* denotes a short “Note” item

National organizations cater to infertility patients

Jan p.5*

Managed Care Strategies

Movies make kids start smoking

Jan p.10*

Handling the Medicaid maze

Jan p.2*

Do pedophiles share a detectable neurological flaw?

Jan p.10*

Dilemma over psychoeducational tests

Jan p.7*

Mild flu season minimizes appointment cancellations

Jan p.12*

Most managed care contracts cover refund issues

May p.2

National health spending tops $2 trillion

Jan p.12*

Sample managed care letter when refund is demanded

May p.2

Health care spending to skyrocket through 2017

Mar p.12*

Do legitimate MCOs charge for network membership?

Jun p.8

More health care records have been posted

Apr p.11*

Beware of PPO ‘recruiters’

Jun p.9*

Breast cancer patients and mood disorders

May p.12*

Therapist weaned herself off managed care slowly

Oct p.4*

78% of workers want to lose weight, EAP poll says

Jul p.10*

New York psychologists are collecting dirt on insurers  

Oct p.11*

Physicians rate insurers payment performance

Jul p.11*

Winning rate increases from EAPs, managed care cos.

Dec p.7

More women than men go to church

Aug p.7*

Major MCOs promoting cognitive-behavioral therapy

Dec p.9*

Wal-Mart is offering telemedicine

Aug p.11*

Nearly two-thirds of workers go to work sick

Oct p.10*

Marketing and Practice Building

More Americans grinding their teeth as economy cools 

Nov p.12*

Cards, notes put therapists in touch with physicians

Jan p.3

Smoking at a post-war low

Dec p.12*

Clinicians discuss writing, publishing and self-publishing  

Feb p.6

Writing a book establishes you as an authority

Feb p.6

Legal and Malpractice Issues

Eclectic marketing plan supports variety of services

Feb p.8

Home office deductions can be problematic

Feb p.1

More Americans are moving to North Carolina, Nevada 

Feb p.12*

Home office pitfalls

Feb p.2*

Using a postcard flier to promote specialty services

Apr p.4

Billing through a physician may be fraud

Mar p.1

Therapist uses TV tie-in to promote services

May p.7

Coaches shouldn’t ignore legal risk management issues

Mar p.7

Using a canine as your ‘co-therapist’

