APA Resources Offer Tips for Coping with the Virginia Tech Shootings
As people learned of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Polytechnic University, the APA Practice Directorate mobilized to provide information for individuals in distress. The APA Help Center features materials that may be useful for your work with clients, organizations, health facilities and other community-based outreach.
Learn about the new online resources from APA.
NPI Update: What You Need to Know Now
Many practitioners continue to raise questions about the May 23, 2007 deadline for complying with the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Three of these inquiries involve: whether recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services affects the deadline; whether psychologists who do not participate in any health insurance plans need an NPI; and whether providers must include on their CMS-1500 claim forms the NPI of referring providers.
Find the answers to these three questions.
Putting Job Descriptions into Practice
Whether you're just thinking about hiring office staff, have a well-established team of employees, or need to reorganize your practice, job descriptions help communicate the essential nature of a job and lay the foundation for streamlined practice operations.
Learn tips and find resources for creating job descriptions.
