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CMS Creates Additional Place of Service Code for Telehealth

Social Work Blog

The purpose of this blog is to clarify what POS codes clinical social workers should use when providing telehealth services. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. POS codes are used on health insurance claim forms to indicate where patient services are rendered. Prepared by. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Time Moves Different in Here: Clinical Implications for Working with Populations of Color, Complex Trauma and Dissociation in the Age of COVID 19 . June 3, 2022. Prepared by.

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News Items – December 9, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Mika Celli, a licensed clinical social worker , has joined the City of South San Francisco as a full-time mental health clinician to assist the Police Department with mental health-related calls by providing appropriate, compassionate care involving non-violent individuals. Blue Ridge Public Radio.

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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.

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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.

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Members in the News – July 28, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Marla Velky-Reger is a member of NASW-NYS: Area teens, adults learn about Mental Health First Aid Rome Daily Sentinel “We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to offer this training to our students and staff,” said Marla Velky-Reger, a licensed clinical social worker from the Cazenovia Central School district.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

As my concentration is in individuals, groups, and families, I plan to go on to get my LCSW when I graduate so I can work with adults as a psychotherapist. It also provides motivating recognition that the hard work and long hours I have committed to myself, this program, and my future clients, have not gone unnoticed. With the Frank V.