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Health Insurers Setting Up Telemedicine Services

Insurers such as United Healthcare, Aetna and Cigna, and large employers such as General Electric and Delta Air Lines are getting on board, pushing telemedicine as a way to make doctor “visits” cheaper and more easily available. Proponents also see it as an answer to a worsening doctor shortage. But some physician and consumer groups [...]

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Dr. Maheu to Deliver Keynote to a SOLD OUT Georgia Psychological Association Convention, April 21

I’ll discuss the Future of Telepsychology in my keynote at at the Georgia Psychological Association Convention. In case that isn’t enough, I’ll also deliver 2 other programs at the same meeting. The weekend will start with a 3-hour program describing how to it started in developing self-help materials for consumers on April 20. In my [...]

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ATA Sponsors Briefing for Members of Congress re: National Licensure — Jan 31st

You may have been wondering when this was going to happen, but recent events are making a sea-change toward national licensure more of an reality as our  lawmakers are steadily being drawn into the public eye.  On January 31st, there was a briefing for members of Congress outlining the problems related to our current system [...]

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What We Will Be Doing in mHealth by 2015 or Before!

Did you know that as of Q3, 18% of U.S. residents under 18 had a smartphone? Or that the iPhone operating system for smartphones (OS) had 28% market share and Android had 43%? Ready for a glimpse into the future?Read a few sample predictions from a recent blog post by Arthur C. Clarke: By 2015, [...]

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Reimbursement: Recent Legal and Marketplace Changes

Increasingly, the Technical Marketplace Changes Standard Therapy Models. 1-hour Training Webinar Wrap up this year with an essential discussion of current events to predict next year’s focus on telemental health and online therapy. This month’s guest will be Tania S. Malik, J.D., Founder and President of COPEtoday. As Dr. Maheu’s guest, she will discuss the [...]

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How to Develop A Thriving Telemental Health Practice from Your Home

Legal and Ethical Strategies 1-hour Training Webinar Interested in starting a telemental health practice but not quite sure how to get started? Familiarize yourself with a successful online practice model that is HIPAA compliant and reimbursed by third-party payors. Identify resources to increase the success of your telemental health practice. This interview of Mindy Mueller [...]

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American Telemedicine Association Survey – Please Complete

Dear Colleagues: Broad deployment of telemedicine requires common approaches and uniform practices. For over ten years ATA has been developing practice guidelines for the delivery of safe and effective healthcare via telemedicine. These guidelines are developed in cooperation with leading practitioners, researchers, societies and vendors. Nine such guidelines have been formally approved by the ATA [...]

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