Posted April 22, 2022 On April 6, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report entitled The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff. The report...
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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work
Posted April 22, 2022 On April 6, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report entitled The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff. The report...
Medicare Fee Schedule Update
Clinical social workers that participate in Medicare Part B will have their payment rates protected against a large cut provided the Senate acts favorably on the “Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009” (S. 1776). This legislation would permanently repeal the flawed...
African-American and Latino Organizations Join Forces to Push for Health Care Reform
On October 5, the country's largest African-American and Latino organizations announced they are joining forces with other major national civil rights and grassroots organizations to mobilize the nation's 100 million people of color for a final push in support of...
Health Care Reform and Older Adults
On Friday, August 14, NASW was invited to the White House for a stakeholders’ meeting to discuss health care/insurance reform and aging issues. The roundtable discussion was facilitated by Nancy-Ann DeParle, Counselor to the President and Director of the White House...
Social Workers Introduce Much Anticipated Baccalaureate Level Hospice Credential
Credential designed for social workers who specialize in hospice and palliative care The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has partnered with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) to develop a baccalaureate level credential for...
Ask Speaker Pelosi to Keep Medicaid Rule Moratorium in Spending Package
Please contact Speaker Nancy Pelosi by June 10, 2008, and urge her to keep all seven Medicaid rule moratoria in the Supplemental Spending Bill.