Welcome group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of the Group Practice Tech podcast.
In this episode, we’re talking about payment processors like Zelle, Paypal, and Venmo.
We discuss the term “HIPAA compliant”; compliance as a process; using “compliant” products in a noncompliant way; our favorite example, Google Workspace; unencrypted email; special HIPAA exceptions, like the conduit exception; the exception for payment processing; making informed choices from a risk management perspective; apps selling user information; collecting payments through your practice management system and Stripe; Square for solo practice; and payment processing fees.
Stay tuned for future episodes!
Resources
- CE Training: Teletherapy and Remote Payment Methods, Legal-Ethical and Practical Considerations
- Article: Banks and HIPAA: Checks & Credit Cards vs. Receipts & Invoices
- More details on the HIPAA exemption for financial institutions
- Article: Clients Have the Right to Receive Unencrypted Emails (and Texts) Under HIPAA
- PCT’s Free, Editable Electronic Communication Consent Form
- PCT’s Free Service Selection for Mental Health Group Practices Workbook
- *Free* Distress Less Series (Therapy for Therapists)
- PCT’s Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs (that also help you leverage your practice tech tools to optimize functionality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness!)
- Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT team and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)