With apologies to Joyce McDougall, this is a plea for a measure of formality: Are you an employee or a subcontractor? Do you have employees or subcontractors working for you? How do you know? Sometimes the job title doesn’t match the responsibilities, and when that happens confusion makes its grand...

Rightly or wrongly, HIPAA is perceived by many clinicians as an administrative nightmare. For those who aren’t already compliant, the task of becoming HIPAA compliant isn’t one that clinicians relish. Most clinicians who have practices that need to be HIPAA compliant accomplished this task a long...

Consultation with an attorney is activity that most mental health clinicians engage in on an infrequent basis. As a general matter, mental health practice is a profession that sees a relatively low number of lawsuits. In addition, many clinicians have the option of consulting with an attorney provided...