TelePsych for PMHNP’s
The purpose of PMHNP awareness is to encourage NPs to practice to the full extent of their license, which has also been historically difficult. Some states allow an NP to have independent practices while others require a physician, which is becoming MORE unfavorable due to the surging demands of mental health needs…
In the meantime, feel inspired and determined with some awesome psych practices! Click here if you want to add a site or just contact pmhealthnp@gmail.com. I’m not affiliated with any practice or suggesting they are without any faults. The following list is to promote various needs and psych accessibility:
NPS with Independent/Private Practices/Services
- Alay Health Team
- Anthem Healthcare; Integrative Health & Psychiatry
- At Your Service Psychiatry
- Benchmark Psychiatric Services
- Better Days Psychiatric Nursing
- Broadway Psychiatry
- Castle Healthcare Services
- Classroom Clinic
- Chesapeake Bay Psych
- Complete Dimensions
- Debbie Granick
- Dr. Joanne Psychiatry
- Euonia Wellness Collective
- First Seed Psychiatry
- Leva Psychiatry
- Miami Psych Concierge
- Mindful RX
- MindlightPsych
- Nurtured Well, a Psych NP who also wrote How to Start a Private Business Part I & Part II
- Ohio Psychiatry
- OV Psychiatric
- Paperflower Psychiatry
- Psych Up to Wellness
- River City Psychiatric Services
- Solarity Mental Health
- Sea Your Shrink
- TMS-NW
- White Iron Behavioral Health
TelePsych Topics & Private Practice Resources
- 10 Steps to Start Your Business –SBA
- 6 Ways You Maybe Violating HIPAA –BHM
- American Medical Association (AMA) offers a (128 pg.) telemedicine guide for key implementation tips and the latest updates on telemedicine expansion amid COVID-19. God bless them, this guide is NICE! (pdf download)
- American Telemedicine Association (ATA): the only organization completely dedicated to accelerating the adoption of telehealth.
- Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) est. in 2008 by the California Health Care Foundation for integrating telehealth virtual technologies into the health care system. Also, has state coverages for COVID-19 and a list of telehealth partners.
- DON’T Commit Telemedicine Fraud & Telemedicine fraud ripe during COVID-19 pandemic: about avoiding unethical practices.
- Entrepreneur (Women)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): HIPAA compliance, privacy, and healthcare communication.
- International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH): promotes international telemedicine services and care.
- Latest news and information about telemedicine for all practices in general by AMA
- The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) is a collaboration of 12 regional and 2 national Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs), committed to implementing telehealth programs for rural and underserved communities.
- Open a Clinic for less than 3K from a medical doctor’s viewpoint
- Security & HIPAA by AAAAI
- Silver Leaf PMS: an RN business focused on helping NPs start a private practice.
- Telehealth Visit Etiquette Checklist (pdf download)
- What is HIPAA Compliant Telemedicine by HIPAANSWERS with Free HIPAA Fundamentals Training
- Why is TelePsych so Important? Personal Pros & Cons
Telepsych by APNA
TIP: If you do not have telehealth technology in place, remember that you can use phone video chat apps such as Skype, WhatsApp, or Facetime during a public health emergency. HHS has waived penalties for using non-HIPAA compliant technologies during this time.
- A CMS Telemedicine Toolkit helps expand the use of technology to help people needing routine care and keep vulnerable beneficiaries and beneficiaries with mild symptoms in their homes while maintaining access to needed care.
- This National Council resource offers current policies and considerations for adopting telehealth or expanding its current use.
- A guide from the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Treatment Center offers tips for using text messages to improve substance use treatment outcomes
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a sample telehealth consent form as well as guidance for clinicians on how to obtain informed consent for telehealth.
Last Updated 11/2023
