Sina Hartung
Co-founder & COO, Eureka Health
Sina Hartung is co-founder and chief operating officer of Eureka. She studied at Harvard Medical School and ran the day-to-day operations of a working medical practice on Eureka's own platform before the company had its first customer outside the founding team. The workflows she writes about are ones she has run from inside a real practice.
Guides
- Is Psychology Today Worth It for Psychiatrists in 2026?
Psychology Today's verified 2026 pricing, why most profiles produce almost no patients, the fixes that work, and when deactivating is the right call.
- CPT Code 98000: What the 98000-98016 Telehealth Codes Cover
What CPT codes 98000-98016 cover, why Medicare still won't pay for most of them as of July 2026, and the safer default for a cash-pay telehealth superbill.
- How Much Do Private Practice Psychiatrists Actually Make?
Three real cash-pay psychiatry P&Ls, from a $180K first year to a $26K-a-month burnout point, plus normal overhead ranges and the arithmetic behind each number.
- 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.
- Collaborating Physician Cost: What PMHNPs Actually Pay
Real monthly rates from broker platforms and direct-hire postings, what a collaboration agreement must cover, and what psychiatrists earn supervising NPs.
- How to Build a Private Practice Website in One Week
A one-week plan for a 3-page private practice website: what belongs on each page, whether to publish your fees, and Squarespace versus hiring a designer.
- Do You Need to Opt Out of Medicare to Go Cash-Pay?
Whether you must formally opt out of Medicare to charge cash: the affidavit and private contract steps, the W-2 job trap, and a decision table by situation.
- How to Hire a HIPAA-Compliant Virtual Assistant
A step-by-step guide to hiring a HIPAA-compliant virtual assistant: what to automate first, what to delegate, and how to set up an offshore hire safely.
- 99214 CPT Code: What It Covers and When It Applies
What CPT 99214 requires, the moderate-MDM and 30-39 minute thresholds that qualify a psychiatric follow-up, and how the 90833 add-on pairs with it correctly.
- Malpractice Tail Coverage: What It Costs Psychiatrists
What malpractice tail coverage costs, real quoted psychiatrist and PMHNP premiums, occurrence vs. claims-made, and the NSO, Berxi, and MedPli options compared.
- 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.
- Thrizer vs. Reimbursify: Which Fits Your Practice?
Verified July 2026 pricing for Thrizer and Reimbursify, what clinicians report breaking, and a framework for when to offer one, both, or neither.
- Which CPT Codes Go on a Cash-Pay Psychiatry Superbill?
The CPT codes for a cash-pay psychiatry superbill: 90792 vs 99205 for intakes, E/M plus psychotherapy add-ons for follow-ups, and what reimburses patients best.
- 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.
- How Superbills Work: Out-of-Network Reimbursement Explained
What a superbill must include, how patients file out-of-network claims, what insurers actually pay back, and the failure modes that stop reimbursement.
- 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.
- IMLC States and Multi-State Licensing for Telepsychiatry
Which states are in the IMLC as of 2026, what the compact really costs, and how telepsychiatrists decide which state licenses are worth holding.
- Headway vs Alma vs Grow Therapy: Which Should You Join?
Clinician-reported rates by CPT code, real referral volume, and exit mechanics for Headway, Alma, and Grow Therapy, from prescribers who used all three.
- What Aetna's Alma Rate Cut Means for Psychiatrists
Aetna withdrew its Alma rate consolidations on July 9 after clinician pushback, but rates still fall on August 15. What the reversal saved psychiatrists, in dollars.
- How Doctors Accidentally Leak Patient Data to Life Insurers
Life and disability insurers buy prescription histories, lab results, and clinical records through six channels. Here is the map, and how a cash-pay practice closes the leaks.
- Can Psychiatrists Prescribe Controlled Substances by Telehealth?
Yes, through December 31, 2026: the DEA's telehealth flexibilities still let psychiatrists prescribe Schedule II-V drugs with no in-person visit. The rules, in plain terms.
- 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.
- NPI Type 1 vs Type 2: Which One Do You Need?
Type 1 is you, Type 2 is your business. You only need a Type 2 if your individual NPI is credentialed with insurance, and each NPI goes on different paperwork.
- How to Transition Your Practice From Insurance to Cash Pay
The step-by-step transition off insurance: the NPI move that clears you to bill cash, the notice letter that keeps half your panel, and the order to drop payers.
- Should Your Psychiatry Practice Take Insurance or Cash-Pay?
Whether to take insurance or go cash-pay in private practice, decided with arithmetic: what each pays, how fast each fills a panel, and the admin tax insurance hides.
- What Does It Cost to Set Up a Solo Psychiatry Practice?
A line-item budget for a cash-pay telepsychiatry practice: the monthly software stack, the one-time costs to open, and the hidden integration tax nobody quotes you.
- How Much Should a Psychiatrist Charge in Private Practice?
Real cash-pay psychiatry fee schedules, from $250 follow-ups to $1,500 intakes, plus how to set your starting number and raise rates without losing patients.
- Do You Need a PLLC to Start a Private Practice?
No, and a PLLC won't shield you from malpractice either. When incorporating actually saves money, which entity your state requires, and what filing really costs.
- Building a Referral Network for a Psychiatry Practice
Referrals are the highest-converting source of cash-pay patients. Here is who to ask, what to say, and the volume it actually takes to fill a panel.
- What to Say on a Free 15-Minute Consultation Call
A six-step script for the free consult call: how to state your fee and stay silent, what you legally cannot say, and how to book the patient before you hang up.
- How to Get Your First Private Practice Patients Without Ads
The three channels that fill a new cash-pay psychiatry practice, ranked by what actually works, plus why paid ads should wait until you already have a pipeline.