CPLEE - The Ethics Code: Ethical Standard 6 - Record Keeping and Fees
Psychologists should maintain records of their professional work to support ongoing care, ensure accountability, allow for research replication, and comply with legal and institutional standards. Proper documentation also helps ensure accurate billing and service continuity.
6.01: To the extent that they have control, psychologists should create and maintain records of their ________________________ with the following goals in mind: 1) to facilitate future provision of services; 2) to allow for replication of research results; 3) to meet institutional requirements; 4) to ensure accuracy in billing; 5) to comply with the law.
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6.01: To the extent that they have control, psychologists should create and maintain records of their ________________________ with the following goals in mind: 1) to facilitate future provision of services; 2) to allow for replication of research results; 3) to meet institutional requirements; 4) to ensure accuracy in billing; 5) to comply with the law.
Professional work.
6.02: To the extent they have control, psychologists create, maintain, and destroy records in a manner that ________________________. When client info. is entered into databases, appropriate measures should be taken to protect confidentiality, including ____________________ of personal identifiers. Psychologists should make plans in advance to protect the confidentiality of records and data in case of their death or incapacity.
Protects confidentiality
Coding
6.03: Psychologists may not ____________________________ that are necessary for emergency treatment because a client owes them money. This ethical standard ___________________ with current federal law (HIPAA), which states that psychologists may not withhold records for nonpayment under any circumstances.
Withhold records
Conflicts
Note: It is technically ethical but actually illegal to withhold records for nonpayment in...
6.04: Fees and billing arrangements must be agreed upon “____________________________ in a professional or scientific relationship.” Fee practices must be consistent with the law, and psychologists may not misrepresent their fees. Psychologists must also inform clients before using a _______________________, and they must provide clients with the opportunity to make prompt payment.
As early as is feasible
Collection agency
Psychologists __________ have to inform clients at the outset of treatment that they may use a collection agency at some later time. When using a collection agency, only the most ______________________ should be disclosed (typically the client’s name and amount of money owed).
Do not
Limited information
6.05: Bartering is permissable as long as it is not _________________________ and not _______________________
Clinically contraindicated
Exploitative
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6.01: To the extent that they have control, psychologists should create and maintain records of their ________________________ with the following goals in mind: 1) to facilitate future provision of services; 2) to allow for replication of research results; 3) to meet institutional requirements; 4) to ensure accuracy in billing; 5) to comply with the law. | Professional work. |
6.02: To the extent they have control, psychologists create, maintain, and destroy records in a manner that ________________________. When client info. is entered into databases, appropriate measures should be taken to protect confidentiality, including ____________________ of personal identifiers. Psychologists should make plans in advance to protect the confidentiality of records and data in case of their death or incapacity. |
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6.03: Psychologists may not ____________________________ that are necessary for emergency treatment because a client owes them money. This ethical standard ___________________ with current federal law (HIPAA), which states that psychologists may not withhold records for nonpayment under any circumstances. |
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6.04: Fees and billing arrangements must be agreed upon “____________________________ in a professional or scientific relationship.” Fee practices must be consistent with the law, and psychologists may not misrepresent their fees. Psychologists must also inform clients before using a _______________________, and they must provide clients with the opportunity to make prompt payment. |
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Psychologists __________ have to inform clients at the outset of treatment that they may use a collection agency at some later time. When using a collection agency, only the most ______________________ should be disclosed (typically the client’s name and amount of money owed). |
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6.05: Bartering is permissable as long as it is not _________________________ and not _______________________ |
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6.06: Psychologists must provide _______________________ to payors (e.g., insurance companies) and to sources of research funding (e.g., diagnoses, fees, services provided). | Accurate information. |
6.07: Any payment or fee-splitting between psychologists and other professionals must be based on services provided (clinical, consultative, administrative, or other). Psychologists may never pay another professional for a ________________. | Referral. |