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Advocacy
Medical Social Work Services, Inc.
Our advocacy efforts are based on the operational
premise that all the ingredients for
major improvements in the quality of life of elder Americans,
already exist in established public policy, legislation,
funding, and service delivery programs.
We believe a combination of common sense, elder care
expertise, and the ability to articulate issues and pose
practical solutions to decision makers at all levels of the
social service bureaucracy will lead to particularly
productive outcomes if advocacy initiatives are focused in
three specific areas.
Focus of Advocacy Plan
(For more information
about our strategic plan and updates on initiatives and
political action click
>
Public Policy/Advocacy Issues).
Golden Opportunity
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Seldom does an
opportunity arise, with so much potential for improving the
lives of so many, as is afforded by full implementation of
the Social Services component of the Medicare Home Health
Program.
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Social Services
delivered as mandated in Part 484, Chapter IV, Title 42
Federal Public Health Law does, in fact,
enhance capacity to maintain self-sufficiency,
prolong independence, and produces measurable long-term
outcomes validating the efficacy and expense of home
based medical care.
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We expect our field
tested Model Program to stimulate interest, raise awareness,
promote understanding and to be a "blueprint" for delivering
Medicare Social Services as mandated by law, in addition to
demonstrating the feasibility of such accomplishments within
the scope of existing programs and funding.
Model Program
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click)
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Full implementation
of the Social Services component of the Medicare Home Health
program will require the active participation and support of
not only the Agency for Health Care Administration, at both
Federal and State levels, but also Medicare Home Health
Agencies, and the Profession of Social Work including Higher
Education. (For more information regarding our strategic
plan click >
Public Policy/Advocacy
Issues).
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Contact Us
Medical Social Work
Services, Inc.
1745 Binney Drive, Ft. Pierce, FL
34949
E-Mail
JohnAshcraftMSW@bellsouth.net
Phone / Fax (772) 467-0709
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