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Debt collection by psychotherapists: In addition to the difficulties faced by all creditors, therapists trying to collect on overdue accounts must deal with the legal, professional and ethical obligation to continue to...

Financial and legal issues in telephone psychotherapy. Private insurers generally do not reimburse for telephone psychotherapy. No CPT code for psychotherapy can be used for telephone therapy because it’s not a face-to-face

The Social Work Board clarifies supervisory requirements for LMSW’s. In recent communications available at its website, the Social Work Board has stated its interpretation of the supervision necessary for LMSW’s to...

A couple of changes in Medicare procedure. (1) This year, Medicare changed its policy to allow healthcare practitioners to charge patients for missed appointments. Previously this was not permitted. Such charges may not be...

LMSW’s and private practice. When the new licensing law for social workers took effect in 2004, most of its interpreters believed that the entry-level license for “licensed master social worker (LMSW)” would allow those