Accepting Telehealth Jobs: 5 Big Legal & Ethical Mistakes to Avoid
Faculty: Marlene M. Maheu, PhD
Do you have questions about being employed or looking for employment from a digital health company? Online employment can pose dilemmas that leave clinicians at a loss for how to proceed. This program will answer your questions about how or reasonably uphold your legal and ethical mandates.
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Telehealth Jobs Course Description
With telehealth companies' recent investigations by the US Federal Trade Commission for various violations and the Office for Civil Rights investigations of HIPAA violations, finding appropriate employment by telehealth employers is fraught with unseen complications. Responsible clinicians have reported for years that they accept jobs from digital employers, only to realize that they do not follow the same rule book as seasoned clinicians. During this exciting Telehealth.org training event, guest speakers Laura Groshong, LICSW, the Clinical Social Work Association's Policy and Practice Director, is joined by Deborah Baker, JD, the American Psychological Association's Director of Legal and Regulatory Policy. Telehealth.org's Executive Director, Dr. Marlene Maheu, will host this event to help you make clear, practical, and responsible decisions when considering telehealth jobs. As highly experienced professionals working in telehealth for decades, this group of seasoned professionals will briefly outline the issues faced by responsible clinicians trying to work for telehealth employers and offer actionable solutions.
Topics
- How to avoid the five biggest legal and ethical mistakes most often made by licensed clinicians working for online employers.
- The essential information to look for on potential online employer's websites.
- How to read contracts for telehealth jobs to identify potentially problematic clauses to discuss with your attorney.
- How to decide if a company's technology will allow you to meet the many legal requirements required by licensing boards and professional association ethical codes.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the five mistakes that professionals tend to make involving legal and ethical, risk management requirements for licensure prior to accepting a telehealth job
- Outline at least two core pieces of client/patient information that you will want to get prior to delivering care to any online consumer referred by a provider network
- Intelligently discuss the contract that you sign with a provider network, and what it may need to include to protect you as well as your clients/patients
When & How
| CME or CE: | Credit hours 1.5 |
| Duration: | Approximately 1.5 hours to complete. |
| Format: | Online Activity. Online readings, illustrative media, automatically graded post-test. All material for Telehealth.org training is provided at no extra cost, and is accessible through your computer or digital device. Available 24/7 as on-demand training (asynchronous). |
| When: | Available 24/7 to review anytime for 6 months from registration date. |
| Where: | 100% Online |
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Audience
This program is for beginning and intermediate-level “telepractitioners” and “telesupervisors” wishing to deliver telemental health services in these disciplines:
- Psychiatrists, Internists, Pediatricians, Gerontologists, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Analysts, Substance Use Professionals
- CEOs, COOs, Administrators, Billing & Coding Staff
Faculty
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Laura Groshong, LICSW, is the Clinical Social Work Association’s Policy and Practice Director. She is the Chair of the CSWA Distance Learning Committee, has co-authored the CSWA Position Paper on the topic of distance learning for the Master’s in Social Work, and co-edited the Clinical Social Work Journal Special Issue on Cyber Technology in Social Work. Groshong has served as the Director of Government Relations for the Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA) since 2006. Her work has resulted in the passing of legislative bills that promote access to mental health treatment. She is the author of Clinical Social Work Practice and Regulation: An Overview; Politics in the Consulting Room: Hate in the Countertransference Revisited, numerous articles and webinars. She is in private practice in Seattle, WA. |
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Deborah Baker, JD, is the American Professional Association’s Director of Legal and Regulatory Policy. Since joining APA in 2004, Deborah C. Baker has worked with state psychological associations, APA leadership and members, regulatory bodies, and outside stakeholders on issues involving telehealth, interjurisdictional practice, HIPAA compliance, the scope of practice/licensure, prescriptive authority, testing, and other legal and regulatory issues affecting professional practice. She has provided support to several APA task forces, including the joint APA-ASPPB-APAIT Task Force on Telepsychology, which developed the APA Guidelines on the Practice of Telepsychology as well as several task forces established to review and revise APA policies on prescriptive authority for psychologists and designation of psychopharmacology training programs. |
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Dr. Marlene Maheu has been a pioneer in telemental health for almost three decades. With five textbooks, dozens of book chapters, and journal articles to her name and educated more than 66k clinicians from 109 countries, she is uniquely positioned to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in telehealth. She is the Founder and CEO of Telehealth.org. She is the CEO of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS) and the Founder of the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science. She has assisted in writing standards and guidelines for national associations and was the Chair of the CTiBS Competency Committee that published the first telebehavioral health competency framework. Dr. Maheu is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with straightforward, actionable, evidence-based suggestions that quickly move you to your goal. She will delight you with her clinical acumen and make you smile at how simple many solutions can be when explained by a professional with decades of passionate telehealth training experience. Bring your notepad — you will leave with pages of practical to-do’s! |
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Addiction
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Marriage and Family Therapy
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)
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Psychology
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA)Telehealth.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)
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Social Work
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Canadian Social Workers
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New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)Telehealth.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0752.
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