Post by chrismccainuw on Mar 23, 2020 17:03:43 GMT -8
Hi all,
Here's some state-level resources for providing care amid COVID-19 in WA state. Please feel free to add below and make sure to actually click into the links (or copy them into your browser), as guidance may have been updated since last posting.
• There is a weekly WA HCA behavioral healthcare provider webinar Tuesdays 12-1:30 discussing the impact of COVID-19 on behavioral health work. Click here for the last recorded webinar: register.gotowebinar.com/recording/viewRecording/4493705527596822797/500932405681286407/chmitch@kingcounty.gov?registrantKey=8899932405340958731&type=ATTENDEEEMAILRECORDINGLINK
• Other updated provider information (including billing and telepsychiatry guidance) is on the HCA website www.hca.wa.gov/information-about-novel-corona-virus-covid-19 and the DOH website: www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/HealthcareProviders/HealthcareFacilities
• Note a relaxation of HIPAA guidelines on using videochatting software. Clinicians should use their best judgment in protecting client privacy while still providing care. The current expectation is that telepsychiatry, on the provider end, be conducted from the office. HCA is currently still working on guidance for telehealth from home. See more information here: www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/notification-enforcement-discretion-telehealth/index.html
• HCA is creating a Zoom license for telepsychiatry and plans to distribute access soon.
Here's some state-level resources for providing care amid COVID-19 in WA state. Please feel free to add below and make sure to actually click into the links (or copy them into your browser), as guidance may have been updated since last posting.
• There is a weekly WA HCA behavioral healthcare provider webinar Tuesdays 12-1:30 discussing the impact of COVID-19 on behavioral health work. Click here for the last recorded webinar: register.gotowebinar.com/recording/viewRecording/4493705527596822797/500932405681286407/chmitch@kingcounty.gov?registrantKey=8899932405340958731&type=ATTENDEEEMAILRECORDINGLINK
• Other updated provider information (including billing and telepsychiatry guidance) is on the HCA website www.hca.wa.gov/information-about-novel-corona-virus-covid-19 and the DOH website: www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/HealthcareProviders/HealthcareFacilities
• Note a relaxation of HIPAA guidelines on using videochatting software. Clinicians should use their best judgment in protecting client privacy while still providing care. The current expectation is that telepsychiatry, on the provider end, be conducted from the office. HCA is currently still working on guidance for telehealth from home. See more information here: www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/notification-enforcement-discretion-telehealth/index.html
• HCA is creating a Zoom license for telepsychiatry and plans to distribute access soon.