http://www.carepaths.com The Leader in Online Behavioral Electronic Medical Records Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:14:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Checklist for Autism Spectrum Disorders is now available in the eRecord's Assessment Center. The Checklist is a new Diagnostic and screening instrument can be completed by parents or clinicians. It has very strong psychometrics, including high sensitivity and specificity to both ends of the spectrum. The feedback report ... http://www.carepaths.com/checklist-for-autism-spectrum-disorders/ The new issue of the American Medical Association's *American Medical News* includes an article: "How to get paid for care delivered over the phone" by Victoria Stagg Elliott. It is possible to get paid for your work on the phone. It takes the right coding for the right situations, the right documentation and persistence. Some research ... http://www.carepaths.com/how-to-get-paid-for-care-delivered-over-the-phone/ The Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scale-Parent (VADPRS) is a reliable, cost-effective assessment for ADHD in clinical and research settings for children 6-12. The VADPRS has a 55 item rating scale and evaluates for ADHD and other co-morbid conditions. It takes 10 minutes or less to complete. The VADPRS has two components: symptom assessment ... http://www.carepaths.com/vanderbilt-adhd-rating-scales-parent-vadprs/ The mental health parity will take effect January 1, 2010. The new legislation requires employer-sponsored health insurance with behavioral health benefits to ensure equality between physical and mental health treatment in copayment, coinsurance, deductible, out-of-pocket expense, and days of coverage, frequency of visits, and frequency of treatment. However, the legislation ... http://www.carepaths.com/mental-health-parity-what-it-will-mean-for-providers/ The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) becomes effective January 1, 2010. It is expected that parity will mean a 30% increase in behavioral health spending over the next five years. As the parity provisions are phased into Medicare, there is a formula for calculating the decreased amount ... http://www.carepaths.com/medicare-and-mental-health-parity/ On November 13, 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare claims processing information on how mental health parity for outpatient mental health services will be phased-in. Before the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) was signed into law on July 15, 2008, patients paid ... http://www.carepaths.com/medicare-rules-for-phasing-in-mental-health-parity-for-outpatient-treatment/ The new issue of the *Psychiatric News* (vol. 44, #22) Includes a Q & A from the American Psychiatric Association's HelpLine Database on how to bill for phone therapy. Key points are: 1) There is no CPT code for conducting psychotherapy over the telephone. 2) All the psychotherapy codes are described as face to face ... http://www.carepaths.com/billing-for-phone-therapy/ The eRecord (www.carepaths.com) is a web-based behavioral EMR and practice management system for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and mental health counselors.  The eRecord is online which means it is available 24/7 from anywhere. Clients can access it via a client portal where they can pay online, fill out forms, etc. ... http://www.carepaths.com/erecord/ Enables clients to login online and fill out forms, complete assessments and pay bills. http://www.carepaths.com/patient-portal/ Comprehensive library of widely used outcomes measures http://www.carepaths.com/outcomes-and-standard-measures/