Organizational Statements, Medicare Payments for Clinical Social Workers

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• National Association of Social Workers
• Clinical Social Workers Federation

Internal Archive for the National Association of Social Workers, downloaded on 11/02/00:

• Skilled Nursing Facilities and Consolidated Billing--Questions and Answers (http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/cbqa.htm)
• Clarifications Regarding Direct Billing to Medicare for CSWs in SNF (http://www.naswdc.org/practice/clarification.htm)

Internal Archive for the Clinical Social Workers Federation, downloaded on 2/18/01:

• H.R. 655: The Medicare Social Work Equity Act of 1999 (http://www.cswf.org/lobby/updates.html), downloaded on 2/18/200

Internal Archive for the Clinical Social Workers Federation, downloaded on 9/29/01:

• Sample Letter to Your Member of Congress (http://www.cswf.org/sample.html), downloaded on 9/29/00

Internal Archive for the Clinical Social Workers Federation, downloaded on 10/20/01:

• Letter from the President of the CSWF and the President of the NASW to Congress (http://www.cswf.org/simpsonallen.html), downloaded on 10/20/00

Internal Archive for the Clinical Social Workers Federation, downloaded on 1/22/01:

• Letter from CSWF President Keith Myers Supporting H.R. 655 (http://www.cswf.org/myers.html)