{"id":127,"date":"2017-06-16T06:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=127"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:45:17","slug":"the-basic-documentation-every-private-practice-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/the-basic-documentation-every-private-practice-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Working as a private practitioner means you are in charge of each and every process &#8211; from intake to therapy sessions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Each part needs to be properly documented and archived in order to store important information properly and securely, and protect yourself from possible legal implications. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is an array of <a href=\"\/marketing-101-for-private-practices-the-4-ps-for-your-private-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forms and documents<\/a> you will need to develop &#8211; and you can check your professional society\u2019s website for suggestions. To get you running off the ground, these are the basic documents you need to start with:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Intake Form<\/h2>\n<p>Basic information about the client (name, birthdate, address etc.) + assessment questions relevant to the specialty of the practice\/therapy (e.g. questions related to family structure and practice for Marriage and Family Therapists)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Informed Consent Acknowledgement<\/h2>\n<p>This outlines the type and practice of professional services, as well as confidentiality agreements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Working%20Hard\/7K0A0896.jpg\" alt=\"The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs \" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs \" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Insurance Form<\/h2>\n<p>This informs the patient that you will share information with their insurance company in order to receive payment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>HIPAA acknowledgement<\/h2>\n<p>This refers to the Health Insurance Portability &amp; Accountability Act of 1996 and explains the way clients\u2019 private information are handled and shared if appropriate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Office Policies and Procedures<\/h2>\n<p>This refers to information about your practice\u2019s processes, including treatment termination policies, cancellation processes, return check fee etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see there is a lot of paperwork involved in running a private practice &#8211; and this is only a start.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to declutter your office and move paperless, use a software package you can trust that will help you with getting your paperwork in order.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk to Therasoft today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basic Documentation Every Private Practice Needs&nbsp; Working as a private practitioner means you are in charge of each and every process &#8211; from intake to therapy sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}