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Practice Management
Friday's Progress Notes - February 7, 2003
Mental Health Information - Vol. 7 Issue 2
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com
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CONTENTS
1. Format for documentation of psychotherapy notes under HIPAA.
2. Minimum disclosure of patient information on insurance claims.
3. HIPAA's psychotherapy notes provision.
4. Pitfalls in implementing change.
5. Avoiding ethical quandaries.
6. Tips on preventing embezzlement from your practice.
7. Defending a licensing board complaint.
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Dear Colleagues,
The new HIPAA regulations will significantly affect the way mental health practitioners conduct business. The most immediate concern is the up-coming HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance deadline on April 14. Today's newsletter provides information on HIPAA and other practice issues.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Documentation of Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists
This document provides a suggested format for documentation of psychotherapy notes pursuant to the new HIPAA regulations.
http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/psych_doc41602.pdf
2. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Minimum Necessary Guidelines for Third-Party Payers
for Psychiatric Treatment
This statement outlines the "minimum necessary" information needed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule to process an insurance claim for psychiatric treatment.
http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200211.pdf
3. MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY
More Protections for Patients and Psychologists under HIPAA
HIPAA's psychotherapy notes provision safeguards sensitive patient information.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/hipaa.html
4. FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Implementing Change: From Ideas to Reality
Although this article is geared toward family doctors, it is relevant to all healthcare providers, particularly in light of the immediate need to implement the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20030100/57impl.html
5. MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY
10 Ways Practitioners Can Avoid Frequent Ethical Pitfalls
Boost your ethical know-how with these practical tips on avoiding common ethical quandaries.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan03/10ways.html
6. MEDICAL ECONOMICS
Practice Pointers: Don't Let Lunch Money Bandits Steal You Blind
Some practices are losing a fortune, drip by drip, from embezzlement of $10 and $20 co-pays.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=60
7. AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL AGENCY INSIGHT
Defending A Licensing Board Complaint: Financial Devastation?
A practitioner called to defend a licensing board complaint faces serious financial dangers. (Document may be slow to load.)
http://www.americanprofessional.com/insight/Insight.11.pdf
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