Practice Management
Friday's Progress Notes - August 16, 2002
Mental Health Information - Vol. 6 Issue 11
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CONTENTS
1. Top ten HIPAA tips
2. How to apply for a HIPAA extension
3. Integrating psychological approaches into primary care
4. Guidelines for working with the media
5. Achieving a more minority-friendly practice
6. Telephone problems that can lead to a malpractice claim
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1. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
How to HIPAA - Top Ten Tips
This free downloadable booklet from the AMA is directed toward physicians, but is useful for all health care providers. The material includes a sample patient letter designed to give patients an understanding of the scope and purpose of HIPAA.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/435/hipaa10tips-opt.pdf
2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
HIPAA Compliance: How to Get an Extension
The government will give you another year to comply with the transactions and code sets standards, but you have to ask for it.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20020500/52hipa.html
3. EFFECTIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE
Behavioral Medicine: The Challenge of Integrating Psychological and Behavioral Approaches into Primary Care
A growing body of literature supports the efficacy of behavioral medicine interventions. Integrating behavioral medicine into primary care is an important challenge.
http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/marapr02/trask.htm
4. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
How to Work With the Media: Interview Preparation for Psychologists
This guide provides tips for clinicians who are asked to provide an interview or participate in a TV or radio program.
5. FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Achieving a More Minority-Friendly Practice
The authors provide ten tips to enhance relationships with patients of culturally or ethnically diverse backgrounds.
6. PSYCHIATRIC NEWS
Part 1 - Talk Not Cheap If You Lower Your Guard
Problems related to the telephone are a recurrent issue in malpractice lawsuits.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/37/6/8
Part 2 - Phones Can Give Wrong Message If Practices Aren't Followed
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/37/7/21
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