Documenting Medical Necessity in Mental Health Therapy Notes

February 19, 2025
12:00 – 1:30 pm (EDT)
via ZOOM

1.5 Category I CEUs

Presented by:
Janel Barrington, CPC, CHCA, CPCO

Proper documentation is crucial for demonstrating medical necessity, ensuring compliance with insurance requirements, and maintaining ethical standards. In this session, mental health professionals will enhance their skills in writing clear and concise therapy notes.

Participants will learn the key components of effective documentation, strategies for linking treatment goals to interventions, and techniques to avoid common pitfalls.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Evaluate and enhance mental health therapy documentation skills.
2. Identify and avoid common errors that undermine medical necessity in documentation.
3. Navigate ethical considerations related to documentation practices.
4. Demonstrate writing concise, clear, compliant, and ethical therapy notes that fulfill medical necessity standards.

General Public: $37.50
Jewish Day School Educators / JCS Retirees: $30.00
NJSHA Members: $30.00
JCS Staff / JCS Board & Council Members / =Staff of Associated Agencies: FREE. CLICK HERE to request a code that enables you to register at no cost.

Jewish Community Services is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Continuing Education for social workers (psychologists and licensed professional counselors). Jewish Community Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Funding for this series is made possible by a grant from The Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation.