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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

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I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals. When patients with serious mental illness are not in jail or hospitalized, crisis can occur anywhere. I evaluate patients at hospital emergency rooms and inpatient medical units. . My job is to make this happen. What do you mean by “mobile”? It’s very common.

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COVID-19 Three Years Later: A Changing Landscape

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Safe and effective, COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death. The Committee’s position has been evolving over the last several months. Learn more about Connect to End COVID-19 by visiting NASW’s website.

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Midwives Abroad: Jhpiego’s Work Shows Commonalities with U.S. Maternal Care

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At the time of this interview, Hyre was working in Kenya with the Gates-funded ARC project. Whereas obstetricians and physicians can intervene when pregnancy complications occur, they typically provide care in hospital settings, creating limitations for patients who may not have access to that level of care. For example, in the U.S.,

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Does the Hospital Price Transparency Rule Increase Your Audit Risk?

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For example, a new Hospital Price Transparency Rule came into effect in 2022. Unfortunately, many hospitals are struggling to implement the new standards promptly. Formerly, hospitals did not disclose the price of individual services to patients before they received care. Why are hospitals failing their audits?

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Nurse-Midwives: Solution for Maternity Care Deserts?

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No hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care. While still having too few hospitals/birth centers, an increase to over just 60 OB providers per 10,000 births would change a county’s designation from maternity care desert to low-access. This version includes additional information for hospitals and health systems.

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UPDATE: Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing – Application to Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Indian Health Service or the Veterans Affairs health system). Providing a GFE to patients is not new to CSWs who, as part of best clinical and ethical practice, routinely discuss services and fees before or during the initial interview with new patients and provide informed consent forms.

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2023 Healthcare Trends: Are You Ready?

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“With more care shifting to home health, providers are able to save time and money by answering patient questions from afar and limiting exposure by avoiding coming into a hospital or other care settings.”. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand its enforcement actions against poorly-performing facilities.