Tag Archives: Avoiding Liability For Mental Health Professionals
Home-Based Office / Making Home Visits
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – December 2022 HOME-BASED OFFICE A …
Crimes and Confidentiality
HIPAA and state laws recognize the importance of confidentiality, but also recognize that confidentiality is not absolute. There are [...]
CONFIDENTIALITY – High Risk Behavior of Patient
A CPH-insured mental health practitioner requested that I comment on a situation with a patient that raised questions about the duty of [...]
AVOIDING LIABILITY – SOME BASICS
Much of what I write in this monthly column/blog is about a variety of specific legal topics and issues that affect mental health [...]
Insurance Fraud, Minors and Privilege, Neglect
According to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, which is an organization founded in 1985 by several private health [...]
Reminders and Information to Avoid Liability
Advertisements by licensed mental health practitioners must not be false, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive. Care should therefore be [...]
TERMINATION AND REFERRAL – When Does the Duty to the Patient End?
One aspect of termination and referral that I have not previously written about involves the issue of follow-through after a referral [...]
HIPAA’s PRIVACY RULE and STATE PRIVACY/CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS – CONFLICTS
Mental health practitioners and health care entities must determine whether or not they are “covered providers” or “covered entities” [...]
New Texas Abortion Statute
On September 1st, 2021 Texas Senate Bill No. 8, known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, became law. Its intention was to severely limit a [...]
Treating Children
Licensed mental health practitioners treat children both with and without the consent of one or both parents. It is not uncommon for [...]
Covid-19 Return to In-Person
Practitioners have changed the way they practice as a result of the pandemic, which seems to be moderating, and once again, [...]
Duty to the Patient – When Does It Begin?
Licensed mental health practitioners often discuss the issue and process of termination of treatment, including the question of when [...]