Medical Social Worker

Medical Social Services must be provided by a qualified social worker, under the direction of a physician.
Social work services must be based on the patient’s psychosocial assessment and the patient’s and family’s needs and acceptance of these services.
The comprehensive Social work assessment will be completed within 5 days of the EOB and the information from it will be used to develop the CPOC.
The social work update of the comprehensive assessment will be completed at least every 15 days and the information from the assessment will be used to update the CPOC.
Ensures that the psychosocial needs of the patients are met as identified in the patient’s initial assessment, comprehensive assessment and updated assessments.

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