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Mental Health Documentation & Medical Necessity
Digital Seminar
$219.99 USD
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Product Details
Format:
Digital Seminar
Details:
Downloadable/Streaming MP4 Video and MP3 Audio with electronic manual and instructions.
Publisher:
PESI Inc.
Copyright:
2/5/2021
CE Available:
No, CE credit is not available
Product Code:
POS055315
Objectives
  1. Determine the importance of proper documentation in informing clinical decision-making.
  2. Evaluate the role of the clinical diagnosis in justifying medical necessity and providing more effective services to clients.
  3. Determine how to use the behavioral language required by insurance companies to facilitate delivery of services to clients.
  4. Explain how to document what really happens in a clinical session without violating privacy or confidentiality.
  5. Assess medical necessity by employing the “golden thread” for improved treatment outcomes.
  6. Analyze potential red flags in documentation and the proper corrective measures for them
Outline
Get Past Your Negative Feelings About Documentation
  • Documentation as a contributor to good clinical work
  • Documentation through the lens of the “Golden Thread”
  • Documentation as a protector of income and integrity
  • Anxiety-reducing answers to common questions
Embrace the Requirement of Medical Necessity
  • The elements of medical necessity
  • The “Golden Thread” as a key part of medical necessity
  • Establish the connection between diagnosis and treatment
How to Write:
  • The Diagnostic Summary
    • What’s needed in the diagnostic summary, and why
    • How the diagnostic summary initiates the path of the Golden Thread
  • The Treatment Plan
    • What’s needed in a treatment plan, and why
    • Operationalize the presenting problem
      • Questions to ask
      • Describe the diagnostic criteria in behavioral terms
    • Make a clear connection between goals, objectives, and interventions
    • Protect the client and the therapist with a thoughtful risk assessment
    • Evaluate client progress
    • How the treatment plan it continues the path of the Golden Thread
    • And more …
    • Activity: Write a treatment plan
  • The Session Note
    • The session’s note relationship to the treatment plan
    • What’s needed in a session note and why
    • Descriptive or narrative approach to interventions used
    • Changes to treatment plan
    • Justify multiple sessions
    • Activity: Write a session note
  • The Case and Collateral Contact Note
    • What’s needed in a case and collateral contact note and why
    • Differences between case and collateral contact notes
    • Provide a clinical justification for the case/collateral consult
  • The Discharge Summary
    • What’s needed in a discharge summary, and why
    • How the discharge summary completes the Golden Thread
20 DOCUMENTATION RED FLAGS THAT LEAD TO TROUBLE
Continuing Education Credits
CE Credit is not available for this product.
Audience
  • Mental Health Administrators
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Office Managers
  • Mental Health Nurses
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Other Mental Health Professionals
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Other Formats Available:
DVD Video - 4+ hours  ●  Audio CD - 4+ hours
Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.

ADA Needs
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