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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. Telehealth. We urge CMS to continue to ensure payment parity for telehealth services.

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Covid-19 Telehealth Publications

Society of Clinical Psychology

Covid-19 Psychology Resources: SCP is compiling a list of publications relevant to tele-psychology on a new page called Covid-19 Telehealth Pubs. The post Covid-19 Telehealth Publications first appeared on Society of Clinical Psychology. Please visit the page and see instructions on how to contribute a suggestion.

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Telehealth is Gaining Traction, but do Mental Health Providers Like It?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Similar to Skype or Facetime, TMH-V allows providers to deliver psychotherapy, medication management, or assessment to clinics without on-site mental health services or directly to patients’ homes. Prefer not to attend an in-person clinic because of stigma or shame. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Miller, C.J.,

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Empathy in Computer-Mediated Interactions

Society of Clinical Psychology

2008), but little research has been conducted to determine whether computer-mediated communication (CMC) could impact crucial relational aspects of psychotherapy such as empathy (Terry & Cain, 2016). Empathy in Computer-Mediated Interactions: A Conceptual Framework for Research and Clinical Practice. Psychotherapy , 48 (1), 43–49.

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News Items – December 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

. “I have seen tremendous suffering because of this,” said Annette Ferrigno, a licensed clinical social worker and Scotch Plains mom, who has been providing services to families for over 20 years. Ferrigno founded Mindfully Aware with the help of fellow clinical social worker and Cranford mom, Jenn Carroll. The Daily Times.

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News Items – November 18, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Cassie Peck is a member: Telehealth: Improving access to behavioral health care for Idahoans. Therapist Cassie Peck, a licensed clinical social worker who is part of Optum Idaho’s network, practices in Sandpoint, a town in Idaho’s mountainous Panhandle region. When they make home visits, they are putting themselves in harm’s way.”.

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Easing Mental Health Technologies into Practice: Considerations for a Smooth Transition

Society of Clinical Psychology

So, bridging this research to practice gap necessitates clinical-scientists playing a more active role in developing and testing technology that includes clinician buy-in and an awareness of and solutions for clinician wariness and skepticism. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.