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Clinical social workers are reporting problems when using the 60-minute psychotherapy code. Learn how to avoid overpayment requests and reimbursement denials when using this code.
On October 1, 2018, several changes to the International Classification of Diseases-10-Edition-Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) became effective. The changes allow clinical social workers to provide a greater level of specificity when reporting a diagnosis. Clinical social workers should use the new codes to avoid reimbursement denials.
NASW encourages individuals and organizations to adopt the National Consensus Project’s Guidelines on Quality Palliative Care, 4th Edition. These guidelines improve access to quality palliative care by fostering consistent standards and continuity of care across settings. Registration closes December 14 for the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care’s free webinar December 17 on the new guidelines.
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NASW Press books make excellent stocking stuffers, holiday gifts, and giveaways at Social Work Month celebrations. Sale price on print books valid through January 3, 2019. Here’s a sampling of the savings going on right now:
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the Geriatrics Academic Career Award (GACA) Program, which supports the career development of junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited schools for specific health care professions, including social work, thereby fostering the skills to lead health care transformation in a variety of settings and to provide training in clinical geriatrics. Applications due by January 15, 2019. Find more federal funding opportunities.
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The MyNASW online community is open to NASW members only and is free to join. Ask your colleagues questions, find mentors, exchange useful resources, and rally around your passion—social work.
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 Quickly search by key words to find evidence-based research and client education, assessment tools, practice guidelines, and more at the NASW Research Library. Filter your results by type of source (academic journals, books, conference materials, reports, etc.), name of publication, publisher, university, language, and more. Use your NASW username and password to log in to the library.
Keyword Search: “palliative care”
Document: The Changing Landscape of Palliative Care
Authors: Meier, Diane E.;
Bowman, Brynn
Source: Generations. Spring 2017, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p74-80. 7p.
Document: Who Should Provide Care for Patients Receiving Palliative Chemotherapy? A Qualitative Study Among Dutch General Practitioners and Oncologists
Authors: Wind, Jan;
Nugteren, Ineke C.;
van Laarhoven, Hanneke W. M.;
van Weert, Henk C. P. M.;
Henselmans, Inge
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. December 2018, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p437-445. 9p.
Document: A Prescription for Population-Based Palliative Care Education
Authors:
Webb, Jason A.;
Casarett, David
Source: Generations. Spring 2017, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p68-73. 6p.
Document: Increasing Health Expenditure and Role of Palliative Care: A Case Study from Kerala
Authors: Karunakaran, N.; Shilna, T.
Source:
Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. June 2017, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p30-36. 7p.
Access Documents: Log in to the NASW Research Library and enter the title of the article or key words in the NASW Research Library search box.
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Open access ends December 31 to the “most cited and most read” article collection from the NASW journals: Social Work, Social Work Research, Health & Social Work, and Children & Schools. Be sure to read the article below from the collection.
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 Virginia Satir continues to be a highly influential figure in family therapy. The summation of her decades of work with families, the Satir growth model (SGM), remains a relevant therapeutic approach that is still practiced by many. This narrative review sought to examine (a) the core therapeutic methods developed by Satir for working with families, and (b) the empirical evidence to support the use of such methods. The author reviewed both firsthand and secondhand accounts of Satir’s model of therapy, as well as extant research.
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| | ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS |
December 15
Manuscript Deadline for Social Work “Self-Care for the Social Work Profession” Issue
Submit manuscripts that provide conceptual frameworks, research studies, and practical models on self-care in social work practice, to inform and further define the knowledge base needed for this critical facet of sustaining the social work profession. Submission deadline: December 15, 2018
 December 18
NASW RRG Liability Insurance Policyholders: Vote by 4 p.m. ET for Your Board of Directors
Have a say in who oversees your liability insurance program. All NASW RRG liability insurance policyholders on September 30, 2018, have a right to vote for four directors for their RRG Board. Check your email inbox (or spam folder) for an email with a unique voting link and instructions on how to vote online. For general questions, contact the ASI Member Care Unit (MCU) at 1.855.385.2160 or asi@naswasi.org.
January 3
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January 15, 2019
 Manuscripts Due for Health & Social Work “Social Work and Gun Violence” Issue
Spark action among social work practitioners and researchers to address gun violence across the micro, mezzo, and macro systems. Submit manuscripts by January 15, 2019. Sample topics include the role of guns in intimate partner violence, firearms in community violence, unintentional death, efforts to increase social worker knowledge about gun violence and safety, programs to identify at-risk kids in schools, firearm suicide prevention, and effective responses to gun violence incidents.
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Pennsylvania State University via Medical Xpress
Children in the welfare system are particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation of children according to a 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means hearing, but few practical screening tools currently exist to identify victims and those at risk for sexual exploitation, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers.
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