The No Surprises Act Support and Resources

The No Surprises Act Support and Resources We know that the specifics of how to provide the GFEs for self-pay clients have generated a lot of questions and some understandable anxiety within the practicing community. We have addressed the No Surprises Act and GFE specifics a number of times in both of our direct support and consultation […]

Solo vs group practice: Records releases, “Open Notes” — what you need to know

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Rights of Access is becoming a big deal and we are finding lots of colleagues are still unsure about what this means for their practice. In this quick 11-minute video, Roy shares some key tips to help you grasp exactly what this will look like in your practice- whether you are in a group practice […]

With a VPN, Your Staff Can Work Just About Anywhere

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We know that one of your biggest concerns right now is staff working remotely, and in making sure they’re being safe and secure. Luckily, VPNs are a low-cost and easy way to help solve this problem. VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network”. VPNs work by signing up for a VPN service and then installing that […]

Solo vs. Group Practice: Deidentifying Clients

What is deidentification and how do you navigate deidentification of PHI as a solo practice and as a group practice? What role does tech play in keeping this information safe?   Roy discusses the difference between how solo practitioners often use deidentification techniques and how they maintain privacy versus how a group practice needs to […]

Solo vs Group Practice Tech: Discoverability

There are a few qualitative differences that influence how you use tech as a solo practitioner, as a practitioner with office support, or as a group practice. And we’re talking about one that doesn’t really hit our radars until we start adding people to our teams: Discoverability. Discoverability is about the ability to be able […]

Teletherapy Update: Clients in California, Zoom, etc.

Hello from PCT Total Landscaping… just kidding! Roy also shares a few Total Landscaping jokes which bring levity to a quick discussion about (good news! California emergency rules) and (bad news! Zoom has been lying about end to end encryption). The good news is great for those in and working with clients in California, especially […]

What Are the Problems About Taking Payments Remotely?

Now that we aren’t able to swipe cards for clients in person, how do we manage taking remote payments with teletherapy? What are the issues that we’re going to see? Taking payments from far away can be tricky (or very easy!) Roy covered 20 minutes of the basics that every practitioner who takes payments remotely […]

How to Facilitate Supervision with Teletherapy Safely and Ethically

“How do I get recordings of my sessions to my supervisor?” Since everyone is doing teletherapy in some way, we are seeing this question pop up a lot.  We’ve talked about this in Office Hours and since everyone is in teletherapy, even supervisees, we figured we’d address it on a super accessible platform… like Facebook […]

Doing International Teletherapy

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It’s “Cross-Jurisdictional Practice” month! We just made that up, but if you follow PCT, you’ll know we’ve been immersing in this topic as a support to you in our new phase of COVID-19 pandemic support. Roy’s Facebook Live (below) is a fun discussion on the considerations of providing mental health care with clients in a […]

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