May p.8

Supreme Court won’t review Zoloft-related murder case

Apr p.12*

PsyFin readers reveal their marketing strategies

Jun p.5

Dr. Phil staffer posts bail for YouTube assault suspect 

Apr p.12*

Psychologists have a new task force on practice building

Jun p.12*

Q&A: Managed care and price-fixing

May p.1

A look at the durability of practice niches

Jul p.6

A look at two practices that raised federal trade issues

May p.3

Clinicians weigh impact of economy on referrals

Aug p.12*

Antitrust issues usually raised by whistle blowers

Jun p.3

A look at yellow page ads from around the country

Aug p.8

Q&A: Employer/contractor issues

Aug p.6

Six simple strategies to boost your practice income

Sep p.6

Using contractor-therapists may reduce malpractice risk 

Aug p.6

Rocky Mountain getaway to treat addicts

Sep p.10*

Insurers have begun assessing pharmacy records

Aug p.12*

Job crunch opens opportunities for therapists

Sep p.12*

Malpractice rates are stable; new products are on the table

Sep p.1 

A creative practice name boosts professional profile

Oct p.1

A look at malpractice coverage for psychiatrists

Sep p.3*

Marketing on the cheap doesn’t always pay off

Oct p.2*

A closer look at licensing board complaints

Nov p.1

A look at some memorable practice handles

Oct p.2*

Five real-life licensing board tales

Nov p.2

Don’t expect to land a truly unique practice name

Oct p.3

Licensing board priority: Don’t embarrass the governor

Nov p.3

Fitting a workshop program into a general practice

Oct p.5

Newspaper series led to tougher licensing board stand

Nov p.3*

Picking a workshop venue can be complicated

Oct p.6*

Seven tips for making press releases pay off

Nov p.4

Managed Care Company News

There is untapped potential in the aging population

Nov p.6

Magellan looks to public sector for growth

Jan p.1

More retirees moving to non-traditional areas

Nov p.7*

UBH becoming OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions

Jan p.10*

Web marketing: Using social networking sites

Dec p.4

WellPoint members are rating providers

Jan p.11*

United completes integration with PacifiCare network  

Jan p.11*

Mental Health News

Magellan offers help with Web-based claims

Jan p.11*

A quarter of college students have had a mental illness

Jan p.12*

UnitedHealth under investigation in New York

Feb p.11*

SAMHSA takes grant applications for senior programs 

Jan p.10*

Magellan: Random audits of provider phone response  

Feb p.11*

For some youths, hard to tell fact from fiction

Jan p.12*

Insurers scramble to deal with revenue drop

Feb p.10*

Depression common worldwide in middle age

Feb p.10*

Hacker breaks into TriCare vendor databank

Mar p.8

Watch therapist battle a snake phobia on TV

Feb p.10*

The top 20 companies in managed behavioral health

Mar p.10

Placebos are as effective as antidepressants

Feb p.12*

Coventry acquires two health care companies

Mar p.11

Suicide Web sites ringing alarms for UK officials

Feb p.12*

Magellan offers electronic fund transfer

May p.11*

Prozac is most prescribed drug by UK veterinarians

Mar p.12*

UBH offers free phone/online seminars

May p.11*

Most people take mental health days

Apr p.11*

CIGNA’s most common claims submission errors

May p.11*

A third of 2005 pop songs featured drugs, alcohol

Apr p.12*

UnitedHealth exec pushes for universal health coverage  

Jun p.10

Six-year-old boy hospitalized with drinking problem

Apr p.12*

UnitedHealth hit with $900 million stock settlement

Jul p.11*

Behavioral health disorders cost $193 billion per year

May p.12*

CIGNA members are being asked to rate their therapists

Oct p.11*

Social workers in polygamy case suffer from PTSD

May p.12*

New OptumHealth patient assessment tool

Nov p.8

Obese people are more likely to become depressed

Jun p.4*

Aetna is piloting opiate dependency program in NJ

Nov p.11*

Suicides among elderly jump 9% in Japan

Jul p.10*

ValueOptions has a new online payment program

Nov p.11*

Drivers with bumper stickers are more aggressive

Jul p.10*

TriCare has highest patient satisfaction, survey says

Nov p.11*

Olympic athletes turn to psychologists for an edge

Jul p.10*

Optum set to take Empire contract in New York

Dec p.3*

Are Baby Boomers gloom-and-doomers?

Jul p.12*

Young women are happier than young men

Aug p.7*

Believe it: Clients CAN afford to pay for therapy

Oct p.7

Just say no to ‘baby borrowing,’ psychiatrists say

Sep p.12*

Financial failures wallop clients...and therapists

Oct p.10

A look at how psychology has changed since 1954

Sep p.12*

Selling a practice easier if you don’t use your own name

Oct p.12*

Intolerance toward mentally ill hasn’t improved

Sep p.12*

Psychologists, CSWs view Medicare differently

Nov p.7*

There’s a new test for shopaholics

Oct p.10*

Mini-Survey: The bad economy’s affect on therapists

Dec p.6

Adult ADHD impacts work and home life

Oct p.10*

AAMFT disburses political money

Dec p.12

New mothers with depression more at risk for suicide

Oct p.10*

Beauty can dull the pain, researchers say

Oct p.10*

Public Policy

Heart patients should always get depression screen

Oct p.12*

New federal parity bill runs into trouble

Mar p.12*

Shock therapy is making a comeback

Oct p.12*

Missouri takes center stage in prescription efforts

Mar p.12*

The new Mrs. United States is a psychiatrist

Oct p.12*

Psychologists, SWs battle proposed 10.6% rate cut

Apr p.7

More evidence that sex addiction is a major issue

Nov p.12*

An NPI will be required for all Medicare transactions  

Apr p.12*

Feds OK magnetic device to treat depression

Nov p.12*

Stress may soon earn soldiers a Purple Heart

May p.12*

Should antidepressants be sold over the counter?

