Practice Management
This section contains articles and resources pertaining to practice management. Look here for articles relating to the administrative matters of running a practice, such as record-keeping, professional wills, and business-related matters. There may be overlap with other sections, so if you do not find the information you are looking for please browse the other sections or use the search box.
Professional Wills: some concrete steps ...
January 20, 2010
Practice Management
Practice Management
The following article was co-authored by myself and Steve Frankel, Ph.D., J.D.. It was published in the January/February 2010 issue of the California Psychologist, a publication of the California Psychological Association:
So how’s it feel to be in breach of the APA ethics code and California law?
Professional...
Is insurance only for those in private p...
If you work in an agency, hospital, or large group practice, do you still need your own professional liability insurance? Doesn’t your employer’s policy cover you?
Reminder: does your professional liabili...
This is a friendly reminder: if you have professional liability insurance, it is a good idea to make sure it covers board complaints.
Is an unfamiliar insurance company sayin...
I periodically receive calls from clinicians who are informed by previously unknown insurance companies that they are empaneled. That is to say, practitioners receive notifications from an insurance company that a patient they are seeing has coverage and that they must accept the reimbursed rate offered...
Does incorporating your practice shield ...
This question is one of the more frequently asked questions on professional email lists. The answer is, “it depends.” That is not as clear as many would prefer, but it is the right answer.
Have you received a letter from a licens...
If you receive a letter from a licensing body informing you that a complaint has been made against you, suppress the urge to panic.
Reporting Suspected Abuse: those reports...
July 22, 2008
Clinical Practice, Forensic Practice, Legal Basics, Miscellaneous, Practice Management
Clinical Practice, Forensic Practice, Legal Basics, Miscellaneous, Practice Management
This is a reminder: reports that clinicians make of suspected abuse are highly confidential. Under California law, reports of suspected child abuse and information contained in those reports may only be disclosed to persons or agencies who coordinate the investigation of these reports.
Should HIPAA matter to clinicians who ar...
If you aren’t a “covered entity” (the term HIPAA uses to identify healthcare providers under its authority) do you need to care what HIPAA says? In these situations is HIPAA irrelevant? The answer is both “yes” and “no.”
So You’ve Been Asked to Write a Declar...
The question of what to do when asked to author or sign a declaration on behalf of a patient is a stressful dilemma for most practitioners. This usually occurs when a patient is in the midst of litigation and the patient or the patient’s attorney believes that a statement from the practitioner would...
Does Premature Termination Constitute Ab...
Most clinicians have encountered multiple situations where a patient attends a limited number of sessions and decides to end the treatment relationship, either by no-showing for successive appointments or by declaring that they wish to end the treatment relationship. This can present some difficulty...
