Teletherapy Across State Lines: Doing It Legally
We’ll explain if and how you can see a client in another state. Cross-state practice is more doable than therapists realize — especially during COVID.
Group Practices: HIPAA and Independent Contractors vs. Employees
When deciding on contractors vs. employees, getting an early understanding of HIPAA’s role in this choice may be more important than you think.
Improve Your Online Therapy Skills: Learn to Use Online Disinhibition Effect
The Online Disinhibition Effect arises in computer-mediated interactions. Working with ODE is essential to effective telemental health therapies.
Your Questions Answered (About Telemental Health)
Can I do telemental health with clients in other countries? What does insurance want from therapists who work online? All these and more will be answered!
What is “Authentication” and Why Does it Matter for HIPAA Compliance?
When it comes to good security (and HIPAA compliance), authentication is the lesser-known cousin to encryption. Authentication is best known as passwords. It is much more than just passwords, however, and the HIPAA Security Rule standards hold it up high as a security concept of great importance.
How to Deidentify (or not) Client Info Under HIPAA
What does HIPAA consider to be “personally identifying information”? Will the deidentification techniques we learned in grad school ethics classes (e.g. using clients’ initials instead of full names) be enough for HIPAA?
Facebook May Have Collected Client Call and Text Message Records from Android Phones
Some clinicians who use Android phones for their practices may have suffered a client privacy breach to Facebook Messenger. We explain what happened and what to do about it.
Middle Adopter Membership Period Closing, Monthly Billing Also Now Available
If you’ve considered becoming a full member of Person Centered Tech, there’s never been a better time than now to join! We have just added monthly payment plans, and the Middle Adopter tier of membership is about to close to new members on March 31st. The membership service is finally becoming what we always intended […]
Understanding HIPAA Security Policies and Procedures
HIPAA requires all practices to create security policies and procedures as part of the compliance process. What does that look like for different practices, and how is it accomplished? Therapy tech expert Roy Huggins, LPC NCC explains.
3 Kinds of Email Security: How to Make an Informed and HIPAA-Aware Choice
The world of email is getting better at creating secure and HIPAA-friendly ways to use the communication method. We show you the 3 types of email security so you can make an informed choice.