MCEP  Accrediting  Agency

1231 I Street, Suite 204   •   Sacramento,  CA  95814-2933
(916) 286-7980           •   Fax (916) 286-7985   •         www.MCEPAA.org

MCEP PROGRAM CHANGE
Next year (2013) the MCEP Accrediting Agency will cease operations. One of the most immediate repercussions for you will be the Board of Psychology’s (BOP) audit program and how you personally manage your record keeping. (For the full text of these changes, please see the BOP’s website.)

Currently, the BOP audits for compliance through the Accrediting Agency. As of January, 2013, licensees will be randomly audited directly by the BOP. This means that all individual psychologists will be responsible for proving compliance and providing all CE documents to the BOP upon request.

Many psychologists have asked for continued access to the security of having off-site CE record storage and the convenience of having knowledgeable staff to track, evaluate and monitor compliance as well as a readily available human resource if an audit request is received.  CPA is looking at creating a fee-for-service program for psychologists looking for support to meet this new record keeping requirement.  We are exploring two service plan options and would love your feedback.
The Basic Plan would:
1.    Track, record, and store your CE documents.
2.    Review documents and assess for compliance with CE renewal requirements.
3.    Provide you with unlimited copies of your documents upon demand.

The Premier Service Plan would, in addition to the Basic Plan:
1.    Monitor your records and proactively work with you to establish compliance in advance of your license renewal date.
2.    Notify you of any changes in the CE requirements.
3.    Supply CE documents to the BOP and act as an advocate during a CE audit.
4.    Supply documents to meet a credentialing requirement from a hospital or insurance panel upon request.
5.    Provide unlimited consultation if there are CE compliance issues

Please help us assess interest in these Service Plans by completing a very brief, three question survey available the MCEP Website (www.mcepaa.org).  Just click on the Reporting Form Option.   If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.  

In my experience, deeper treatment in terms of addressing fundamental psychological conflicts is much more beneficial to the individuals we treat and gratifying to us as therapists. At the same time, it is much more difficult for the patient and therapist, as intense transference and countertransference, inseparable and essential components, threaten to bury the gaining of insight. Mining the interaction between patient and therapist as it progresses so that good occurs, and harm does not, requires the ability to formulate what is going on, and the technical skills to turn it into words that will emotionally and cognitively move the patient in a salubrious direction. It is in a spirit of acknowledging both the potential rewards of deep work and how complex, and emotionally difficult it is, that this consultation group proceeds.