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You may have heard of possible changes coming for Medicare telehealth. I am posting some information and clarification. A...

  There have been many reports of Medicare telehealth "ending" after March 31st.  Those reports have...

  2025 Medicare Telehealth Regulations: Updated Status   Original Alert: Tuesday, December 17, 2...

On January 6, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) will open the  Behavioral Heal...

  We want to call attention to new reporting requirements for private practitioners with LLCs and similar entiti...

As many are aware - on Feb. 21st, there was a major cyberattack to Change Healthcare, which is the clearinghouse used by B...

As previously updated - there are new Medicare coding requirements for telehealth claims, which began Jan. 1,2024. See bel...

  For private practice billing to Medicare for telehealth services, there will be some coding changes starting on J...

Starting April 1, 2023, MassHealth will begin the eligibility redetermination process, renewing all 2.3M members over t...

MassHealth has passed important regulation changes that will improve access to behavioral health services. Social workers...

Updated information on the CareDash situation:  https://conta.cc/3C8fOdD

NASW has received reports that two large healthcare online platforms – CareDash and BetterHelp – are involved in a practic...

  UPDATED GUIDELINES for Masks in Clinical Settings  ...

Take Action to Prevent Medicare Reimbursement Cuts for Social Workers Proposed reductions in Medicare rate reimbursem...

  Important NEW Information for Private Practitioners about the Partners/Optum Transition  ...

Clinical Social Workers Excluded from MIPS Reporting in 2019   The Centers for Medicare & Med...

Hi all,   As you may remember, thanks to your consistent feedback, NASW-MA and our partners advocated on your b...

Licensing Alert for ALL Licensed Social Workers August & September 2018   ALL social work licens...

Requirement for All LICSWs to apply to MassHealth as a Nonbilling Provider or as a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) On...

All LICSWs Must Register with MassHealth before the Licensing Renewal Deadline If you are a Licensed Independent Clin...

It is June 1, and the MassHealth Continuity of Care period is officially over.   During the past 90 days,...

Were you impacted by the Beacon/Nokomis audits? As you know, the audit process was halted due to our collective advocacy....

It's March 1st - Do you know where your MassHealth clients are? As of today, March 1, 2018, every MassHealth membe...

In advance of the launch of MassHealth's new Accountable Care Organizations and Managed Care Organizations on March 1...

Managed Care News   By Erica Kirsners, LICSW SWTRS Commission Chair and HMO/MC Commission Member &...

Beacon Training Schedule for All Massachusetts Providers Beginning on December 15, 2017, the Beacon Payment Integrit...

  NASW-MA is keenly aware that members in private practice are dealing with many problems related to retroactive...

PQRS Penalties and Informal Reviews Must be completed by November 30, 2017!   On Thursday, November 16, R...

Have you been impacted by the Beacon Health Options and Nokomis audit?   NASW is keenly aware that members ar...

Providers contracted for this service are expected to comply with all requirements of these service-specific performance s...

Medicare PQRS Negative Payment Adjustment Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT Clinical Manager December 2016 It has been bro...

Social work practitioners should be aware of a recent phishing scam. On November 28, 2016, the HHS Office for Civil Rights...

Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT Senior Practice Associate October 2016 The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), whi...

Clinical Alert National Association of Social Workers – MA Chapter September, 2016 Changes to ICD-10 Mental Hea...