Episode 544: The Big Stories of 2025 Impacting Mental Health Practices

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 highlighting the stories that impacted your practices this year, and the main takeaways from each story.

We discuss:

• The proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule
• Common sense security updates to incorporate into your practice
• The proliferation of AI and ways therapists can differentiate themselves from AI
• The proliferation of platforms offering practice management as a service
• How group practices can stand out from these practice management platforms 
• Clinician burnout and clinicians returning to their clinical roots
• Progression of cross-jurisdictional practice mobility
• The uncertainty around the Medicare telehealth cliff 

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PCT Resources

• The relevant episodes of our podcast as mentioned:
  • On Practice Management companies
  • On the Medicare cliff
  • On proposed HIPAA changes
• Free handout resource: Clinician Conversation Starters: Bringing Client AI Use Into the Therapy Room
  • Practical prompts and responses to help clinicians talk with clients about AI use in ways that are safe, constructive, and clinically grounded.
• Free handout resource: Clinical Leadership Checklist: Guiding Teams in Addressing Client AI Use
  • A step-by-step guide for clinical supervisors and directors to make client AI use considerations an intentional part of practice culture, including team awareness, policy updates, and supervision strategies.
• On-Demand CE course: Law & Ethics of the Clinical Use of Artificial Intelligence: Implications in Clinical Practice
  • This 3 CE credit training with attorney and mental health counselor Eric Ström, JD, PhD, LMHC explores the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence in behavioral health. Learn how AI tools are being applied in clinical practice, what legal and ethical standards apply, and how to confidently evaluate whether and how to integrate new technologies. Participants gain practical strategies for aligning AI use with HIPAA, professional ethics codes, and client care standards—empowering you to implement AI tools responsibly and effectively in your practice.
  • **Useful for all clinicians and practice leadership**
• Group Practice Care Premium
  • weekly (live & recorded) direct support & consultation service, Group Practice Office Hours — including monthly session with therapist attorney Eric Ström, JD PhD LMHC
  • + assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Bring Your Own Device training + access to Device Security Center with step-by-step device-specific tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting all personally owned & practice-provided devices (for *all* team members at no per-person cost)
  • + assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Remote Workspaces training for all team members + access to Remote Workspace Center with step-by-step tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting Remote Workspaces (for *all* team members at no per-person cost) + more
• HIPAA Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning service for mental health group practices — care for your practice using our supportive, shame-free risk analysis and mitigation planning service. You’ll have your Risk Analysis done within 2 hours, performed by a PCT consultant, using a tool built specifically for mental health group practice, and a mitigation checklist to help you reduce your risks.