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TeleMental Health Institute Forms Affiliate Alliance with Compliancy Group to Expand HIPAA Solutions to Include Behavioral Health Practitioners
01 July 2016, San Diego, CA The TeleMental Health Institute (TMHI) is pleased to announce its affiliate alliance with Compliancy Group (CG). In addition to providing customers with a simple solution to Achieve, Illustrate, and Maintain ™ HIPAA compliancy, CG’s customers will also benefit from the option to obtain professional training from TMHI. CG’s HIPAA compliancy programs will be expanded to also include practitioners from the behavioral health fields, thus ensuring that behavioral health practitioners wishing to enter the field of telemental health will do so responsibly and without inadvertently engaging in unethical and possibly illegal practice.Dr. Marlene Maheu, the founder of TMHI and a pioneer in the field of telemental health, said, Dr. Maheu continued, “The Compliancy Group is the nation’s leading HIPAA compliancy service. We are honoured to have been approached by them for a number of strategic initiatives.” Maheu continued, “We are so impressed with this group and the service they have been offering that we’ve just arranged for a series of HIPAA-related webinars and other opportunities for our trainees and our community.”
HIPAA enforcement has reached a critical moment for health care professionals,” said Marc Haskelson, President and CEO of Compliancy Group. “The days of OCR investigations primarily prosecuting large hospitals and medical organizations are a thing of the past. Heavy fines are being levied with increasing frequency in uncharacteristic ways. Dentists, non-profit organizations, and therapists are becoming regular targets for HIPAA audits, and Compliancy Group is proud to offer our help in mitigating these risks.”
The TeleMental Health Institute, Inc. is the world’s first, largest and most rigorous online telemental health training, consulting and staffing institute. It is devoted exclusively to addressing the emerging opportunities and challenges of telepsychiatry, telepsychology, distance counseling, online therapy, speech therapy and other behavioral specialties. TMHI offers convenient 24/7 internet access to 100% online courses for continuing education (CE) and continuing medical education (CME) credit for these professionals with two types of Certificate Training Programs. Topics covered by TMHI professional training include risk management and best practices of behavioral telehealth (i.e., legal, ethical, practical or technical issues of video, telephone, email, or text-messaging; choosing apps and other technologies). In addition to professional training, TMHI provides consultation and staffing for:
Medical groups seeking to expand into behavioral telehealth
Community mental health centers, addiction treatment facilities, federally qualified behavioral centers, residential treatment facilities and specialty agencies looking to serve more patients
Research projects needing telemental health program design, standardized protocols and clinical staff training
Small group and independent practitioners looking to grow practices, reduce operational costs or re-locate to other states
Technology companies searching for patient engagement, other behavioral interventions and viable partners
For more Information about TMHI, send a note to contact@telehealth.org.
Compliancy Group has a single goal, which is to provide small to medium sized organizations with the ability to confidently Achieve, Illustrate, and Maintain ™ HIPAA compliancy. For more information visit https://compliancy-group.com/ or contact Info@compliancygroup.com
Compliancy Group LLC allows anyone to simplify the growing challenges of HIPAA compliance, whether they are an experienced health care professional with compliance expertise or a front desk manager without any formal training. The Guard is our simple, cost-effective, web-based solution that can help any organization regulate and monitor all aspects of their HIPAA compliance throughout their entire practice. With Compliancy Group, you’ll be guided by our team of expert Compliance Coaches to Achieve, Illustrate, and Maintain compliance with confidence under the full spectrum of HIPAA, HITECH, and Omnibus regulations. Visit http://www.compliancy-group.com or contact us at 855.854.4722 (855 85 HIPAA) to learn how simple compliance can be.
The TeleMental Health Institute, Inc. is the world’s first, largest and most rigorous online telemental health training, consulting and staffing institute. It is devoted exclusively to addressing the emerging opportunities and challenges of telepsychiatry, telepsychology, distance counseling, online therapy, speech therapy and other behavioral specialties. TMHI offers convenient 24/7 internet access to 100% online courses for continuing education (CE) and continuing medical education (CME) credit for these professionals with two types of Certificate Training Programs.
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