Jun p.4*

Niche Marketing

APA throws weight behind mental health parity bill

Jun p.9

Waking up to the need for sleep disorder treatment

Jan p.2

Medicare expands new audit program

Jun p.11*

Fertility patients need mental health treatment, too

Jan p.4

California groups sue state over Medicaid fee cuts

Jun p.11*

A therapist who serves the pagan community

Jan p.4

Military seeks volunteers for stress, PTSD treatment

Jun p.12*

20 prime niche marketing opportunities

Jan p.8

MO psychologists lose bid for prescription privileges  

Jun p.12*

Therapist targets boomers with active lifestyles

Jan p.9

MA penalizes those without health insurance

Jun p.12*

Collaborative divorce can be a lucrative specialty

Feb p.5

Rate cuts averted, and co-pays are to be equalized

Jul p.1

Criticial incident services can be a staple or a sideline

Feb p.3

Q&A: Opting out of Medicare

Jul p.4

CISD advice: Be ready to go at all times

Feb p.3

NY social work regs put some clinicians in a pickle

Jul p.9

Middle age eating disorders; women in transition

Feb p.4

North Carolina faces lawsuit over Medicaid cuts

Jul p.12*

Federal employees fired for viewing Web porn at work  

Feb p.12

Medicare Advantage plans more profitable than thought

Aug p.11*

Clients need help with money, spending, debt issues

Mar p.2

Number of rejected Medicare/Medicaid claims jump

Aug p.12*

How one therapist markets her debt counseling services

Mar p.3*

Connecticut drops rule restricting MH hospitalization 

Aug p.12*

Where to get training for collaborative divorce services

Mar p.6*

Senators question psychiatrists’ ties to drug industry

Aug p.12*

Singles groups can bring in cash — and future clients

Apr p.8

Q&A: Billing Medicare for non-therapy services

Sep p.5

Therapist drops singles clubs to ‘simplify’ schedule

Apr p.9

New federal parity law passes with financial bailout bill

Oct p.1

Services for kids promote cash practice, repeat business 

May p.6

Q&A: Medicare Advantage, late arrivals

Oct p.8

Expand client base by offering ‘business counseling’

May p.8

Alabama state workers will be penalized for obesity

Oct p.12*

Anger specialty brings in long-term self-pay clients

Jun p.1

Court upholds universal health care in San Francisco

Oct p.12*

Gifted children and adults are a solid cash niche

Jul p.2

Golden Gate Bridge installing suicide net

Nov p.12*

A broader niche: If you think you’re gifted, you’re gifted 

Jul p.3*

Mental health professionals who oppose parity

Dec p.12*

A practice that focuses almost exclusively on gifted adults 

Jul p.3

Be ready to roll when critical incident case arises

Jul p.6

Technology and the Internet

Parents aren’t neglectful, just ignorant of basics

Jul p.7*

Four new social work blogs available through NASW

Jan p.10*

Postpartum depression intertwines with medical services 

Aug p.1

Web sites more important than yellow pages

Feb p.9*

Postpartum depression isn’t just for women anymore

Aug p.2

Free tele-class attracts clients

Mar p.4

Career consulting is a lucrative cash pay specialty

Aug p.3

Web surfers likely to make online purchases

Mar p.12*

Pre-retirement is a hot sub-niche

Aug p.4

Researchers build robot with phobias

Mar p.12*

Developing services for parents in blended families

Sep p.4

Using a listserv to exchange ideas with colleagues

May p.4

Attorney contacts, support group draw stepfamily clients

Sep p.4

Online directories bring in most of his clients

Jun p.6

A clinician who focuses on high income sex addicts

Sep p.9

APA scores hit with 1939 spouse rating scale link

Jun p.12*

Mini-niches: stressed brides and smoking cessation

Oct p.3

Therapist has some success with ‘Skype’ sessions

Jul p.2*

Mini-niches: adult ADD and twins

Dec p.1

What’s in a name? In a URL, sometimes a lot

Jul p.8*

A link to 10 popular EAP blogs

Aug p.11*

Professional Issues

Using Google Analytics to track Web site visitors

Sep p.8

International CI Stress Foundation trainings

Feb p.4*

Therapist thinks outside box, founds creative Web site  

Oct p.12*

Psychologist office murder raises new safety concerns

Feb p.10

A Web search a day keeps dementia away

Nov p.12*

Psyfin readers reveal billing and collection practices

Apr p.1

Virtual affair leads to real-life divorce

Dec p.12*

A vote in favor of using a collection agency

Apr p.3

California prescription bill dies as groups bicker

Apr p.6

For this clinician, therapy is going on all over the house

Aug p.5

40% of patients don’t return after first session

May p.12*

Therapists mull safety measures after NY murder

Apr p.12*

ACA wants ‘LPC’ tag standardized

May p.12*

Psychologists react angrily to AMA ‘doctor’ title push  

Jul p.12*

Psychiatrists write just 29% of antidepressant scrips

Aug p.12

Focus on practice issues at APA convention

Sep p.6

Psychologists get a history lesson from dentists

Sep p.7

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