Producer: VPA/Brattleboro Retreat
In the first installment of our lunchtime series, we will discuss the documentation needed when you begin your practice and the details that go into that documentation, such as informed consent, billing disclosures (related to the No-Surprise Billing Act), minority consent to psychotherapy, disclosures of qualifications, and other required details. The goal is to help psychologists and other clinicians ensure they are minimizing risk to themselves and fully informing clients of their rights and responsibilities.
This webinar will be geared to Vermont law, where state law applies, but will also discuss general risk management techniques and federal requirements that apply to all states.
1.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, and is also approved by the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners to sponsor continuing education for psychologists licensed in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics:
Cultural Competency:
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for continuing education credit for licensed independent clinical social workers in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types;
Ethics:
Cultural Competency:
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health for continuing education credit for licensed clinical mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in Vermont. This course is intended to qualify for the following specialty mandated credit types:
Ethics:
Cultural Competency:
This continuing education course has been approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, , for licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselors in Vermont.
1.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Connecticut accepts these credits for continuing education for psychologists in Connecticut pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-191c(b). This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated credit types as follows:
Veterans' Mental Health:
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing educaiton for psychologists. Based on this approval, this course is pre-approved for credit for Connecticut licensed professional counselors under Conn. Agencies Regs § 20-195cc-3(a)(1). This course is intended to qualify for mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics:
Veterans' Mental Health:
1.5 CE Contact Hours
The Vermont Psychological Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0210. This course is intended to qualify for specialty mandated continuing education topics as follows:
Ethics:
Professional Boundaries:
1.5 CE Credits
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content. Psychologists and other professionals licensed in states whose respective licensing boards approve continuing education offered by APA-approved sponsors may earn continuing education credits for this course.
| APA Informed Consent Guidance (502.5 KB) | 7 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Speaker Slides (1.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Shireen Hart is a shareholder and director of Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC. Shireen has more than 19 years’ experience providing regular counsel to hospitals, long-term care facilities, community mental health agencies, pharmacies, laboratories, individual providers, and healthcare-related vendors on a broad range of federal and state compliance matters. She frequently appears before state professional licensing boards in representing individual providers who are the subject of a licensing investigation. Shireen has also served as the court-appointed Patient Care Ombudsman in bankruptcy cases. Shireen’s strong statewide connections and effectiveness working with other attorneys and state agency/department personnel create a favorable environment in which to deliver positive results for the firm’s healthcare clients.
Describe and create the patient and clinical documents necessary to starting a practice.
Explain the essential elements included in patient and clinical documents.
An understanding of other risk management considerations related to patient and clinical documents in starting a practice.
