There
is a difference of opinions on the list servs.
Psychotherapy notes and the mental health records are two separate
things. Psychotherapy notes are the psychiatrists own personal notes they
keep in their office. Psychotherapy notes do not go into
the medical record. The notes that are included in the medical record
are considered mental health records, which your state law would
apply.
Traci
Jensen, CHC
Compliance Programs Manager
Health
Alliance Medical Plans, Inc.
--------Original Message-----Our practice is family practice. We contract in a LCSW who uses our charts for her progress notes. I understand that mental health is handled differently than that of a PCP as far as authorizations for release of info. (we need specific auth to release). I also remember reading somewhere that mental health needs to be "seperately identifiable" in the chart. Can someone help me out with this? We do not have a seperate divider in the chart for mental health however we do have the LCSW use blue progress notes. This seems reasonable to me to satisfy the "seperately identifiable". Any words of advise?
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Paulette Ortega
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Comprehensive Family Care Center
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