Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The removal of the geographic restrictions continues, allowing the beneficiary’s home as an originating site for telehealth services for the purposes of evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of a mental health disorder. Audio-Only Communication. NASW is continuing to advocate for its removal. Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP).

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. December 2021. CSWs meet that definition.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. See January 5, 2022 update. December 21, 2021.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Beginning January 2023, services provided using audio-only communications technology would use modifier 93. In an effort to meet growing mental health needs, CMS is proposing to develop a new code (GBHI1) for behavioral health integration services performed by clinical social workers (CSWs) or clinical psychologists.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. What are lessons learned, within the context of social work, from the COVID-19 Pandemic? Article by Kim M. We view the pandemic in the rear-view mirror.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

MAY 24, 2023

Eating problems become a vehicle to communicate matters of the heart that have no other channel. Treatment for emotional eating–binge eating, bulimia, anorexia, body image disorder, chronic dieting–needs to incorporate psychotherapy with behavioral/cognitive strategies, and sometimes medication. Why Do Emotional Eaters Freeze Grief?

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