By Kathleen Bigsby, PhD, LCSW
Transformative Moments
As we approach the one-year anniversary of wildfires that impacted thousands of lives, I have found myself reflecting on this transformative moment. I believe it was nearly two months after the life-changing wildfire swept through Southern California when I truly felt the enormity of the experience. For 13 ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
In July 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new case-mix classification model, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), that, effective beginning October 1, 2019, will be used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System for classifying SNF patients in a covered Part A ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
A managed long-term support and services (MLTSS) program, which involve capitated payments to managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide care services for members on Medicaid and Medicare, is a tool used by many states, currently 19, to manage healthcare costs and healthcare delivery. States implement MLTSS to save money, increase efficiency, improve ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
Money Follows the Person (MFP), a federal program first launched in 2007, allocated $1.75 billion dollars over five years to fund state programs to transition participants from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to home and community-based services (HCBS). In 2011 Congress extended the program and increased the program’s allocation to $4 billion. Forty-four ..Read More…
By Tunisia Nelson, Cal State Long Beach Alumni, MSW, ASW
Most children have parents who monitor their academic performances, check their attendance, enroll them in appropriate classes or even attend parent teacher conferences. Parents generally advocate and make sure that their children receive a quality education. When these children are treated unfairly or do not ..Read More…
By Al Murdach MSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for practitioners to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: authority.
Authority is a word most social workers prefer to avoid when describing their relationships with clients. Other words such as nurture, care, support, encourage, ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
A gray tidal wave is looming on the horizon for California. Approximately 7.8 million seniors (65+) call our state home. By 2060, the number of elderly in California is expected to grow 3 times as fast as the general population. From 2010 to 2060, in more than half the counties, there will ..Read More…
By Megan Hartley, MSW Student
Postpartum depression is the most common complication of pregnancy. The California Department of Public health reports that one in give women who give birth in California will experience symptoms of postpartum depression.
On March 19, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug specifically designed ..Read More…
Is Legislation the Only Way to Prevent the Flow of Seniors Who, Every Year, are Forced into Nursing Homes?
By Jason Bloome
When robots go haywire and cars with five wheels start rolling off the assembly lines we know we have a problem. Poor outcomes often result from failures in design. The California Coordinated ..Read More…
By Allison Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: relationship.
For decades a key social work term used to describe the interaction between professional social worker and client was relationship. This term, which ..Read More…
