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UPDATE: Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing – Application to Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

We are also advocating on behalf of clinical social workers with key federal regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Indian Health Service or the Veterans Affairs health system). Document the GFE in the clinical record. Background on Federal Rule. Timeframes.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I increasingly realized that there is no opportunity to influence legislators to change the system in the clinical setting. I wrote Breakdown to appeal for legislative reform because it’s nearly impossible to change the system from within the trenches of clinical work. When schizophrenia goes untreated, the consequences can be deadly.

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A disappointing report from the Senate Finance Committee

Child Welfare Monitor

.” It does not define RTF’s, but the term clearly refers to facilities that provide behavioral health services in a residential context to children with funding from programs under SFC jurisdiction, mainly Medicaid and foster care funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

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Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing

Social Work Blog

Application to Clinical Social Work Services. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. Document the GFE in the clinical record. December 2021.

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Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing

Social Work Blog

Application to Clinical Social Work Services. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. Document the GFE in the clinical record. December 21, 2021.

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Nurse-Midwives: Solution for Maternity Care Deserts?

Relias

Sparkman, who is Relias Vice President and Partner, Clinical Solutions, Patient Safety and Quality, noted that despite advancements, “The U.S. In its report Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that less than half of U.S.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” This has resulted in a fixation on clinical services and proprietary models rather than proactive family support. You can hear Joe Shapiro of NPR discuss his investigation on The Imprint podcast The interview starts at 16:40 in. Increase SNAP benefits: Less “neglect.” That needs to stop."