Barbara H. Salkewicz is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice with Adults and Children Behavioral Health in Brick, New Jersey. Earlier this month, Barbara wrote me to share her concerns about working in this insurance based practice and earning less money than she feels she is {...}
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Risk Management
Out-Of-Network Responsibilities For Mental Health Providers
For those of you, like me, who choose not to work directly with insurance companies, you are considered to be an out-of-network provider.
A mental health provider I will call "John" wrote in asking for clarification about his out-of-network responsibilities . . . .
A new client whose health {...}
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Do You Need To Be HIPAA Compliant?
After all this time, many mental health professionals continue to be confused about whether or not HIPAA applies to them. Here's a quick little article to help you discern once and for all if you fall into the category of needing to be HIPAA-compliant.
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The Ethical And Legal Implications of Mental Health Services Online
I was toodling around the Internet tonight when I stumbled across my colleague, David P. Diana's website. Bless his heart for writing this post on providing mental health services online. In one little post he has listed 8 not-so-light-reading links on the ethical and legal implications of {...}
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