TBHI News
Presidential Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support For Mental – and Behavioral – Health Needs
On October 5, 2020, an Executive Order was signed into law to support the COVID mental health, behavioral health...
US Justice Department Reports Shakedown: Telehealth & Healthcare Fraud
On September 30th, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown...
5 HIPAA Violation Fines for Failing to Grant the Right of Access
On September 15, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced...
What Is a Blockchain EHR and How Can It Help in Substance Abuse Opioid Treatment?
Clinicians specializing in working with complex issues such as opioid addiction will be supported in previously...
Telehealth Security: Using a Telehealth VPN
Hackers have been developing yet more devious ways to harm people since COVID. They are banking on the elevated...
Insurance & HIPAA Privacy? MITRE-Harris Poll Shows Dark Side of Insurance Privacy Practices
Here's a chilling thought: healthcare practitioners, as well as health insurance companies and other employers,...
Still Wondering about Telehealth Regulations?
If you are still scratching your head about where you can practice over state lines and how you'll get paid, you...
HIPAA Compliant Email for Therapists
Although email is a convenient means of communication, using email to communicate sensitive information poses...
Question: What is the telebehavioral health evidence base?
I have taken your initial 4 hr course and would like to take more courses. But I need to know if you will cover...
Virtual Waiting Room
One of the many changes that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused is rethinking the use of waiting rooms. Even prior...
What Is HIPAA for Healthcare Workers?
Healthcare workers, including behavioral health professionals, often use protected health information to do their...
Increased Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
Increased Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Amidst the tumbling US stock market, the telehealth...
TBHI Emergency COVID-19 Telehealth Resource List
Colleagues, Now more than ever, behavioral health professionals are being thoughtful about their intentions,...
Zoom Fatigue: What You Can Do About It
Zoom Fatigue. What is it? Is it real? Over the last few months, many professionals are experiencing an excessive...
Telehealth Group Therapy
Many highly skilled group therapy clinicians have been forced into telehealth group therapy practice without...
74 Temporary Telehealth CPT Codes to be Eliminated?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to eliminate the majority (74) of the temporary...
How to Use Telehealth for Seniors
Clinicians must be careful not to stereotype older adults as being unable or unwilling to use technology. A study...
Behavioral Health Network (BHN) Malware Attack Affects 129K Patients
The large behavioral health service provider, Behavioral Health Network (BHN), suffered a malware attack...
HIPAA Compliant Video Chat: Requirements after COVID
Although the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the public health emergency until...
Telehealth Act HR 7992: Telehealth Legislation Combines Nine Separate Bills
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she...
California Telehealth Regulation: Board of Psychology Proposal Comment Period
Proposed California Telehealth Regulation: Board of Psychology Comment Period This week, the California Board of...