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Friday, December 6, 2024 Reporting Requirements for Private Practitioners related to the Corporate Transparency Act » We want to call attention to new reporting requirements for private practitioners with LLCs and similar entiti...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities » Each year on December 3rd, the United Nations uplifts the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. NASW-MA observes...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024 » Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024 Audrey Leopold, NASW-MA Intern, BUSSW MSW Candidate On this Transgender Day o...
Thursday, November 14, 2024 New round of Loan Forgiveness! » The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (MLCHC) is excited to introduce two new phases of our MA Repay progra...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Boston-area libraries are employing social workers. Here's why. » Following is a link to Boston Globe article about social workers in libraries, with a quote by NASW-MA Chapter E...
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Clinical Alerts
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Clinical Alert: CareDash/Better Help Concerns » NASW has received reports that two large healthcare online platforms – CareDash and BetterHelp – are involved in a practic...
Friday, July 9, 2021 Updated Guidelines For Masks In Clinical Settings » UPDATED GUIDELINES for Masks in Clinical Settings ...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Urgent Action Needed on Proposed Medicare Cuts » Take Action to Prevent Medicare Reimbursement Cuts for Social Workers Proposed reductions in Medicare rate reimbursem...
Thursday, January 31, 2019 Important NEW Info about the Partners/Optum Transition » Important NEW Information for Private Practitioners about the Partners/Optum Transition ...
Monday, December 10, 2018 Clinical Social Workers Excluded from MIPS Reporting in 2019 » Clinical Social Workers Excluded from MIPS Reporting in 2019 The Centers for Medicare & Med...
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In the Media
Monday, August 14, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) How some police departments are rethinking 911 call responses » NASW-MA Chapter Executive Director Rebekah Gewirtz contributes to an article on rethinking 911 call responses....
Friday, August 4, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) State can act to place more mental health care workers in the field » NASW-MA Chapter Executive Director Rebekah Gewirtz writes a letter to the Boston Globe editor regarding pla...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ‘Front Door’ to Behavioral Health Care » Monday, January 2, 2023 The state’s ‘front door’ to behavioral health care set to open as demand for ser...
Thursday, August 25, 2022 Police say they want more mental health collaborators, but there's a shortage » In this report on the need for better community responses to mental and behavioral health emergencies, NASW-MA Exe...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Separate 911 » Should there be a separate 911 system for mental health crises? https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/02/23/should-t...
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more What's Happening

12/6/2024Reporting Requirements for Private Practitioners related to the Corporate Transparency Act

12/3/2024International Day of Persons with Disabilities

11/19/2024Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024

11/14/2024New round of Loan Forgiveness!

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