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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).

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News Items – May 25, 2023

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Finger Lakes One Along with $60 million to improve youth mental health services, the budget includes $1 billion to grow the state’s capacity for inpatient psychiatric treatment. Additionally, the funding will expand outpatient services and boost insurance coverage. Not every proposed provision made it to the final budget.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Finger Lakes One Along with $60 million to improve youth mental health services, the budget includes $1 billion to grow the state’s capacity for inpatient psychiatric treatment. Additionally, the funding will expand outpatient services and boost insurance coverage. Not every proposed provision made it to the final budget.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

This resource from the American Psychiatric Association provides expert responses to common questions pertaining to PTSD. . This resource was created by Veteran Affairs’ National Center for PTSD and Department of Defense’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology. Expert Q&A: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) .

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Suicide prevention specialist Dr Christine Moutier on data, science and trends during COVID-19

MQ Mental Health

They ask questions like, 'Are you currently taking a psychiatric medication or in therapy?' And it raised the profile of telehealth in the US, although legal hurdles remain. At the beginning of the pandemic, about 22% of the American population said 'yes' to that question. Now, it's over 26%."

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Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare: A Digital Path to Resilience

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Telehealth technology is one great example. Telehealth has enabled providers to offer care to clients no matter where they live, without the need to break social distancing best practices. In 2020, the American Psychiatric Association noted that? amount of telehealth adoption prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,?some