Dr. Ragnar
HDHPs, HSAs, and Mental Health Coverage
What an HDHP actually is, in plain English Every fall during open enrollment your HR portal lights up with a plan called something like "Choice HSA 3000"…
Aug 8, 2025
Getting On Insurance Panels: The Credentialing Game
If you’re a licensed clinician and you’ve been circling the question of whether to get on insurance panels, you’ve probably gotten a lot of advice that’s either cheerleading…
Aug 6, 2025
Propranolol
Propranolol is a cardiology drug that wandered into psychiatry by accident and stayed because it does one specific thing well.
Aug 3, 2025
Medicaid for Mental Health Care in Oregon and Washington
If you’re an adult in Oregon or Washington and you’re scraping by, there’s a real chance Medicaid covers you, and a real chance it covers more of your…
Aug 3, 2025
How to Actually Appeal an Insurance Denial
Insurance denied your mental health claim.
Jul 31, 2025
Adderall
Adderall is amphetamine.
Jul 29, 2025
Remeron
Remeron is the antidepressant nobody picks first and a lot of guys end up grateful for.
Jul 29, 2025
Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex
Performance anxiety doesn't show up the way the name suggests it does.
Jul 26, 2025
What Every Insurance Term Actually Means (And Which Ones Matter)
Insurance companies don't write their paperwork to be understood. They write it to be unfalsifiable, which is a different problem.
Jul 26, 2025
How Health Insurance Actually Works
Health insurance is confusing on purpose.
Jul 24, 2025
Lunesta
Lunesta is the Z-drug you reach for when Ambien isn't holding the night together. Same family, different shape, slightly longer half-life.
Jul 23, 2025
Solopreneur Logistics: From LLC to PC
Most clinicians who leave a W-2 job to go solo lose money in their first year, and a fair number of them don't even notice until they sit down with…
Jul 21, 2025