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Starting and Growing Your Own Telehealth Private Practice - 12/11/2026

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Course Overview
This 2-hour continuing education course equips mental health professionals with practical knowledge and business tools needed to launch and grow a telehealth private practice. Participants explore business formation, HIPAA compliance, telehealth platform selection, insurance credentialing, billing and reimbursement, hiring and onboarding clinicians, workforce management, financial performance metrics, risk management, and long-term practice sustainability. Through examples and case studies, learners will review key legal, operational, and compliance considerations for developing, managing, and scaling a telehealth practice.

Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Identify the steps required to establish a telehealth private practice legally and operationally.
  • Differentiate between Type 1 and Type 2 NPIs and describe the insurance credentialing process for telehealth and group practice settings.
  • Distinguish between W-2 employee and 1099 contractor classifications and identify core hiring, due diligence, onboarding, supervision, and retention considerations.
  • Identify operational, financial, compliance, leadership, and burnout-prevention strategies for sustaining and scaling a telehealth group practice.

About the Author/Presenter
Samantha Silverman, LCSW, is the owner of Silver Linings Counseling, a private mental health practice established in 2017. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with expertise in private practice development, group practice expansion, insurance contracting, credentialing, and business operations for mental health professionals. In addition to her clinical and business consulting work, she serves as a continuing education presenter for Colibri Healthcare.

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Social Work, Counselor, Psychology

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