CAPTA Reauthorization Bill Signed Into Law On December 20, President Obama signed into law the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act of 2010 (CAPTA), formerly S. 3817. The law promotes the use of differential response in child protective services, gives special attention to the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and domestic violence, and sharpens the prevention focus of the community-based child abuse... 

Political Climate We’re approaching a crucial time in any election cycle: the deadline for federal candidates to report their second quarter fundraising figures.  By July 15, everyone running for Congress must tell the Federal Elections Commission how much they’ve raised through June 30. This is important for a few reasons.  For one, we’ll know how much money individuals have raised on their... 

Clinical Social Work Practice Update Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT Senior Policy Associate April 2008 Since 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been developing quality measures to improve the quality of services performed by Medicare providers. Three quality measures were developed and approved for use by clinical social workers in 2008; and four additional quality measures have been proposed... 

Clinical Social Workers Who Are Medicare Providers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Eastern Ohio and Downstate New York Needed For Alpha Testing Mirean Coleman, MSW, LICSW, CT Senior Policy Associate Quality Insight of Pennsylvania, a contractor for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has developed additional quality measures for clinical social workers for the optional Medicare bonus...