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What is Third-Party Payers

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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Diversity and Equity in a Virtual World
Third party payers include insurance companies, federal and local government entities, and grant money that funds medical or mental health treatment provided by individual providers or group treatment centers.
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COVID and Counseling: A Shift to Telehealth During a Global Crisis
Bonnie Carter King (Texas Woman's University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8028-8.ch005
Abstract
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the mental health profession has shifted to online service provision, or telehealth. The aim of this chapter is to describe the COVID-19 crisis and subsequent changes that occurred to mental health service provision; the benefits and drawbacks to telehealth from practical, ethical, and cultural perspectives; and the learning opportunities that have come from this crisis. Finally, reflections on the future of the counseling profession and trends in service provision for serving an increasingly diverse population will be analyzed.
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