Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Beginning January 1, 2022, clinical social workers (CSWs) will become eligible to participate in Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). Medicare has identified 15 measures that CSWs may use to report quality services. Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention. December 2021.

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APRIL 18, 2022

When you invest in educating clinicians as wound care specialists, you can put your organization in a stronger business position by: Developing a team with clinical expertise in wound and ostomy care. Increasing reimbursements by effectively treating more clinically complex patients. Develop Clinical Expertise in Wound Care.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” Researchers have studied the connection between patient experience and clinical outcomes.

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MARCH 5, 2025

As behavioral health providers seek solutions for patients who do not respond to traditional interventions, ketamine offers relief and a new avenue for care. These options have proven effective in clinical trials, however, IV infusions take 40-60 minutes to complete. Documenting all readings to assess patient tolerance.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

This can help improve access to equitable and culturally informed maternity care in under-resourced areas, lower costs, reduce unnecessary medical interventions that contribute to risks of maternal mortality and morbidity,” and more, according to the study’s researchers. Nearly 40% of U.S. counties without OB care.

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JULY 14, 2023

Recent research and reporting indicate that maternal mortality prevention depends on simultaneously addressing three overlapping areas — clinical, social, and behavioral. mothers have access to a very high standard of clinical care, social factors prevent many others from accessing even the minimum level of care they need.

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JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. It is important to focus on clinical protocols and reduction in practice variation. Sadly, U.S. rates are continuing to rise.

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