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....
Federal State of Emergency to Relax Telehealth Laws On Friday March 13th, President Donald Trump stated he plans to sign an $8.3 billion emergency funding measure when it reaches his desk to help stem the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. There are...
In response to the COVID-19 national emergency, President Trump announced a temporary “dramatic expansion of our Medicare telehealth services" allowing Medicare patients "to visit any doctor by phone or video conference...
According to the former CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden, a cornovirus pandemic is inevitable. Drawing from CDC experts that have done extensive planning for an influenza pandemic, he goes on to identify eight things that we must do to prepare as we move from...
Virtual Therapy Connect was UPGRADED on March 23, 2020 All users registered prior to the upgrade date must establish new VTC credentials. You should have received an email on the day of the upgrade with a link to establish your new username and password. If you...