Articles for PracticeUpdate newsletters reside in categories based on their subject matter, with the email newsletter appearing twice monthly in subscribers’ e-mailboxes.
Below are links to articles from 2018 to the present, sorted by the date of the original email newsletter publication.
2021
September 24
- Helping your patients overcome vaccine hesitancy
- Treating anxiety and stress in front-line workers: A step-by-step CBT guide
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents
- APA 2021: On demand available now
September 10
- CMS proposes changes to telehealth practice in 2022
- Time is running out: Weigh in now on reimbursement and telehealth changes
- Let’s Get Technical: Peer reviews of the latest apps and tools for practice
- CE Corner: Effective treatment for Black men
- APA Convention: Unlimited access to thousands of presentations
August 20
- Telehealth after the pandemic: CMS outlines proposed changes
- Let’s Get Technical: Can a chatbot provide additional support for your patients?
- Employer Identification Numbers: Why psychologists should apply for one
- Catch what you missed from APA 2021
- Webinar: The impact of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee schedule rule on early career psychologists
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 12 p.m., Eastern Time - Webinar: Healing Racial Trauma for BIPOC Practitioners, Students, and Trainees
Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 12 p.m., Eastern Time
July 30
- HHS extends the COVID-19 national public health emergency declaration
- Psypact: 26 states have now passed laws allowing interstate practice
- Clinical psychologists will learn from APA 2021
- CMS proposes expanding telehealth, more policy changes that will impact psychologists and their patients
July 16
- CMS proposes expanding telehealth, more policy changes that will impact psychologists and their patients
- Responding to insurance audits of patient records when you are out-of-network
- Research roundup: Improving individual well-being at work
- APA 2021: Don’t miss free CE; topics for practitioners
- Webinar: Using Motivational Enhancement Strategies to Treat Substance Use and Psychological Disorders
Thursday, July 29, 2021, 1–2 p.m., Eastern Time
July 2
- Psypact: 26 states have now passed laws allowing interstate practice
- APA at the White House: Talking to patients about vaccines (YouTube video, 50 minutes)
- Continuing education workshops at APA 2021
- A wealth of opportunity
- Free ebook: Psychology and the Post-Pandemic Workplace
June 18
- APA Guidelines on Psychological Practice for Sexual Minorities (PDF, 1.46MB)
- Research roundup: Traumatic events and the LGBTQ community
- Protect payments and improve practice by sharing feedback on the Physician Fee Schedule
- 5 reasons you can’t miss APA 2021
- Webinar: Online Searches and Your Private Practice
Friday, July 16, 2021, 1–2 p.m. Eastern Time - Free online course: Kidney Disease and the Family
APA has partnered with the Dialysis Patient Citizens Education Center to create this free online course to help parents and caregivers learn more about how a child’s mental health may be impacted by a chronic illness diagnosis and how to cope.
June 4
- The CMS Physician Fee Schedule: Submit comments, protect payments, improve practice
- APA2021 Virtual: Registration is now open
- The growing demand for geropsychologists
- Free online course: Kidney Disease and the Family
APA has partnered with the Dialysis Patient Citizens Education Center to create this free online course to help parents and caregivers learn more about how a child’s mental health may be impacted by a chronic illness diagnosis and how to cope.
May 28
- APA lauds HHS formation of Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
- Speaking of Psychology podcast: The future of policing one year after George Floyd’s death
- How bystanders can shut down microaggressions
- Webinar: The Importance of Diagnostic Assessment to Inform Treatment Course and Planning
Thursday, June 17, 2021, 1–2 p.m. Eastern Time - Nominate a colleague for the Distinguished Professional Contributions Awards (PDF, 100KB)
Deadline: August 1, 2021
May 14
- HIPAA Privacy Rule: Proposed changes could impact practitioners
- How to provide telehealth to older adults
- Nominate a colleague for the Distinguished Professional Contributions Awards (PDF, 100KB)
Deadline: August 1, 2021 - Webinar: Marketing Ethically and Effectively in the Digital Age
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 4–5 p.m. Eastern Time
May 6
- COVID-19: When is it OK to provide more in-person services?
Updated with new guidance from the CDC - The ethical imperative of self-care
- Mental Health Check-In: How We’re Doing and Ways Employers Can Help
Business Group on Health podcast, 30 minutes - Webinar: Developing Niche Practices and Other Collaborative Approaches
This live 10-credit CE series is designed to empower practitioners at every career stage and enable you to implement successful strategies for starting, enhancing, operating, supervising, and closing a private practice (group or solo).
