Juan Rodriguez, MD
Psychiatrist
Juan Rodriguez, MD is a psychiatrist who reviews Eureka's clinical and prescribing content. He focuses on the day-to-day realities of running a cash-pay psychiatric practice, from medication management to documentation.
Guides
- CPT 2027 for Psychiatry: What Actually Changes in January
What's already public about the 2027 CPT codes, what the CY2027 Medicare proposed rule changes, and what a cash-pay psychiatry practice updates in January.
- After a Patient Suicide: Malpractice, HIPAA, and Recovery
What to do in the first 72 hours after a patient suicide: carrier notification, the chart freeze, HIPAA after death, family contact, and the odds of a lawsuit.
- Your Telehealth Patient Is in Crisis: The Solo Protocol
A before, during, and after protocol for suicidal crises in telehealth: location checks, 988 warm handoffs, 911 routing, and an emergency-info intake page.
- How Solo Psychiatrists Handle Vacation Coverage
Self-cover, swap with a colleague, or hire a service: the vacation coverage decision for solo prescribers, plus a refill runway and sign-out template.
- The Psychiatry Job Market in 2026: Saturated or Not?
Residency growth, PMHNP supply, telehealth hiring, and county-level shortage data: an honest read on whether cash-pay psychiatry is saturated in 2026.
- Should You Write ESA Letters? A Policy You Can Defend
What an ESA letter legally does, the state laws now regulating who can write one, what malpractice carriers advise, and intake plus decline templates.
- A Controlled-Substance Agreement Template for Psychiatry
A copyable controlled-substance agreement for private psychiatry: refill and lost-script rules, PDMP and drug-screen cadence, and termination triggers.
- How to Discharge a Patient From Your Private Practice
The abandonment-proof discharge protocol: 30 days notice, bridge prescriptions, three referral directions, and a copyable termination letter template.
- The Screening Mistakes That Fill Your Panel With Bad Fits
The five patient-screening mistakes that fill a cash-pay panel with bad fits, and the pre-booking form, PDMP check, and decline script that fix them.
- Do You Need a DEA License in Every State You Prescribe?
DEA registration is issued per state. Current fees, the states that add their own controlled-substance registration, and when a second one pays for itself.
- How to Order Labs in a Cash-Pay Telepsychiatry Practice
Quest and LabCorp often decline telehealth-only practices. Every workaround psychiatrists use to order labs, plus the ICD-10 codes that keep tests covered.
- How Long Does It Take to Fill a Private Practice?
Survey-based timelines for filling a cash-pay psychiatric practice: first patient, a repeatable referral trickle, and a full panel, plus why the wait is normal.
- How to Build a Complete Psychiatric Intake Form Packet
Every form a cash-pay psychiatric intake needs, section by section, plus the exact cancellation wording and the medication-consent clause most practices forget.
- How Many Patients Does a Private Practice Psychiatrist Have?
Real cash-pay psychiatry panel sizes, from 35 to 150-plus patients, why cash panels run smaller than insurance ones, and the math to find your own number.
- Osmind Review (2026): Pricing, Strengths, and Who It Fits
Osmind's current three-plan pricing, verified July 2026, the all-in monthly total for a solo prescriber, what users praise, and what they report breaking.
- Should You Offer Sliding Scale Fees in Private Practice?
When a sliding scale helps a cash-pay practice and when it sinks one: time limits, slot caps, discount floors, and scripts for offering, declining, and ending one.
- The Best EHR for a Cash-Pay Psychiatry Practice (2026)
EHR sticker prices are a third of the real cost. Dated pricing for SimplePractice, IntakeQ, Osmind, and Charm, the add-on math, and what running the practice actually costs.
- DEA Telehealth Extension Tracker: Prescribing Into 2027
The DEA telehealth flexibilities now run through December 31, 2026. Track the extensions, the pending special-registration rule, and the pre-deadline checklist.
- What You Need to Start a Private Psychiatry Practice
The real minimum to see your first cash-pay patient, the setup that only feels required and can wait, and the order that keeps e-prescribing from blocking you.