Ask the Experts: Risk Management and Compliance in Virtual and Private Practice
Protecting Your Practice With American Professional Agency
June 2025
As health service providers, psychologists must attend to many complex compliance and risk management issues in patient care. This webinar offers guidance and resources so you can focus less on figuring out compliance and more on serving patients.
During this free presentation, a panel of APA Practice attorneys and Allied World risk managers cover the following issues:
- Licensure and jurisdiction for virtual/interstate practice.
- Other considerations for virtual/interstate practice: patient confidentiality, recordkeeping, laws impacting reproductive health services and gender affirming care, insurance coverage/billing.
- Recent private practice trends and developments: audits, prepayment reviews, recoupments, and the BCBS antitrust settlement.
About Ask the Experts Webinars
Presenter disclaimer
Allison Funicelli and Cara Staus, two of our presenters, have a working relationship with Allied World, underwriter for the American Professional Agency. As such, Ms. Funicelli and Ms. Staus have a financial and an intellectual interest in the webinar content. The purpose of this presentation is to provide a balanced view of risk management and compliance considerations for practitioners.
This program does not offer CE credit.
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This topical webinar for APA members is paid for by American Professional Agency, an official corporate supporter of APA. The content is created by Allied World, underwriter for American Professional Agency. The information in this topical webinar series does not constitute and should not be relied upon as legal advice and should not be used as a substitute for obtaining personal legal advice and consultation prior to making decisions. Email Advertising to learn more.
Presenters
Allison M. Funicelli
Assistant vice president, Risk Management Group, AWAC Services Company, a member company of Allied World.
Cara H. Staus
Assistant vice president, Risk Management Group, AWAC Services Company, a member company of Allied World.
Connie Galietti, JD
Director, Legal and Professional Affairs, Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, APA.
Alan Nessman, JD
Senior special counsel, Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, APA.
Rachael T. Soule, JD
Director of Business Regulations and Independent Practice, Office of Legal and State Advocacy, APA.
Moderator
Deborah C. Baker, JD
Director, Legal and Regulatory Policy, Office of Legal and State Advocacy, APA.
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