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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. How to terminate an employee.
6. Telephone problems that can lead to a malpractice claim.
7. Achieving a more minority-friendly practice.
8. Legal issues in caring for adolescents.
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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/ama/pub/category/8158.html
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.
http://www.apa.org/journals/media/
5. MEDICAL ECONOMICS
When It's Time To Give an Employee the Boot
Employees who break the rules, won't learn, or spread dissension don't belong in your practice. Here's how to cut them loose.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=17
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
7. 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.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20020600/39achi.html
8. POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
Legal Issues in Caring for Adolescent Patients
Patients under the age of majority, which is defined by state law and is usually 18 years, are considered minors. In general, these patients cannot give informed consent about healthcare decisions for themselves.
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/05_02/editorial_may.htm
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