Dual Relationships in Medical Social Work
Dual Relationships is having multiple relationships between the client and the social worker which can cross boundaries. These relationships can be intimate and professional, professional and business soliciting, or professional and a friendship. However, if a social worker lives and work in a fairly small town, it is possible the social worker will run into their client. By all means, it is okay to speak, but it might not be professional to say, “What have you been up to since you left the hospital or have you been following u with your primary care physician?” That would be making bad judgement. As a social worker, you always want to make appropriate judgement and be professional as possible.
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However, that does not limit younger adults that have disabilities or who are on dialysis. If you are younger than 65, have disabilities or if you are on dialysis then you may qualify for Medicare as well. Medicare is separated slightly in two different parts of insurance. Those insurance are Hospital which is also known as Medicare Part A and medical, like doctor offices, which is Medicare Part B. Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B coverage does not overlap at all.
For example, if you are admitted to the hospital and got approved to go on to the inpatient rehab unit, with certain guidelines, Medicare part A will cover 80% of the bill. However, you would have to pay the other 20% which could be covered by out of pocket expenses or by a secondary insurance. Some people have Medicare as their primary insurance. Medicare Part A can also cover hospice and skilled nursing facilities as well. However, this would be determined by certain guidelines. Those guidelines relate to how many overnight hospital stays did you have and other things are taken into …show more content…
Medicare Part C is considered the advantage plan because it has its own private health plans which includes Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The advantage plan still provides coverage of part A and Part B and sometimes the advantage plan will cover prescription costs, but this plan has restrictions such as going to hospitals and doctors that are only within that plan’s network to get the care you need. For example, if I have HMO and I needed to go to a dentist, I would have to call different dental offices and see which office accepts my insurance HMO. Not all dental offices accept HMO insurance. Sometimes, you have access to a list of places that takes HMO or
Dual Relationships is having multiple relationships between the client and the social worker which can cross boundaries. These relationships can be intimate and professional, professional and business soliciting, or professional and a friendship. However, if a social worker lives and work in a fairly small town, it is possible the social worker will run into their client. By all means, it is okay to speak, but it might not be professional to say, “What have you been up to since you left the hospital or have you been following u with your primary care physician?” That would be making bad judgement. As a social worker, you always want to make appropriate judgement and be professional as possible.
Another …show more content…
However, that does not limit younger adults that have disabilities or who are on dialysis. If you are younger than 65, have disabilities or if you are on dialysis then you may qualify for Medicare as well. Medicare is separated slightly in two different parts of insurance. Those insurance are Hospital which is also known as Medicare Part A and medical, like doctor offices, which is Medicare Part B. Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B coverage does not overlap at all.
For example, if you are admitted to the hospital and got approved to go on to the inpatient rehab unit, with certain guidelines, Medicare part A will cover 80% of the bill. However, you would have to pay the other 20% which could be covered by out of pocket expenses or by a secondary insurance. Some people have Medicare as their primary insurance. Medicare Part A can also cover hospice and skilled nursing facilities as well. However, this would be determined by certain guidelines. Those guidelines relate to how many overnight hospital stays did you have and other things are taken into …show more content…
Medicare Part C is considered the advantage plan because it has its own private health plans which includes Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The advantage plan still provides coverage of part A and Part B and sometimes the advantage plan will cover prescription costs, but this plan has restrictions such as going to hospitals and doctors that are only within that plan’s network to get the care you need. For example, if I have HMO and I needed to go to a dentist, I would have to call different dental offices and see which office accepts my insurance HMO. Not all dental offices accept HMO insurance. Sometimes, you have access to a list of places that takes HMO or