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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2022

Social Work Blog

NASW also continues to undertake vigorous advocacy with CMS on behalf of CSWs and their clients, including efforts to increase the CSW reimbursement rate. Telehealth. Before the public health emergency (PHE), Medicare telehealth coverage was limited. As a result, CMS temporarily expanded telehealth coverage under the PFS.

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Behavioral Healthcare in Life After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relias

Congress temporarily allowed reimbursement for telehealth under federal programs in many care settings. In a recent webinar, Relias: Regulatory, Financial, and Workforce Impact of COVID-19 for Behavioral Health , Berger noted, “One of the biggest changes with lasting impact is this shift that we’re seeing to widespread telehealth services.”

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Successful Lobbying Requires Building Relationships, Finding Common Ground – Your Social Work Advocates Digital Edition is Now Available

Social Work Blog

Read more about NASW’s work on several key policy issues at socialworkers.org/advocacy/policy-issues ). Other subjects included social work and public health, leadership challenges in health care, telehealth, integrated health and climate change. We will dive deeper into some of these topics in the magazine’s next issue.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

Providers and communities may need to investigate or create new ways to treat patients, such as through telehealth options. The alliance provides advocacy, research, education, and resources for maternal mental health. In locations where resources are not available, we have a bigger problem to solve.

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NASW News Hits May 2022

Social Workers Speak

Jeffrey Feldman, NASW New Jersey Chapter’s director of advocacy and communications, was quoted in a Politico New Jersey Playbook PM item on the state advancing regulations to mandate cultural diversity and implicit bias training to in the police basic training curriculum. Each article reached a potential audience of 61 million readers.

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Time for New Outreach to Social Workers

Social Work Blog

Topics of highest interest to survey respondents going forward include: ethics, social justice and equity, regulatory issues, telehealth, and mental health. March 27 – COVID-19 Telehealth: Providing Mental Health Support Safely, Ethically and Competently. April 17 – COVID-19 and Social Justice.

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World Mental Health Day 2021: Addressing Inequities in Care

Relias

WFMH’s mission is to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy and best practices, and recovery-focused interventions worldwide. A program of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), World Mental Health Day has been observed since 1992.