Dear TelehealthNews Colleagues, Please pardon the duplicate mailing of this announcement. Somehow, the last announcement was invaded by an alien space being who messed up the layout. The reimbursement webinar scheduled for this coming Tuesday is of great interest to many professionals seeking to augment their incomes through telehealth, so here's another attempt to give you the details of this free webinar. Marlene Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D. TelehealthNews Founder and Admin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reimbursement: Recent Legal and Marketplace Changes FREE 1-hour Training Webinar (LIVE) December 13, 2011 2 p.m. Eastern or 11 a.m. Pacific Wrap up this year with an essential discussion of current events to predict next year's focus on telemental health and online therapy. This month's guest will be Tania S. Malik, J.D., Founder and President of COPEtoday. As Dr. Maheu's guest, she will discuss the rapidly changing legal and marketplace issues related to increasing access to mental health via technology. In particular, we will be reviewing the nationwide repercussion of various legal changes, including the overall reimbursement climate for telehealth and online therapy; the meaning of new California Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011; changes in CPT codes for counseling through telehealth and pivotal corporate shifts in how mental health care will be approached in the United States. This discussion will focus on marketplace shifts to address: * the future of home-based care with the elimination of the "in-person" requirement for intakes * reducing certification requirements for practitioners * the role of "self-management" in telehealth through the iPhone and other smartphones * HIPAA-compliance & the use of Skype * alternatives to Skype * possible repercussions of Wal-mart's plans to be the biggest primary care provider in the U.S. Audio Recording and 1 CE also available for $27 Register here: http://telementalhealth.com/webinars Please forward this email to other interested parties. ************************** To communicate with adminstrator, email: telehealthnews-request @listserv.icors.org To end subscription, send email to [log in to unmask] **************************