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 4–5 p.m. Eastern Time
April 23
- Research roundup: Technology-enhanced treatments for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder
- APA reaction to Chauvin verdict: Right decision, but the nation has more work to do
- Treating people of Color: Three essential ways to prepare
- Psychologists protected from 2% sequester cuts for the remainder of the year
- Webinar: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Unemployed Individuals
Part one of a two-part joint APA/National Institute of Mental Health series
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 1 p.m. Eastern Time
Free to sign up; $15 per session for 1.5 CE credits
April 9
- Telehealth guidance by state during COVID-19
- The ethical imperative of self-care
- APA calls for reforms to nation’s gun laws
- Special event: Webinar series from APA and the National Institute of Mental Health
This two-part series is designed to highlight emerging evidence-based approaches that can be implemented to mitigate the negative effects of unemployment on mental health and substance use. Webinars are free, but there is an option for 1.5 CE credits at $15 per webinar.
Part 1: Scope of the problem and testing evidence-based strategies
April 28, 2021, 1 p.m. Eastern Time
Part 2: Scalable approaches to address mental health barriers to employment
April 30, 2021, 1 p.m. Eastern Time
March 26
- Managing your clinical team at a group practice
- Reminder: The compliance deadline for “information blocking” rule is April 5
- Psychologists warn Congress of access cliff for patients who rely on telehealth
- APA Town Hall: Addressing Stress in America and APA’s role in this reality
Monday, March 29, 2021, 12–1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
March 12
- Research roundup: How telehealth can be used to address population health disparities
- Stress in America 2021: One year later, a new wave of pandemic health concerns
- APA moves a step closer to accrediting master’s programs in health service psychology
- COVID-19: When is it OK to resume in-person services?
Updated with new guidance from the CDC - Building and sustaining a thriving private practice: From start to finish
A 10-credit CE series of one-hour sessions designed to empower practitioners at every career stage and enable them to implement successful strategies for starting, enhancing, operating, supervising, and closing a private practice (group or solo).
February 26
- Let’s Get Technical: Keeping your emails private and secure
- The RUC survey: How your input helps determine the value of a billing code
- Webinar: Getting the most out of your private practice website
Friday, March 5, 2021, 1–2:00 p.m., Eastern Time
February 12
- Biden administration signals likely extension of Public Health Emergency through the end of 2021
- Payment for quality: APA sharpens focus on practice innovation, digital therapeutics
- 2021 Trends report: Psychology research is front and center
- Webinar: Getting the most out of your private practice website
Friday, March 5, 2021, 1–2:00 p.m., Eastern Time
January 29
- Payment for quality: Changes to Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System
- D.C. adopts PSYPACT law, allowing interstate practice for psychologists
- APA Town Hall: What’s next for APA in 2021
- The top 10 trends in psychology for 2021
January 15
Previous issues
2020
December 11
- COVID-19: Ensuring psychologists to have access to the vaccine
- Psychologists likely to see pay cuts for Medicare services in 2021
- Let’s Get Technical: The best online payment service for your practice
- How to give your patients more access to their health care records
- Share your feedback on proposed guidelines for operational psychology practice
- Sponsored webinar: Effective staging and management of self-harm and suicidality in groups with personality disorders
November 13
- How to make remote payments safer
- Call for nominations: Advisory Committee for Measurement-informed Care and the Mental and Behavioral Health Registry (Deadline: December 18, 2020)
- Healing the political divide
- APA 2021 call for proposals is now open
- Webinar: Battling burnout in the COVID-19 era
October 30
- Research Roundup: How COVID-19 impacts African Americans
- Five tips for balancing parenting and virtual practice
- How APA is helping COVID’S overlooked populations
- Stress in America 2020: APA sounds alarm about the pandemic’s impact on Gen Z
- Register now for the Technology, Mind and Society Showcase
- Application deadline approaching for latest pandemic Provider Relief Fund payments available to psychologists
October 16
- COVID-19: Is it legal to treat clients in another state?
- Optum adopts APA’s guide on billing for testing services
- How to take charge of online reviews
September 25
- Help APA prevent payment cuts to psychologists’ services
- APA teams up with Farm Aid to address farmer stress
- Increasing the visibility of providers of color
- Become a member of the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (PDF, 88KB)
September 11
- Share your concerns: Comment on proposed payment cuts to psychologists’ services
- Using mobile apps with patients who have experienced trauma
- How to talk to your patients about firearm safety
- Help APA update the Clinical Practice Guideline on PTSD
- Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on alcohol use in the U.S.
