Legal-Ethical Issues in Electronic Payments for Mental Health Professionals
Explore how electronic payments support or threaten client privacy, therapeutic boundaries, and regulatory compliance
How to Have an Ethical and HIPAA-Compliant Web Presence Episode 2: Message Boards, Social Media, and Listservs
In this session, we answer commonly-asked questions about legal-ethical considerations around social media for professional purposes and also for personal purposes as a professional who needs to consider issues of boundary ethics. This presentation is developed and presented at a beginner level for counselors, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and counseling and clinical psychologists. […]
Ethical and HIPAA-Compliant Web Presence Episode 1: Therapist Websites and Practice Profiles, 2019 Edition
Learn about creating an ethical, HIPAA-safe practice website and manage risks related to directory profiles and Facebook pages
2019 Therapists’ Security and Privacy Update for Mental Health Practice
2019 is gearing up to be a big year for changes in the security and privacy landscape for United States mental health professionals. The OCR is asking for feedback on their desired changes to HIPAA’s Privacy Rule! The FCC has also made changes to privacy rules for text messaging and net neutrality that will impact […]
Legally Practicing Across Borders: A Detailed Survey of Interstate and International Mental Health Practice
One of the most common times that clients desire telehealth work is when they travel or move house to a place far from their existing therapist — and not uncommonly, they go to another state or even another country! Additionally, many therapists want to expand their practices across jurisdictions through the use of telehealth services. […]
Dealing with Insurance: How Auditors Think and Why
Get familiar with various definitions of medical necessity and how this impacts documentation and approval of services
Using Online Disinhibition Effect for Good in Telemental Health
Understanding and learning to work with the Online Disinhibition Effect is essential to effective telemental health work
How to Text with Your Clients Session 2: Boundaries, Professionalism, and Competence
Understand the issues and considerations around boundaries and professionalism when texting with clients
How to Identify HIPAA Protected Health Information: Finding Your Clients’ Sensitive Information Wherever It Goes
Make sense of when HIPAA applies and when it doesn’t in the contexts where mental health clinicians use PHI.
How to Text with Your Clients Session 1: Ethics, Safety & HIPAA Compliance
Learn how to navigate texting clients with an eye on ethics, safety & HIPAA compliance