Episode 204: [Protecting your Practice] How to Know What You Don't Know, with Guests Daniel Mayer and Melissa Wesner
Release Date: 06/11/2021
Episode 427: The CrowdStrike Drama and What We Can Learn from It
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re covering the recent CrowdStrike update that impacted over 8.5 million Windows computers and what group practice owners can learn from this experience. We discuss what happened with CrowdStrike; being proactive instead of reactive in regard to technology failures; critical operations; managing critical data backups; creating contingency plans for operational continuity; and the importance of practicing your contingency plans. Listen here: For more, ...
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Episode 426: Creating Community for Clinicians, With Special Guest Melissa Wesner
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re chatting with Melissa Wesner about how to build community as a group practice. We discuss Melissa’s clinician community membership in Baltimore; a different approach to networking; dealing with isolation and burnout as clinicians; community and wellness needs; how to replicate this community group for clinicians in your area; self care as a business strategy; balancing life and business success; taking self-care off the back...
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Episode 425: Another Relevant VPN Discussion
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re talking about VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks. We discuss when to use a VPN in a group practice context; how VPNs work; the VPN that we recommend, and why it’s our go-to; and which plan we recommend for group practice (and when you need a higher level of functionality). Listen here: For more, Resources Tom's Guide: PCT Resources weekly (live & recorded) direct support &...
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Episode 424: Licensure Compact Status Updates
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we have updates to share about licensure compacts! We discuss the Counseling Compact and the Social Work Licensure Compact; timelines to be aware of; the benefits of Compacts for group practice; which Compact will open up next; PSYPACT; options for LMFTs; and advocating to make your voice heard. Listen here: For more,
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Episode 423: New HIPAA Privacy Final Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re sharing information about updated HIPAA rules regarding privacy around discussions regarding reproductive health. We discuss important dates to be aware of; the main bullet points of the Final Rule; the impact Notice of Privacy Practices; what is and is not acceptable to disclose, and when; understanding the implications of this rule; and related resources on this topic from PCT. Listen here: For more, ...
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Episode 422: FAQs on When and If Your Practice Needs Hands-on or Managed IT Services
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we explain when group practice owners should consider managed IT services. We discuss practices that don’t need managed IT services; what hands-on or managed IT services can look like; when managed IT services are a good fit for group practice; 3 ways to find an IT service that meets your needs as a group practice; how to vet a managed IT service; and added on services that aren’t usually needed for group practice owners. ...
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Episode 421: What You Need to Know About Breach Reporting If Your Practice Was Impacted By The Change Healthcare Debacle
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re updating group practice owners on the Change Healthcare breach. We discuss recent guidance from the OCR (the Office of Civil Rights); how Change Healthcare is failing to meet their obligations as a HIPAA Business Associate and as a HIPAA Covered Entity; breach reporting requirements; 3 important pieces of good new for practice owners; how you can talk to clients about this; and whether we recommend preemptively reporting...
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Episode 420: What You Need to Know about Notes Apps
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we explain what you can and can’t use a notes app for in a group practice. We discuss what’s permissible under HIPAA; different notes app options for iPhone and Android; notes and PHI; getting BAAs; cloud syncing; policies and procedures around scratch notes; and what the Office of Civil Rights (the HIPAA regulators) say about this topic. Listen here: For more, Resources PCT's free Step 1 of the PCT...
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Episode 419: What You Must Know About Protected Health Information
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we’re clearing up common misconceptions about Protected Health Information (PHI) in group practice. We discuss what constitutes PHI and why it matters; why this topic is often confusing; common situations where we see this cause issues in group practice; 18 identifiers of PHI; consequences of misunderstanding what PHI is and is not; identifier codes; and information being reidentified, especially in the age of AI. Listen...
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Episode 418: 4 Things You Need to Know About Psychotherapy Notes
Group Practice Tech
Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech. In our latest episode, we share 4 important considerations for psychotherapy notes in a group practice context. We discuss what notes are protected from release; how to quickly find out what your state’s rules are; what to include in your Notice of Privacy Practices about psychotherapy notes; what psychotherapy notes are and are not; having policies in place for documentation; where misconceptions about documentation come from; and how to support your team...
info_outlineWelcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.
In our latest episode, we’re talking about protecting your practice with Daniel Mayer and Melissa Wesner.
We discuss the lack of legal resources for group practice owners, how Dan and Melissa started their podcast, what they don’t teach you in grad school, the importance of knowing what you don’t know, getting solid sources of information, spending money where it’s important, asking for help when you don’t understand something, knowing yourself, going from therapist to CEO, private practice mindset, protecting your clients and peace of mind when you protect your practice, delegating risk management, the responsibility of compliance, returning after covid, technological progress, masking + vaccination status, and the future of telehealth.
Listen here: https://personcenteredtech.com/group/podcast/
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Roy and Liath are joined by the hosts of the Protecting Your Practice podcast, group practice owner Melissa Wessner, LCPC LCMHC, and mental health attorney Daniel Mayer, Esquire, to discuss risk management, the things you didn't learn in grad school, and how to know what you don't know about protecting your practice.
After working in the same Greater Baltimore community for some time, Dan, an attorney, and Melissa, a counselor, decided to join forces in order to offer mental health providers the information they need to protect their practices. Coming from two different backgrounds, Dan and Melissa, bring a wealth of knowledge for listeners who want to learn all about the legal and clinical aspects of running a practice.
Protecting Your Practice Podcast
Social Media Accounts: FB & IG @protectingyourpractice
Melissa's Consultation Practice: Intentional Practice
(direct support and consultation service from PCT consulting team and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs
(that also help you leverage your practice tech tools to optimize functionality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness!)
Person Centered Tech's second annual Thriving & Making Comfort Conference:
a virtual, pay-what-you-can, conference focused on practice-care needs as we transition to a post-COVID future, with a keynote from insurance expert Barbara Griswold, LMFT, on Telehealth Coding and Billing in a Post-COVID Future.