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Most Recent Legal Resources Articles

When a Client Isn't Paying Your Fee
New clients should be asked to pay at every session. As you get to know a client, you can handle the transactions on a monthly basis. But don’t let your “accounts receivable” “age out” with any client unless you know him or her very well, and are...
New Federal Mental Health Programs
Under the umbrella title of the “Children’s Health Act of 2000” (H.R. 4365), authorizations (not appropriations, which will require budgetary enactments) for a variety of programs have passed Congress. To avoid burdening you with a list of the prior...
Possible Changes to Federal Billing Requirements
The federal headache season isn’t restricted to the days leading up to April 15th. Now comes the Health Care Financing Administration to announce that for those of you who bill the federal government for therapy services – and for some of you who...
Preparing for Times When You Can’t Care for Your Clients
Clinicians aren’t immune from illness... jury duty... disability... deaths in the family... and other disruptions of their practices. (Clinicians have even been known to pass away!) Clients sometimes rely on their therapists to be always there for...