Creating an A Online Practice! 3 CE Credits
3 CE Credits - Ethics, 3 CE Contact Hours
Have you suddenly found yourself seeing clients through your computer screen without having had training to be in this positions? Get a comprehensive understanding of the ins and outs of Telehealth, your responsibilities to your clients and their responsibilities to the relationship. learning the ethical requirements of Telehealth as well as how to achieve benefits for you as the therapist and for the people you are seeing through the computer.
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FREE WEBINAR
Telehealth Ethics for Today and For the Future:
Creating an A Online Practice! 3 CE Credits
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Sherrie L. Ludwick, LCPC, NCC, SEP
Course Length: 3 Hours
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how HIPAA & Codes of Ethics inform Telehealth and the changes that resulted from Covid-19.
- Set up and utilize different telehealth equipment.
- Implement the expected Therapist & Client Responsibilities when using telehealth
- Identify what to do and not do in a telehealth session
- Differentiate between acceptable electronic payments and will describe awareness of insurance filing modifications
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
3 CE Credits - Ethics, 3 CE Contact Hours
Have you suddenly found yourself seeing clients through your computer screen without having had training to be in this positions? Get a comprehensive understanding of the ins and outs of Telehealth, your responsibilities to your clients and their responsibilities to the relationship. learning the ethical requirements of Telehealth as well as how to achieve benefits for you as the therapist and for the people you are seeing through the computer.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how HIPAA & Codes of Ethics inform Telehealth and the changes that resulted from Covid-19.
- Set up and utilize different telehealth equipment.
- Implement the expected Therapist & Client Responsibilities when using telehealth
- Identify what to do and not do in a telehealth session
- Differentiate between acceptable electronic payments and will describe awareness of insurance filing modifications
Agenda:
2. HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules (15 minutes)
• Connection to Telehealth
• Keeping Telehealth Secure
• Protecting ePHI and the therapist.
• Why you shouldn’t use SMS, Skype or email for
Telehealth
3. Changes that came and went with Covid (30 minutes)
• What is the new normal
• How do we know what are responsibility is based on
license, location of client and therapist, and State.
• What personal risk management plans do we have?
4. Setting up for Telehealth (10 minutes)
• Lights, Monitor, Camera, Connections, Eye support
• Choosing a platform with BAA
• Client and therapist set up responsibilities
5. Responsibilities and what to be aware of During the
Telehealth Session (30 minutes)
• Initial vs on-going sessions
• What’s being seen on screen
• Online Disinhibition Effects
• American Telemedicine Association’s advice
• Video – What to do or not do in Video session
6. Things to do After the Session
• Document
• Billing
• Self- Care
(30 minutes)
7. Differences in Intrastate, Interstate, and International
provisions (20 minutes)
• What are the laws?
• What is the culture and how does it differ from mine?
• What’s the support culture?
8. Reviewing the parts of Telehealth as per American
Psychological Association (15 minutes)
9. Wellness/Isolation Well-Being checklist (10 minutes)
10. Sharing forms
• Insurance
• Consents
• Expectations
• Explanations
11. Questions and Answers
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
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