Creating Comprehensive Teletherapy (or Hybrid) Services in Your Group Practice

Hello, wonderful group practice leaders of the Group Practice Exchange!

I’m looking forward to our time together on Tuesday, July 18th, and to addressing your questions about establishing and scaling a teletherapy (or hybrid!) practice, and general group practice optimization and fortification.

I wanted to share a few resources with you ahead of time:

• Our Needs Assessment/Mini Risk Analysis Tool
• A little orientation to the tool and how to utilize it
• A question submission form so you can share your questions — and accompanying question context — ahead of our time together. That will also give me a chance to gather and curate resources for you that are relevant to addressing your question(s)!

See you on the 18th!

~ Liath Dalton
Director, Person Centered Tech

Creating Comprehensive Teletherapy (or Hybrid) Services in Your Group Practice

Workshop Description: In today’s ever-evolving landscape of mental health services, incorporating teletherapy or a hybrid model has become essential for group practices to thrive, and to provide effective care that quite literally ‘meets clients where they are.’ This workshop is oriented to group practice owners who are eager to scale their services and establish a robust teletherapy practice that is both clinically-effective and legally-compliant. Join Liath Dalton, director of Person Centered Tech – home of the PCT Way System for an optimized and fortified practice and the Telemental Health Certified Practice Program  – for this supportive workshop. 

Together, we’ll explore:

Foundations for Success — building a successful teletherapy practice requires a strong foundation. In this workshop, we will cover the essential elements necessary for a teletherapy (and hybrid) practice, including:

• Policy & Procedure foundations – what needs to be addressed
• Implementing effective (and efficient) systems, and systemization strategies.
• Training requirements, needs, and resources
• Navigating cross-jurisdictional practice permissibility and determining service area
• Implementing effective (and efficient) systems, and systemization strategies

HIPAA Security & Risk Management (‘CYA’ is self-care for your practice!) — maintaining the privacy and security of client information is of utmost importance, especially when providing teletherapy services, a context wherein the risk factors are amplified because therapy is not solely occurring within a physical space that you control. We’ll delve into the intricacies of HIPAA security compliance and risk management, with particular focus on the risk factors that are increased in the teletherapy context. We will address:

• The best (effective, efficient, economical) HIPAA-friendly systems for meeting functionality needs for teletherapy care provision (and remote workers)
• Establishing secure remote workspaces
• Device security
• The best (effective, efficient, economical) HIPAA-friendly systems for meeting your functionality needs for teletherapy care provision (and remote workers)
• Conducting a HIPAA security risk analysis to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities

Team Hiring, Onboarding, and Ongoing Support:

• Pros and cons of hiring contractors versus employees

• Factors of control
• HIPAA compliance impact
• Geographical considerations
• Effective onboarding, and ongoing leadership oversight strategies to ensure your team is well-prepared to deliver teletherapy services in alignment with your practice’s values and goals.

Join us for this workshop designed to equip group practice owners with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully scale their services and establish a strong teletherapy (or hybrid) practice. Take the next step in creating a practice that meets the demands of the digital age, and can truly (and properly!) meet clients where they are.

Note: This workshop assumes a basic understanding of teletherapy practices and is tailored specifically for group practice owners and leadership seeking to enhance the teletherapy component of their practice, and scale an all teletherapy (or hybrid) group practice.