APA Practice Guidelines

A series of documents created by the APA’s Office of Healthcare Systems and Financing exploring common practice management issues encountered by psychiatrists. Members can access these documents here [Member log in required]. If you are unable to download the documents you need, Please contact KPMA.

Titles include:

  • Medical Necessity, AMA‘s Definition of
  • Continuity of Care
  • Guidelines for Psychiatrists in Consultative, Supervisory or Collaborative Relationships with Nonphysician Clinicians
  • Criteria for Short-term Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Illness
  • Psychotherapy Notes under HIPAA
  • Documentation of Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists
  • Terminating Patient Relationships [Ending the Physician/Patient Relationship]
  • Keeping Patient Records [Retaining & Discarding Psychiatric Records]
  • Medicare and Medicaid
  • Medicare Advantage
  • How To Make Things Right With Medicare
  • When Medicare is the Secondary Payer
  • Medicare Appeals
  • Participating or NonParticipating in Medicare
  • Opting Out of Medicare
  • Off-Label Use of Drugs Under Medicare Part D
  • Medicare Part D Appeals Process
  • Pharmacotherapy: Depression
  • Pharmacotherapy: Schizophrenia
  • Tips on Contracting with Private Insurers
  • Managed Care Contracting
  • Avoiding Common Procedure Coding Problems
  • Appealing Treatment/Reimbursement Denials
  • Getting Paid
  • Unpaid Claims — What to Do about Them
  • Conducting an Effective Job or Practice Search
  • Marketing Your Practice Effectively
  • An Overview of Antitrust Laws Affecting Physicians
  • Tips to Protect Your Practice while You Are Away
  • Closing Down a Practice