PRESENTATION

Automation with Integrity: How AI Documentation and Revenue Tools Can Empower Agencies Amid Workforce Shortages

Thursday, December 4 | 11:45 am - 12:05 pm
12:05 - 12:20 (optional discussion)

Children’s behavioral health organizations are facing an unprecedented workforce crisis - clinicians are leaving agency settings to start private practices, leaving providers struggling to maintain access, compliance, and financial viability. At the same time, agencies are under pressure to improve documentation quality, billing accuracy, and operational efficiency without adding administrative burden to already stretched staff.

This session will explore how documentation automation technologies can help behavioral health leaders adapt to these challenges. Presenters from Blueprint, Practice Solutions, and Gibault Children's Services will demonstrate how AI-powered clinical documentation (“AI scribes”) and optimized revenue cycle processes can reduce workload, strengthen compliance, and sustain revenue - helping agencies drive efficiencies, while improving clinical workforce sustainability.

Drawing on real-world examples from across the behavioral health care continuum, this panel discussion will address common questions from providers:

• What factors should organizations evaluate when determining the timing and approach for implementing ambient scribing technology?
• What measurable ROI has been observed from documentation automation across workforce, clinical, and revenue cycle outcomes?
• What key insights have emerged from organizations before, during, and after AI scribe implementation?

Through these perspectives, participants will learn how emerging technologies can not only preserve clinical and financial integrity but also support workforce resilience and access to care. This panel will emphasize practical lessons, implementation readiness, and the ethical guardrails necessary to ensure that automation enhances, rather than replaces, the human heart of care delivery.

About the Presenters 

Panelist: Chris Stout
Head of Clinical Content, Blueprint

Panelist: Jeremy Zug
Partner, Practice Solutions

Panelist: Kara D. Jones
Director of Treatment, Gibault Children’s Services