The US Department of Health and Human Services provides recommendations for various HIPAA-compliant video communication products. “The list below includes some vendors that represent that they provide HIPAA-compliant video communication products and that they will enter into a HIPAA BAA.”

Skype for Business / Microsoft Teams

Updox

VSee

Zoom for Healthcare

Doxy.me

Google G Suite Hangouts Meet

Click Here for Full Statement from USHHS

Doxy.me is a free, HIPAA-Compliant telehealth platform, and based on statements from online forums, it has been recommended by multiple school psychologists who have experience using it. Click here for Doxy.me’s website

You can learn more information about HIPAA-Compliant video communications at 1:08:12 of this free three-hour webinar titled, Three-Hour Seminar: A Practical Guide to Providing Telepsychology with Minimal Risk. Click Here to View This Webinar

NASP advises practitioners to follow HIPAA and FERPA regulations when providing telehealth services. “Practitioners are cautioned to follow all HIPAA regulations, rather than just FERPA regulations. Ensuring secure technology is paramount, as is ensuring that appropriate informed consent is explained and obtained. Districts and third-party providers may not provide liability protections to practitioners, and it is unclear how school psychologists who engage in telehealth practices would fare in a due process or legal proceeding.” Click Here for Full Statement from NASP

Also note the following statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services.  “OCR will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.  This notification is effective immediately.” Click Here for Full Statement From USHHS