When the current National Public Health Emergency was declared in March of 2020 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the standard HIPAA regulations were relaxed to get necessary care to those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective October 23,...
I recently read the eBook “Healthcare’s New Normal: Transforming How You Connect with Patients During COVID-19 and Beyond”, and while it focused more on the medical community and health services, I believe it has value for the behavioral health field as well. The book...
Dr. Itoro Ibia, a colleague, recently shared a sobering Facebook post about the increased mental health issues, especially for many marginalized people, during the pandemic. "40% of U.S. Adults Reported Worsening Mental Health in Late June Due to Pandemic, CDC Finds...
One of the issues brought to the forefront by the pandemic is that the USA infrastructure for reliable broadband is limited especially in rural areas. This may not have been a significant issue pre-pandemic because many of our activities were completed in person....
As practitioners, during this era of quarantine and social distancing, we have been forced to embrace secure telehealth as a treatment delivery model. When bringing clients into our physical office was no longer safe for the health and safely of the community, we had...
The recent death of Geoarge Floyd and traumatic events of injustice are a call for each of us to be part of the solution towards a lasting peaceful healing.
In trauma we take what is happening to us that feels overwhelming, frightening and hurtful and try to create some type of perceived stability to protect ourselves. This is accomplished by trying to hide the uncomfortable, undigested, and overwhelming...
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relaxed telehealth laws and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced leniency on non HIPAA-compliant penalties for the COVID19 emergency, health practitioners scrambled to transition to online telehealth....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced another round of regulatory waivers and rule changes to ensure Americans can receive healthcare through video and phone-based services during the COVID19 emergency.
If you’re wondering this as you bring more of your practice online, you aren’t alone! To answer these questions, let’s first dive into the three types of telehealth: The first is video conferencing. This uses audio and video to conduct telehealth sessions....