Emergency HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver During an emergency or public health crisis, some elements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule may be waived. As of March 15, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued an …
Hello, To assist behavioral professionals seeking evidence-based telehealth training to help deal with COVID-19, I’m hoping that this community can share resources with us at the Telebehavioral Health Institute to pass along to our Community of Learners. If you have …
HIPAA Designated Record Set Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, behavioral health specialists are required to provide patients access to the protected health information (PHI) contained in their designated record set. What is a designated record set? Definition of Designated Record …
Colleagues, Now more than ever, behavioral health professionals are being thoughtful about their intentions, conservative in their actions, and mindful of their resources. Unlike what we see happening to our grocery store shelves, we at the Telebehavioral Health Institute ask …
The Telehealth Tipping Point The events of this last week have gone a long way toward convincing practitioners that telehealth is legitimate, safe, and reimbursable. Barriers to the adoption of telehealth are crumbling in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. …
$100,000 HIPAA Settlement Reached for HIPAA Violations In its first HIPAA settlement of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fined a sole practitioner $100,000 for HIPAA violations. The gastroenterological practice, Steven A. …
EFPA Digital Psychological Interventions, Recommendations for Policy & Practice In January of 2020, the European Association of Psychologists’ Association (EFPA) project group on E-health released a document outlining “general rules” concerning the dissemination in and use of digital behavioral health …
HIPAA Training Requirements Conducting annual HIPAA training is a key component of maintaining HIPAA compliance. However, hosting a practice-wide training day is not sufficient, mainly because if an employee is hired after your practice’s annual training day, they could go …
HIPAA Compliant Video Conferencing Telehealth is growing rapidly as more healthcare providers are choosing to treat patients virtually. Utilizing video conferencing tools allows providers to treat patients that they would normally be unable to treat due to their geographic location. …
