[NASW Alaska Chapter Listserve] Practice Expense Survey

[Margaret F. Lumpkin]

HYPERLINK "http://www.socialworkers.org/"


PRACTICE BULLETIN


Clinical Social Workers In Private Practice Needed For National Survey


January 1, 2007

NASW plans to participate in a practice expense survey sponsored by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical
Association.  CMS will use the data collected to determine the Medicare
Economic Index (MEI) and update practice expense payments that clinical
social workers receive.   Practice expense makes up 44 percent of the total
value of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes that clinical social
workers and other providers use for reimbursement purposes.

NASW is seeking clinical social workers who are in full-time private
practice and bill third-party payers for reimbursement to participate in
this survey.  Based on the survey results for clinical social workers, CMS
plans to adjust the 7 percent reduction in Medicare practice expense
payments expected to occur during the next three years. 

Clinical social workers in full-time private practice who would like to
participate in this survey and help NASW advocate for higher Medicare
payments, should send their name, address, telephone number, and e-mail
address to HYPERLINK "mailto:mcoleman at naswdc.org"mcoleman at naswdc.org no
later than January 29, 2007. Questions about the survey process may also be
forwarded to this e-mail address.

 
Margaret F. Lumpkin
Executive Director, NASW Alaska Chapter
401 East Northern Lights Blvd. Suite 205  Anchorage, Alaska 99503
(907) 332-NASW (6279)     (800) 478-6279     Fax: (907) 332-6270
HYPERLINK "http://www.naswak.org/"www.naswak.org
 

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