Practice Update
April 29, 2010 | Vol. 7, No. 4
In the Spotlight
New locator helps the public find psychologists
Our new Psychologist Locator, a free service for practitioners who have paid the 2010 Practice Assessment, goes live on May 1
Medicare payment cut delayed until June
On April 15, President Obama signed legislation postponing the 21.2 percent Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) cut for 2010 retroactive to April 1 through May 31
Practitioner Resources
- Amazon top sellers of interest to practitioners: Depression
New releases, best-of-class reference texts and resources you can recommend to your clients about depression - Tools and training in parenting coordination
The article includes resources and training opportunities for psychologists as well as findings from a study report concerning the emerging practice area of parenting coordination
From the Field
- October 5, 2010 is deadline to file claims in the United Healthcare Ingenix settlement
United Healthcare Corp. has settled in federal court and psychologists are part of the nationwide provider class eligible to submit claims to the $350 million settlement fund - Finally: Pro-psychology hospital regulations in California
After more than 20 years of legal and legislative wrangling, regulations intended to allow California psychologists to be in charge of their patients’ inpatient hospital care have finally gone into effect - Psychologists focus on mind-body health at Healthy Kids Day events
As part of the American Psychological Association’s partnership with the YMCA of the USA, psychologists participated in the nation’s largest health day for children and families - Call for nominations for treatment guidelines steering committee
May 1 is the deadline to submit nominations for the six-member Advisory Steering Committee that will oversee APA’s process to develop clinical treatment guidelines
