigate.
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    Return on Investment
    SimplePractice, LLC.
    • The electronic paperwork has established me as a professional in the modern age
    • It has allowed me to streamline parts of my group practice
    • It has helped me stay organized and keep up with things to be done
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    Therap Services
    • The cost of the program is fantastic and doable for start up business to large operations
    • Because of the price, it is easy to ignore Therap's deficits so long as there are other options available to fill in the gaps
    • ROI on the time (= money) it takes to reenter information due to unannounced time outs creates dissatisfaction with the workforce and additional administrative time to walk through it
    • ROI on time (= money) it takes to assure there is a match between clocking in and out and time entered on the billable documentation is pretty substantial. An agency can easily find itself under billing or over paying staff.
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    Therapy Brands
    • Saved us money!
    • Saved us time!
    • Helped us stay organized!
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    ScreenShots

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