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The Web Site of The Independent Newspaper for Practitioners
VOL. 13, NO. 4 :::
JULY/AUGUST, 2004
Highlights from the Current Issue:
California psychologists sue for full
hospital privileges
California psychologists employed at
state-run hospitals are hoping a lawsuit will obtain for them what a
landmark court case, several acts of the state legislature and three study
commissions have failed to achieve: the authority to direct patient care.
If successful, California could become the 18th state where psychologists enjoy full hospital privileges.
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HMO's win Supreme Court challenge
The 10 states that have enacted legislation
to allow patients to sue their health maintenance organizations for damages
in state courts overstepped their authority, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled
in late June.
The ruling is a significant victory for the
healthcare industry, granting broad protections to HMOs from medical
malpractice suits brought by patients.
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Managed Care Congress recognizes importance
of mental health
WASHINGTON — Treatment for mental illnesses
is gaining support in a camp historically notorious for slamming the
checkbook closed on psychotherapy — administrators of managed health care
plans.
The growing movement to give mental health providers a larger role in overall wellness was apparent at the May 5-7 National Managed Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., which, for the first time, included a behavioral health track.
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Louisiana Medical Psychologists Gain Prescriptive Authority
By Glenn Ally, Ph.D.
“One Year in Primary Care” By Scott Wiley, Ph.D.
As a newly licensed psychologist
specializing in child psychology and psychopharmacology, I was happy to
accept an invitation to work part-time in the office of a family practice
doctor in rural California. Looking back on my first day in October of
2002, I now realize the enormity of information that I had to learn and
assimilate to work effectively in such a new and fast-paced setting. I
anticipated that I would need to learn a lot of new skills, but was
completely unaware at the time that those new skills would be primarily
procedural and ethical/legal, as opposed to clinical or medical.
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THE PATRIOT ACT By John B. Mansdorfer, Ph.D.
As a clinical psychologist in private
practice I spend much of my time listening to others express their
problems, fears and concerns about their personal lives. Occasionally
those concerns and fears include the larger world problems of war and
terrorism. But, until recently, I did not know that terrorism and legal
acts to confront it might impact the way I practice psychology.
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