Center for Ethical Practice

Continuing Education & Ethical Resources For Mental Health Professionals

Continuing Education & Resources
for Mental Health Professionals

  • HOME
  • Continuing Education (CE)—
  • WORKSHOPS
    • Upcoming Workshops
    • Registration
    • Locations & Directions
    • CE Requirements
    • Workshops Archive
    • Workshop Policies
  • ON-SITE TRAINING
  • ONLINE COURSES
  • HOME STUDY
  • Additional Services—
  • Consultation
  • Publications
    • Articles
    • Models
    • Manuals
    • Books
  • Resources / Library
  • CONTACT US

Managing Your Managed Care Contracts

June 14, 2010 by

Ethical & Practical Implications of Provider Contracts

Each provider contract you sign will have slightly different terms; each managed care company will have different policies and impose different limitations. We will review some implications of various written and unwritten understandings, consider their ethical implications, and use case examples to discuss how we can avoid some of the potential  ethical pitfalls.

OUTLINE:

I. Ethics Codes & Professional Standards

Fees & Reimbursement

Continuity of Care

Confidentiality & Disclosure

Informed Consent

II. Contracted Understandings

Actual Words vs Hidden Meanings & Unwritten Rules

III. Practical Issues

Fee Setting; Private Fee Agreements

Appealing Adverse Decisions

Standards of Care

One-Sided Indemnification

Reimbursement Limitations

Gag Clauses

Restrictive Covenants

Term-Of-Contract Considerations

Causes for Termination of Contract

Performance Evaluations

IV. Ethical Implications & Pitfalls

Informed Consent Complications

Confidentiality Limitations

Capitations & Other Financial Incentives

Ethical Responses to Potential Liability Issues

Potential Abandonment Issues

Filed Under: Workshop Archives

Print This Page Print This Page


View CART or Check Out

Upcoming CE Workshops

  • New Workshops Coming Soon.

CE Workshop Locations

  • Event Locations TBD

CE Courses Are Approved By:

continuing education for American Psychological Association The Center for Ethical Practice is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


continuing education for National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) The Center for Ethical Practice has been approved by National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 6768). The Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.


continuing education Association of Social Work BoardsThe Center for Ethical Practice (provider #1287), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Ethical Practice maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/21/2021-3/21/2024.

Quick Links

  • ETHICAL & LEGAL RESOURCES
  • WORKSHOP ARCHIVES
  • REGISTRATION INFORMATION
  • WORKSHOP POLICIES
  • ONLINE COURSES
  • CE REQUIREMENTS
  • CONTACT US

Sign Up for Our Mailing List

Subscribe

PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright Center for Ethical Practice, 977 Seminole Trail, #312, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
Tel: 434-971-1841 • E-Mail: Office@CenterForEthicalPractice.org