Therapy Tidbits - May/June 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the May/June 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:          

• New Prepayment Audits Strike Fear in Medicare Providers - Describes the difficulties practitioners are facing with when audited and explains the new method of auditing, ‘Targeted Probe and Education’
  
  
• APA Council Approves Reorganization - Describes the upcoming changes as the American Psychological Association Practice Organization is reorganized.
  
  
• Jail Opens Mental Treatment Unit - A brief look at how a Virginia City Jail is taking initiatives to support inmates’ mental health.
  
  
• APA Practice Guidelines Raise Questions - Identifies concerns for the newly proposed sets of practice guidelines.
  
  
• What is Obamacare Anyway? - An overview of Obamacare to date.
  
  
• When Being Too Helpful Can Backfire - Discusses the difference between ‘good customer service’ and a therapeutic relationship.
  
  
• MedPAC’s Latest Lead Balloon - An overview of the conflict surrounding the proposed change from Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) to the “Voluntary Value Program” (VVP).
  
  
• What Have We Learned from 30 years of School Shootings? - Highlights the use of amphetamine-based drugs and lack of quality mental health care as factors in school shootings.
  
  
• How to Handle Conflicts of Ethics and the Law - Provides examples of times when the Ethics Code conflicts with the law and offers strategies to resolve these conflicts.
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  Psychologists Should Study Uses of Marijuana - Discusses the importance of seriously considering medical marijuana as a viable treatment for patients.

Closeout Course #11-20  | 2018 |  20 pages |  10 posttest questions