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Free Tutorial Available to All:

· Insurance 101
Learn the basic issues surrounding insurance coverage, including claims-made and occurrence policy types, hammer clauses, and consent to settle provisions. 20 min.

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NEW! Continuing Medical Education:

• Forensic Activities: Increased Scrutiny, Increased Liability
  To apply for continuing medical education credit, view the presentation and complete the post-test and evaluation form.  An electronic certificate verifying your credit will be generated automatically once you have completed both forms.

General Psychiatry Topics:

· Correctional Psychiatry
Review risk management issues that arise in the correctional psychiatry setting. 25 min.
· Six Risk Management Issues for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
Child and adolescent psychiatrists face risks specific to their practice setting. This presentation discusses six risk management concerns for child and adolescent psychiatrists. 36 min.
· Responding to Requests for Information
Learn steps that psychiatrists can take to process requests for information in a timely and professional manner, while minimizing potential professional liability risks. 25 min.
· Six Things You Can Do NOW to Avoid Being Sued Successfully LATER
Review the essence of risk management applied to the most frequent issues arising in psychiatric practice. This will be an introduction to risk reduction for the busy, early career psychiatrist and could serve as risk review for the established practitioner. 18 min.
· Cyberpsychiatry
Discover how to minimize the unique risk management risks that cyberpsychiatry poses. 18 min.
· Creation of the Psychiatrist-Patient Relationship
Review the essentials in creating a relationship with your patients. 10 min.
· Informed Consent
Learn the process of informed consent from a Program risk manager. 30 min
· Risk Management Process
Learn the theory behind the risk management process and its associated legal concepts. 22 min.
· Termination of the Psychiatrist-Patient Relationship
Explore the issues psychiatrists encounter when faced with the decision to terminate the psychiatrist-patient relationship. 18 min.

HIPAA Tutorials:

· HIPAA's Security Rule
Covered entities under HIPAA must be in compliance with the Security Rule by April 2005. This presentation will provide program members with basic information about this regulation as well as useful resources.
· Enforcement of HIPAA's Privacy Rule by HHS, DOJ, and the Courts
The Privacy Rule has been enforceable since April 2003. This presentation reviews HHS’ civil enforcement activities, criminal enforcement by the Department of Justice, and Privacy Rule cases decided by the courts.
· HIPAA -- You Asked For It
How did HIPAA come about? This tutorial explains the major events that culminated in the creation of HIPAA's Privacy Rule. 16 min.
· An Overview of HIPAA's Privacy Rule
Are you ready to meet the HIPAA deadline? Here are the basic requirements of the Privacy Rule and a checklist to assist you in complying with the Rule. 36 min.
· Who Must Comply with the Privacy Rule?
Do you know whether you are covered entity under HIPAA's Privacy Rule? This tutorial explains how to approach this question. 8 min.

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