Category Archives: Telehealth

Does Medicare require a real brick-n-mortar office for your private psychotherapy practice address?

Does Medicare require you to have a physical office to see clients in your private psychotherapy practice? I’ve seen this question posted several times in forums since the pandemic began. I get asked this question often, so here’s the long and short of it. Short answer first: YES. CMS (https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Regulations-and-Guidance?redirect=/home/regsguidance.asp) makes the rules and regulationsContinue reading “Does Medicare require a real brick-n-mortar office for your private psychotherapy practice address?”

Telehealth Video-Conferencing Platform Choices for Psychotherapists

As I spent time editing and updating the Telehealth chapter in the newest version of the guide, which by the way is now called 14 Concrete (but not so hard!) Steps to Private Practice, I realized there are so many more choices for telehealth video conferencing than there were just two years ago. No doubtContinue reading “Telehealth Video-Conferencing Platform Choices for Psychotherapists”