Course info

Date: 6/7/23 @ 9-11am (EST) for Northwoods Clinic

Instructor: Kimberly Blair, MA, LPCC-S

CE Credit Hours: 2 (ethics)

Program Description:  

This training will assist clinicians with understanding and utilizing appropriate clinical documentation.  Participants will learn the clinical documentation necessary for billing, compliance with various regulatory bodies, and communicating with others about what care has been provided. Client care should focus on the client’s needs and desires, and documentation of that care should maintain a client focus. Good documentation balances these two agendas while helping clinicians remain focused on sound clinical care. 

Goals: 

·        Understand ethical clinical documentation and ability to write ethically sound clinical documentation

Objectives: 

·        Identify the core requirements for deeming care “medically necessary” 

·        Generate client centered medically necessary case notes

Workshop Outline: 

Overview of documentation (9:00-9:30 am) 

Creating good case notes (9:30-10:00) 

Collaborative Documentation (10:00-10:30) 

Implementation Plan and Evaluation (10:30-11:00) 

Level: Advanced