Tag Archives: mental health patient confidentiality
Crimes and Confidentiality
HIPAA and state laws recognize the importance of confidentiality, but also recognize that confidentiality is not absolute. There are [...]
Patient Reveals Sex With Prior Therapist – Protecting the Public?
Some may ask why there is no requirement for the subsequent therapist to report such alleged unlawful or criminal behavior on the part [...]
Privilege and Confidentiality – A Deeper Look
In the September 2017 issue of this Avoiding Liability Bulletin, I raised several questions regarding the related but different [...]
Insurance Company Records Request
It seems that requests by insurance companies or contractors for insurance companies for copies of client records is on the uptick. [...]
Confidentiality and Your Clients – Mistakes That Can Lead to a Lawsuit
The highest standard a healthcare practitioner can hold onto, other than administering the best level of care, is confidentiality and [...]
Parental Access to Records of Minor
… One area where I get repeated questions involves the right of parents to access the mental health records of their minor children. [...]
Exception
… What is the right of a therapist or counselor to communicate with other health care providers or facilities without the patient’s [...]
Confidentiality / Privilege – Death of the Patient
… I previously wrote about this topic, in a limited way, where I addressed the issue of the county coroner or medical examiner seeking [...]
Breach of Confidentiality – How Much Accountability and to Whom
… Confidentiality is the primary cornerstone of psychotherapy. Without the promise of confidentiality, patients and clients would be [...]
Domestic Violence – Mandatory Reports(?)
… If one spouse, partner, or cohabitant intentionally strikes and injures the other, causing a physical injury, does the law in your [...]
The Fact Of The Relationship
… Confidentiality is the cornerstone of counseling and psychotherapy. Privilege is a concept related to confidentiality, but privilege [...]
Confidentiality
… While confidentiality is generally considered to be a cornerstone of psychotherapy, most mental health practitioners realize that [...]