Episode 309: [Compliance & Practice Management] PHE Ending, What You Need To Know And Do For Your Practice To Be Ready

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about the end of the public health emergency in the US as well as what you need to know and do for your practice to be ready.

We discuss when the public health emergency will end (May 11th); which video conferencing platforms can be used going forward; getting clients comfortable with new software; updated considerations for phone service; communicating the importance of these changes to your team; how to select HIPAA appropriate services; prescribing controlled substances through telehealth; securing and hardening remote workspaces; audio only telehealth coverage; and telehealth payment parity and reimbursement rates.

PCT Resources

• PCT’s Group Practice Service Selection Workbook & Worksheets

• • free!!

  • Step 1 of the PCT Way

  • support for selecting HIPAA-secure, effective, and economical phone, video, and communication platforms (and your other practice functionality needs, too!)

• PCT’s CE training: Smooth and Secure Use of Phone, Text, Email, and Video to Meet Modern Clients Where They Are: Legal-Ethical and Real-World Considerations

• PCT’s Group Practice Care Premium

• • service with assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Remote Workspaces training for all team members +

  • access to Remote Workspace Center with step-by-step tutorials & registration forms for securing documenting Remote Workspaces +

  • assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Bring Your Own Device training +

  • access to Device Security Center with step-by-step device-specific tutorials & registration forms for securing documenting personal & practice-provided devices +

  • direct support & consultation service, Group Practice Office Hours

• PCT’s HIPAA Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning

• • service for mental health group practices — care for your practice using our supportive, shame-free risk analysis and mitigation planning service.

  • You’ll have your Risk Analysis done within 2 hours, performed by a PCT consultant, using a tool built specifically for mental health group practice, and a mitigation checklist to help you reduce your risks.

  • **Spring Clean Your Practice sale on our RAMP service now through 3/17/23, save $50**

Further Resources & References

• HHS Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap

• From HHS: Telehealth policy changes after the COVID-19 public health emergency

• From the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers: Preparing For The End Of The PHE And The End Of HIPAA Enforcement Discretion

• From the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers: Preparing For The End Of The PHE – Provider Communication

• From the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers: Telehealth In A Post-PHE World

• From HHS: Guidance on How the HIPAA Rules Permit Covered Health Care Providers and Health Plans to Use Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth

• DEA Proposes Limits on Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances