Social Work Practice

Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

  By Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW - NASW Senior Practice Associate At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The PHE declaration allowed...

Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

When the COVID-19 public health emergency ends in 2023, state agencies will begin the “unwinding” of continuous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by redetermination for all enrollees.

Evidence for Increasing Psychotherapy Fees

Clinical Social Work Practice Alert Mirean Coleman, MSW, LICSW, CT January 2009 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Codes for psychotherapy are being considered for review to increase the work and practice expense values associated with reimbursement rates. Work...

Who Wants to be a Social Worker?

When did you decide to become a social worker? Who influenced you? Was there an event or person who most influenced your decision to become a social worker? Let us know the answers to these questions below, in the comment box. New Report from The Center for Workforce...

Social Work in the News – Sept 15, 2008

Source: Google News May I ask? Finding help for troubled young adults Wicked Local West Roxbury - Needham, MA “Transitions is a comprehensive therapeutic and rehabilitative service for young adults with psychiatric disabilities,” said Sara Cunningham, LICSW, ......

2008 Medicare Bonus Incentive Program for Clinical Social Workers

Clinical Social Work Practice Update Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT Senior Policy Associate June 2008 A quality reporting system for Medicare providers was established by the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). The program is known as the Physician Quality...