- Seven ways to get better at delivering bad news
August 14
- Medicare proposals for 2021: Psychologists’ payments impacted
- APA Services stops abusive insurance recoupment demands over $100,000
- How to provide telehealth to older adults
- Practice guidelines: What’s been done and what’s coming
- Free journal resources on practicing during COVID-19: Special issues
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Practice Innovations - Call APA’s Pandemic Hotline for free consultations
July 31
- Treating people of color: Three essential ways to prepare
- Supporting families with loved ones in the ICU
- Raising reimbursement
- Convention: Enroll now for APA 2020 virtual CE workshops
July 17
- Want to offer free sessions? First know the risks
- Delirium, PTSD, brain fog: The aftermath of surviving COVID-19
- Webinar recording: Troubleshooting “Zoom fatigue” in the era of telehealth
- Convention: Enroll now for APA 2020 virtual CE workshops
July 2
- How APA Services is working for you during the COVID-19 crisis
- Five tips for transitioning your practice to telehealth
- After DACA victory, attention turns to mental health needs
- Webinar: Providing mental health telehealth services in farming and rural communities
June 19
- APA ensures psychologists have access to PPE through Amazon
- Tips for doing effective phone therapy
- Shorter application form now available for Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness
- Stress in America: Stress in the Time of COVID-19, Volume Two
- Webinar: Improving mental health care by understanding the culture of farming and rural communities
June 5
- COVID-19: What the Ethics Code says about reopening your practice now
- How to launch a practice that is 100 percent online
- Psychologists embrace telehealth to prevent the spread of COVID-19
May 22
- Treating anxiety and stress in front-line workers: A step-by-step CBT guide
- CMS recognizes PSYPACT licensure requirements for interstate practice
- Providing psychodynamic care during COVID-19
- Relationship-oriented psychotherapy during COVID-19
May 8
- Resuming in-person services during COVID-19
- Updated telehealth guidance by state in response to COVID-19
- Treating front-line workers: A step-by-step guide
- Serious mental illness and COVID: How to help your patients right now
- Let’s Get Technical: Mindfulness apps for kids
May 1
- Billing update
Phone only telehealth services for Medicare during COVID-19
April 16
- How to provide telehealth in nursing homes
- Answers to practicing psychologists’ latest questions about providing telehealth services
- Pain management in a crisis: APA’s guidance on doing assessments and treating chronic pain during the COVID-19 crisis
- Telehealth testing with children: Important things to consider
- How COVID-19 may affect presurgical psychological evaluations
April 9
- Telehealth guidance by state during COVID-19
- How to do group therapy using telehealth
- Is your patient’s anxiety or depression related to COVID-19?
- Managing COVID-19 concerns for people with OCD
- Get federal aid for your business during the pandemic
April 2
- APA calls for comprehensive telehealth coverage
- Teleneuropsychology: New resources for your practice
- Connecting with children and adolescents via telehealth during COVID-19
- Four ethics tips to remember during COVID-19
- Research proving benefits of teletherapy
- How to do psychological testing via telehealth
- The latest Medicare updates related to COVID-19
March 27
- Latest Developments for Practicing Psychologists in Response to COVID-19
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Coronavirus
- Self-Care Advice for Health-Care Providers
- Social Isolation Can Be Dangerous for Older Adults: Here’s How Psychologists Can Help
- Quality Reporting Changes During COVID-19
- Combatting Bias and Stigma Related to COVID-19
- 6 Ways to Help Your Child Manage Their Anxiety During COVID-19
March 18
- What the COVID-19 telehealth waiver means for psychology practitioners
- How to prepare your office for telehealth
- Informed consent checklist for telepsychological services
- FAQs: Psychology training and COVID-19
- Want more info on telepsychology?
