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TeleMental Health Law with Helen Oscislawski
Helen Oscislawski is the co-founder & frequent author on the Legal Health Information Exchange, a rich resource of blog articles and a compliance resource library. She was elected in 2020 to the "Super Lawyers" issued by Thomson Reuters, for healthcare law in New Jersey.
Helen is known to many as a “go-to” attorney for legal guidance on HIPAA, HITECH, state privacy laws, and electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) and is well-regarded for her work with the legal aspects of health information exchanges, HIPAA law, and 42 CFR Part Two for privacy and security law around healthcare information regarding substance abuse treatment. A trusted advisor, Helen now represents some of the most cutting edge and sophisticated HIEs, RHIOs and ACOs in the nation.
Helen and Ray Barrett met for one of our "Telehealth Facts Friday" sessions on Facebook Live. Watch the full interview for answers to frequently asked questions about the legal aspects of telehealth care, including:
Working with Children & Adolescents Using Tele-Play Therapy
Dr. Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC, founder of Play Wellness, Inc. developed the Play Wellness Certificate - PLAY THERAPY TRAINING CERTIFICATE (PTTC). Dr. Fountain is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor as well as a consultant and educator at numerous universities in Georgia.
In July 2020, Dr. Fountain and Ray Barrett of Telehealth Certification Institute discussed the use of telemental healthcare with play therapy.
Very informative session.
Video was good, a little slow
This is great material!
Very Informative!!!!
Really good training so far!
Excellent information, extremely generous resources and so well paced. I am really grateful.
Very thorough and informative
This program is very informative and easy to use.
Love the convenience and easy-to-understand information in this course.
Very informative. Help give an overview of tele therapy and starting an online practice.
The course was easy to follow and provided a lot of valuable insight into the benefits and limitations to teletherapy.
Wonderfully compact and rich in information, many areas i had not even considered!
Great presentation!
Helpful and inviting information to get started. Feel empowered to get this going and eager to start!
Well presented, easy to access and understand.
This was very informative.
I believe this is a good course to take because this is the new wave of society. As a therapist I would like to be able to offer clients the best tools available.
Thank you for the introduction to telemental health.
Very good.
Really excellent training full of valuable information and resources - surpassed my expectations!
Great information with step by step instructions
What a superb introduction to telemental health, well organized and packed with useful tips. I so appreciate this. Thank you.
Awesome job! This is a very insightful presentation.
An excellent course, but needs more legal information regarding where the patient needs to reside.
Course provided several case scenarios regarding Interstate counseling and resource websites for further research.
Very Informative
Awesome
Great course, very informative!
Love the course, worth every penny!!! Definitely helped jump start my Tele-mental health services!
This gave me and my staff some important insights and information regarding telehealth..
This course was easy and user friendly
I learned a great deal from this program and look forward to implementing telemental health in my therapy practice.
It was fantastic! Just the forms he provides are worth the cost of the course!
This was an excellent class and worth my time. Ray provided great information and is clearly an expert in TMH!
I found these courses informative and helpful. They make establishing best practices policies and procedures for telemental health services and supervising those who provide them. so much easier. I highly recommend his courses.
Ray's workshop was one of the most informative I have taken in years. He brought clarity to took a topic which has been intimidating and I left feeling empowered!