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 NASW is pleased to announce the launch of a revised National website at SocialWorkers.org on September 20, 2017. The new site is well organized, and is easy to navigate and search—whether from a laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. In order to launch the new site, NASW will take SocialWorkers.org offline from 9 p.m. Monday, September 18, throughout the day on Tuesday, September 19. During this maintenance, NASW's website will be unavailable. You will not be able to access any resources and tools on the website, such as your member profile, continuing education, NASW's Career Center, NASW News, or practice information. While NASW's website is offline, NASW Member Services representatives will be available to answer questions, but will not have access to member records. NASW Member Services is available from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm ET Monday through Friday at 800.742.4089 or membership@naswdc.org.
Tag your senators in a tweet telling them how you feel about their recent votes on health care. NASW is an active member of the Families USA Protect Our Care Coalition, which has compiled a “recess toolkit” with ways to continue efforts to protect health care. Refer to the toolkit for information about local events and town halls, questions to ask members of Congress at town halls, sample letters to the editor, graphics for social media, and more. It’s important for members of Congress to hear from social workers about the anticipated impact of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act and to hold members of Congress accountable for how they voted on health care legislation.
On July 27, 2017, NASW presented comments at the Public Stakeholder Listening Session on Strategies for Improving Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage (Document 82 FR 30876) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Mental health and substance use disorder parity provisions and enforcement have benefited professional social workers and the communities they serve by encouraging greater access to behavioral health services. Among its suggested ways to clarify and strengthen parity provisions, NASW recommends mental health parity standards to provide consistency in how parity is implemented among insurance companies and encourages HHS to eliminate barriers to evidence-based behavioral health interventions.
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The Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA’s) July 2017 publication Interprofessional Solutions for Improving Oral Health in Older Adults: Addressing Access Barriers, Creating Oral Health Champions provides a valuable tool to promote older adult oral health. The publication is based on a March 2017 forum in which NASW participated. Visit GSA’s oral health website for other resources on adult oral health. For information on finding, starting, or enhancing an oral health program for older adults in your community, visit the Administration for Community Living’s new oral health website.
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Register today for a free Webinar on Jimmo, offered by the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy, on September 27. Counsel for the plaintiffs in Jimmo will discuss the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Corrective Action Plan, including CMS’s new Jimmo webpage and FAQs, updates regarding Medicare coverage of maintenance care, and important sources of information related to implementing Jimmo. The Jimmo settlement deemed inappropriate use of an “improvement standard” for Medicare coverage of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and skilled nursing services provided in outpatient therapy settings, home health care, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.
Access the archive of a free webinar, Strengthening Support: An Overview of Framing Research on Elder Abuse, to learn how to communicate effectively about elder abuse. The webinar was presented by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) and the FrameWorks Institute in early September 2017. For a brief overview of the reframing elder abuse initiative, read this August 2017 blog, written by the FrameWorks Institute for NCEA, or review this recent NCEA–FrameWorks Twitter chat, in which NASW participated. For detailed information, access the Talking Elder Abuse toolkit and Strengthening the Support MessageMemo, both released by FrameWorks in May 2017. As a member of the NCEA-convened Reframing Elder Abuse Committee, NASW provided input on the toolkit development.
It is hard to turn on the television without being faced with a barrage of negative discourse. Yet it is vital to filter through the discourse to come to an informed understanding of the challenges facing the nation. As we watch the news unfold, sometimes wondering about the morality and ethics of what is being presented, the core values that ground the social work profession's code of ethics serve as a beacon of hope. Social work is rooted in an ethical code that guides professional actions and how social workers are to conduct themselves regardless of the purview of practice. The first edition of the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers was published in 1960, and the most recent revision was made in 2015.
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September 20
Private Practice Q & A Call-in Session – Opting Out of Medicare and Other Insurance Companies
An Hour With Private Practice: Questions & Answers is a free Q&A session for NASW members that focuses on a specific private practice subject. There is no registration and members can join in the discussion, ask questions, and make comments. These sessions provide members with important clinical social work updates impacting the delivery of mental health services. Session starts at 12 p.m. ET. NASW members only. FREE
 October 5
Last Day to Access On-Demand Courses from the 2017 NASW Virtual Conference
Register today to select your virtual conference package to start earning up to 11 self-study CE credits and view the latest products and services for social workers in the Virtual Exhibit Hall. Register today and access sessions through October 5, 2017. NASW members receive the best price.
October 18
Private Practice Q & A Call-in Session – Preparing for Medicare’s Newest Quality Program for Reporting Measures: MACRA
Call-in session is free, available to NASW members only, and starts at 12 p.m. ET. No registration is required.
Following the 2016 Presidential election, NASW delivered to the new administration and the 115th Congress a comprehensive transition document, Advancing the American Agenda: How the Social Work Profession Will Help. The document outlines priority areas where social workers play a significant role in addressing social challenges and advancing the broader American Agenda. Selected statements are featured here.
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Access legal briefs filed by NASW in significant cases across the country and in the Supreme Court. Friend of the court briefs are accepted by courts to help understand aspects of issues that may not be fully addressed by the parties to the litigation, or where specialized knowledge may be helpful in reaching a conclusion in high-profile cases. Search this members-only database by state or topic.
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Forbes
The Census Bureau released the annual report on income, poverty and health insurance. The good news is that the poverty rate in 2016 decreased by 0.8 percentage points to 12.7 percent (although that is still 40.6 million people). Median household income was up 3.2 percent over 2015, from $57,230 to $59,039.
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Center for American Progress
The U.S. Census Bureau released its benchmark annual data on income, poverty and health insurance for 2016. Building on historically strong gains in 2015, the data show that Americans continued to see improvements in economic security in 2016.
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The damage inflicted by Hurricane Harvey has posed enormous health challenges in Houston and neighboring areas hit hard by the storm. The response to Harvey is ongoing, but there are early lessons that could help governments and health systems in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and other major catastrophes down the road.
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The one-two punch of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma has been a reminder that hurricanes are life-threatening events. Hurricane Harvey was responsible for at least 70 deaths, and so far, Hurricane Irma caused 24 deaths before making landfall in the U.S.; the two storms also inflicted serious, nonlife-threatening injuries on countless others.
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