Medicare Home Health
Medical Social Services
Medical Social Work
Services, Inc.
The
organization and mission of Medical Social Work Services, Inc.
is the product of extensive experience* in the Medicare Home
Health field.
With the Federal Home Health Law as our guide and direct
services as our laboratory, we developed a model program for
delivering social services maximizing the potential for both
recovery and continued independence.
*Nearly 10,000 Medicare Home Health
care plans for 27 Medicare Home Health Agencies, since 1990
Service Area
Our direct
services are focused in Martin, St. Lucie,
and Indian River counties on Florida's Atlantic coast,
although in special needs situations, we provide services in
the adjoining counties of Palm Beach,
Okeechobee, and Brevard. (To see
Coverage Area
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We do not intend to expand direct
services to other areas because the effectiveness of care
planning is directly related to knowledge of the
community, as well as a history of successful working
relationships. These are qualities that develop over
time from living in and being a part of the community.
Connection with Community
Our medical social workers have provided
health care and social services in this area for a combined
total of more than 100 years, which enhances our ability to
access community resources, develop comprehensive care plans,
and insure continuity of care. (For more
information about experience in and connection with our
community click
>
About Us)
Model Program
Beginning in 1990, the Director of
Medical Social Work Services, Inc. first encountered barriers
to effective Medicare Home Health social service delivery. One
by one, solutions were devised to eliminate barriers. This
process eventually led to the development of a program
model producing the results as envisioned in the Federal
Medicare Home Health Law. (For more information on
Model Program
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click)
Our approach enables elderly patients to
be optimally independent. The depth and breadth of training,
experience, and knowledge necessary to assess needs and to
incorporate all available resources into a quality plan
of care as expected by the Federal Home Health Law,
requires the support of a social services agency.
This premise is underscored by the logistical problems
inherent in home based services, fluctuations in referral
volume, and the extraordinary broad scope of information
required for successful navigation of our social service and
health care bureaucracies.
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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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