by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Legislation
As part of the Telebehavioral Health Institute’s effort to keep you updated, this article offers a roundup of breaking telehealth reimbursement news for October 2020. The most significant development impacting the events of this month is that the National...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Telebehavioral Health Certification
Client Informed consent is required by both state mandate and professional association ethical codes to assure the care and research, and protection of patient rights. Often lengthy and somewhat confusing, consent forms vary substantially across settings....
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Addictions
On October 5, 2020, an Executive Order was signed into law to support the COVID mental health, behavioral health and substance use needs of the American public, both in-person and via telehealth. As discussed in the Telebehavioral Health Institute’s previous...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Addictions, Uncategorized
On September 30th, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown in the history of the department, with 345 defendants were charged with submitting $6 billion in fraudulent claims. Notably, the telehealth fraud component...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | HIPAA, HIPAA Violation
a ssworth of On September 15, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had settled with five healthcare organizations that violated the HIPAA Right of Access provision. Each organization was subject to...
