Our Comments For the HIPAA People (OCR) On Upcoming HIPAA Changes
Changes are coming to HIPAA’s Privacy Rule. Person Centered Tech sent some comments to make sure the OCR knows how mental health clients may be impacted.
2019 HIPAA Rule Changes
We need new HIPAA rules like we need adult chickenpox, but the OCR has started movement on changes to HIPAA’s rules that will impact mental health pros.
2018’s Top 5 Social Media Ethics Issues, According to Roy
Who couldn’t benefit from more community around their private practice? Standards around using social media in our practices are needed, however.
December Ethics CE Bundle (6 Hours!)
December is a joyous season for celebration — and, of course, getting your CE done! We made a bundle of 6 ethics CE presentations we think you’ll enjoy.
Teletherapy Across State Lines: Doing It Legally
We’ll explain if and how you can see a client in another state. Cross-state practice is more doable than therapists realize — especially during COVID.
Group Practices: HIPAA and Independent Contractors vs. Employees
When deciding on contractors vs. employees, getting an early understanding of HIPAA’s role in this choice may be more important than you think.
Improve Your Online Therapy Skills: Learn to Use Online Disinhibition Effect
The Online Disinhibition Effect arises in computer-mediated interactions. Working with ODE is essential to effective telemental health therapies.
Your Questions Answered (About Telemental Health)
Can I do telemental health with clients in other countries? What does insurance want from therapists who work online? All these and more will be answered!
What is “Authentication” and Why Does it Matter for HIPAA Compliance?
When it comes to good security (and HIPAA compliance), authentication is the lesser-known cousin to encryption. Authentication is best known as passwords. It is much more than just passwords, however, and the HIPAA Security Rule standards hold it up high as a security concept of great importance.
How to Deidentify (or not) Client Info Under HIPAA
What does HIPAA consider to be “personally identifying information”? Will the deidentification techniques we learned in grad school ethics classes (e.g. using clients’ initials instead of full names) be enough for HIPAA?