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(CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Key Provisions Impacting Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) issued on July 16 includes a variety of provisions that are relevant to clinical social workers (CSWs) who are participating providers in Medicare. In addition, NASW members were invited to submit their own comments via an action alert.

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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. 50-minute individual psychotherapy session, weekly until otherwise indicated). If you reviewed our December 21 post, you may also find it helpful to review this one. Background on Federal Rule.

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NASW Recognizes October 6th as National Depression Screening Day

Social Work Blog

With millions of people in the United States living with depression, clinical social workers and other behavioral healthcare providers continuously work to support the individuals and families they serve. Screenings are completed by licensed clinical social workers and include questions about symptoms, their severity, and duration.

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New Frequently Asked Questions on the No Surprises Act: Good Faith Estimates

Social Work Blog

The frequently asked questions (FAQs) answer many of the questions that social workers asked when the No Surprise Act was implemented in January 2022. Part 2 focuses on services provided to the uninsured or self-pay patients who receive services provided by clinical social workers in independent practice.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances.

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psychotherapy's moral bite: on deactivating the projection of will

Clinical Philosophy

It's from a recent blogpost by Jon Frederikson ; Frederikson is a particularly lucid and thoughtful exponent of ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy). The other professionals who I'm most aware of embodying it are what we might call master school teachers and master social workers. And now the example.

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NASW Press Reads for Balance, Self-Care, and Connection

Social Work Blog

Relational aspects of HAI are also considered, including the role of companion animals in family systems, the loss of companion animals, and the various contexts in which social workers may have to confront and address violence toward animals. If you have questions please email NASWPress@BrightKey.net or call 1-800-227-3590. _.