March 5
- COVID-19 and psychology services: How to prepare your practice
- My first year: What to look for in an office
- Webinar: Build a better website
- Help develop APA’s next Clinical Practice Guideline
February 20
- Medicaid changes that benefit psychologists
- Research roundup: Working with traumatized youth
- Psychologists needed for Clinical Practice Guideline development
- Help APA Services, Inc. advocate for psychologists on reimbursement Issues
February 6
January 23
- When your private therapeutic relationships become public
- Five steps to building a powerful brand
- Do you see Medicare patients? Join the Mental and Behavioral Health Registry
January 9
2019
December 12
- Let's Get Technical: Comparing the latest telehealth solutions
- Why you need a professional will today
- How to protect your practice from the latest scam
November 21
- Research roundup: Evidence-based strategies for treating chronic pain
- State Beat: Texas creates a new regulatory board for psychologists
November 7
- Psychologists will see payment increases for health behavior services in 2020
- Running start ... to a great career: Avoiding burnout
October 24
- Research roundup: How to build a more effective therapy group
- State Beat: Psychologists win exemption to new 'gig workers' law in California
- Call for comments: Proposed Guidelines for the Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychological Practice
October 10
- Psychologists’ Health and Behavior codes are changing
- Boost your reimbursement with quality reporting
- Shutting Down: What the law says about closing your practice
September 26
- Let's Get Technical: Choosing the right CBT app
- State Beat: New state laws expand options for prescribing psychologists
- APA’s New Depression Treatment Resource
September 12
- Research roundup: Traumatic events and the LGBTQ community
- Helping communities after Hurricane Dorian
- Running start... to a great career: Keeping up with the research
- Quality reporting for mental and behavioral health professionals
August 22
- Proposed rule offers better Medicare reimbursement for psychologists
- Connecticut law requires insurers to demonstrate parity
July 25
- Research roundup: Treating women of color
- Shutting Down: How to protect your patients when closing your practice
- A new issue of Good Practice
July 11
- Arizona eases licensure for out-of-state psychologists
- More reports of telephone scammers targeting psychologists
- Self-care for psychologists
June 27
- Using unsecure email
- Running start... to a great career: Enhancing cultural competence
- Progress Notes: Self-care for psychologists
- Five key ways psychologists are tackling the opioid crisis
June 13
- D.C. psychologists ask for Medicaid reimbursement
- APA’s Depression Guideline now available
- Let's Get Technical: Software for practice
- Continuing Education Workshop: Crisis response planning for preventing suicidal behaviors
- Monitor on Psychology: New solutions for the opioid crisis (June 2019)
May 30
- APA Calls for changes to Medicare audit rules
- Sending and receiving patient information
- Disaster response resources
- Call for Comments: Guidelines for practice with service members and veterans
May 16
- State Beat: Updated resource for aid-in-dying evaluations
- Research roundup: Engaging fathers in treatment
- May webinar series on testing codes
- Progress Notes: Finding a niche in reproductive psychology
May 2
- Compact allowing interstate practice for psychologists takes effect
- APA works to resolve problems with payments for psychological testing services
- Shutting down: Selling your practice
April 18
- Psychologists in Texas fight to keep regulatory board independent
- Research roundup: Children with autism
- Progress Notes: Sharing your expertise in the media
- Call for comments: Guidelines for practice with service members and veterans
April 4
- Running start… to a great career: Starting a family
- Obesity guideline resources available
- Call for comments: New guidelines for psychological practice
March 21
- New mental health apps review column
- Advocating for improved access to mental health care
- APA honors U.S. Rep. Lowenthal for mental health leadership
- Call for nominations: MBHR
- A new opioid guide for psychologists
March 7
- Prescribing rights in Iowa and Idaho
- MIPS eligibility
- Shutting down a practice
- Call for nominations: MBHR
- APA establishes new Office of Applied Psychology
February 21
- New York parity compliance law takes effect
- Research roundup: Monitoring treatment progress
- Interventions to prevent perinatal depression
- Progress Notes podcast: A practicing psychologist in tech
February 7
- New bill would add psychologists to “physician” definition
- APA’s clinical data registry helps psychologists with value-based payment programs
- Clinicians Corner: Understanding behavioral addictions
- APA guidelines on boys and men launch national conversation
January 24
- Research roundup: Healthy aging and the positivity effect
- 2019 Tricare advocacy
- Profile of the executive director of the New Jersey Psychological Association
- Call for nominations: Treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults
January 10
- CMS adds psychologists to MIPS
- Working with the media
- New psychological and neuropsychological codes in effect
- Call for nominations: Treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults
2018
December 13
- Self-care for psychologists
- Midterm election wins
- Progress Notes podcast: Helping veterans heal
- Call for nominations: Treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults
November 15
- 2018 Stress in America report
- Medicaid reimbursement changes
- A global effort to help veterans
- Research roundup: Working with adults adopted as children
- Testing code webinar
November 1
- Testing code changes Q&A
- Call for nominations
- Psychologists running for office
October 18
- More info on testing codes
- Research roundup: Telehealth & the practice of psychology
- Opioids policy changes
October 4
- New testing codes
- New ethics rules
- Kentucky psychologist makes a run for office
- Advice on finding a postdoc
September 20
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