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CMS Creates Additional Place of Service Code for Telehealth

Social Work Blog

Following a recent update from the Center for Medicare, and Medicaid Services (CMS), NASW has received multiple inquiries regarding telehealth place of service codes (POS) for Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance companies. CMS revised the description for POS codes 02 and 10 for telehealth. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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Telehealth is Here to Stay: Now Let’s Do It Well

inSocialWork

The swift emergence and staying power of the COVID-19 pandemic gave a massive nudge to social workers to move to telehealth or online services to meet the needs of their clients. While many social workers were reluctantly pushed into online or telehealth practice, our guest Shannon Miller has been at it for a while.

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Highlights of CMS 2023 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule

Social Work Blog

The following provides key takeaways for clinical social workers: Telehealth. CMS is proposing several policy changes to Medicare telehealth services. This includes extending coverage for telehealth services that have been temporarily authorized during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Olivia Knox, New York State chapter policy coordinator for the National Association of Social Workers , said one dropped provision was payment parity for telehealth services. Not every proposed provision made it to the final budget. One in ten fathers also experience pre- or postpartum depression or anxiety.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Olivia Knox, New York State chapter policy coordinator for the National Association of Social Workers , said one dropped provision was payment parity for telehealth services. Not every proposed provision made it to the final budget. One in ten fathers also experience pre- or postpartum depression or anxiety.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

This resource was created by Veteran Affairs’ National Center for PTSD and Department of Defense’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C. PTSD Coach is designed for those who have, or may have, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prepared by. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social work.

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Clinician Need and COVID Fatigue

American Board of Clinical Social Work

As clinicians, we pivoted from in-person to telehealth multiple times as the numbers grew or diminished. Michelle Dixon George MSW, LCSW, BCD Associate Professor of Social Work, Field Coordinator Messiah University Department of Social Work mgeorge@messiah.edu Ashcroft et al.