Renee Martin – Pennsylvania Mental Health & The Law – 2020

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Renee Martin is a member of the faculty.
6 hours and 6 minutes.
Audio and video formats are available.
Copyright expires on August 12, 2020.
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As a mental health practitioner, you must not only deal with significant clinical issues with your clients, but you must also keep up with seemingly ever-changing regulations and procedures. It is critical to stay current in order to safeguard your clients and yourself. During this comprehensive one-day seminar, you will gain an understanding of confidentiality, risk management, recent legislation and trends in Pennsylvania mental health law, guardianship, commitment, practical legal options—and more—that will help you stay on top of issues that arise in everyday clinical situations.

Handouts

Pennsylvania Mental Health & The Law 2020 Manual (16.3 MB)

Outline 202 Pages Available After Purchase

Mental Health Information Privacy, Confidentiality, and Disclosure in Pennsylvania

Right to privacy and mental health information under the Constitution
What remains of inpatient and outpatient mental health care and the Mental Health Procedures Act HIPAA
HIPAA as revised by the HITECH Act, as a starting point National Code of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Disclosure
Under state board laws, including psychologists and recently implemented regulations for SW, MFT, and LPCs, informed consent and the obligation to explain the limitations of confidentiality are required, as is the duty to explain the boundaries of secrecy.
Balancing the rights of children, adolescents, and parents; the Minor’s Consent Act as revised by Act 147; teenagers’ rights to regulate record release

Special Topics

Legal and ethical issues for agencies and private practitioners using social media and gadgets – policy considerations
Act 147 and the recently passed Child Custody Law provide for shared legal custody and control of mental health information (Act 112 of 2010)
Guardianship under the law

Demands for Discovery, Lawsuits, and Audits

Professional certification and confidential communications: Your legal and ethical obligations as a private practitioner
Court subpoenas and orders: The obligation to answer
The implications of electronic discovery for the disclosure of mental health information and social media
Responding to inquiries and audits

The HITECH Act and the Breach Notification Regulations

The HITECH Act establishes standards and imposes penalties for noncompliance.
Who is protected, and what constitutes a “breach”?
Who should be contacted and how should they be told?

Professional’s Legal Liabilities

Issues of Duty to Warn

Professional Obligations and Expectations
Fraud and Abuse Concerns
Errors in Billing and Coding
Documentation\sFaculty
Renee Martin, JD, RN, MSN, is a lawyer. Seminars and items related to: 1

Renee H. Martin, JD, RN, MSN, practices exclusively in the field of health care law, advising both individual and institutional behavioral health care providers on regulatory and transactional issues such as patient safety and quality of care, fraud and abuse, reimbursement, compliance, and the development of corporate compliance plans. Her practice is heavily focused on HIPAA compliance and informational privacy. She has successfully represented a number of providers that have faced OCR audits and inquiries. She is particularly suited to assist customers with risk management, quality of care, and patient safety problems as a registered nurse with over 15 years of clinical experience. Ms. Martin routinely publishes and talks about health law problems on a national level.

Ms. Martin graduated from Bryn Mawr Hospital in 1977, Neumann College in 1982, Villanova University in 1988, where she was recognized in “Who’s Who in American Nursing,” and Villanova University School of Law in 1994, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board.

Ms. Martin is a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is licensed to practice in the state. She belongs to the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. She works for the law firm Dilworth Payson, LP.

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