New Law: Transgender Care
NAMFT Members: This year at the legislature the most controversial bill is LB 574 Let Them Grow Act. I have duly informed the Board of NAMFT at every board meeting and it is time to inform you of the changes that impact transgender care. The new Let Them Grow Act, which restricts gender care in…
NAMFT Board and Committee Member Elections (2023)
Nominations are open for NAMFT board and committee positions!Elections will be held in December 2023 and positions begin in January 2024. Positions Available: Member-at-Large (3-year term; One position) Elections Committee (3-year term; One position) If you are interested in running for a board position, or know someone who would be a good candidate, please complete…
MFTs Becoming Medicare Providers
September 20th, 2023 The following news points are released from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Federal level. MFTs and MHCs will receive 75% of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rate paid to clinical psychologists. This rate will be equal to that of LCSWs, and it is set in the federal…
NAMFT Election Results 2022
Please join us in welcoming the newly elected NAMFT board and committee members: President Elect – Vanessa NeuhausLegislative Chair – Anne BuettnerMember-at-Large – Tammy EricksonMember-at-Large – Mike WalshStudent/Provisional Associate – Heidi Applegarth We look forward to another successful year for the organization. Sincerely,Ace Devlin, Chance Bell & Katelyn CoburnElections Committee
MFTs become Medicare Eligible Providers, January 2024
January 8, 2023 MFTs are Medicare Providers, effective January 2024 After over 30 years, AAMFT finally got it done, together with professional counselors, ACA. Now, MFTs are EQUAL to other mental health professions. This is mammoth achievement! As individual LMFT, some of you recall letters to senators and congressmen that you had written and/or “the trips to the hill” at the Capitol that we…
NAMFT Board and Committee Member Elections (2022)
Nominations for multiple NAMFT board and committee member positions are open. Elections will be held in December 2022 and positions begin in January 2023. Positions Available: President-Elect (2-year term) Treasurer (3-year term) Student Representative/Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Practitioner Member (2-year term) Member-at-Large/Conference Committee (3-year term; Three positions) Legislative Chair (3-year term) If you are…
September Licensure Renewal & CE Waiver
April 8, 2022. NAMFT members: At this time I am aware there are questions regarding licensure renewal and CE requirements. The following is from the Credentialing Department. Anne Buettner, Legislative/Advocacy Chair The Licensure Unit has received several questions relating to Governor’s Executive Order 22-02 and carry-over CE hours, please see questions/answers below: Question: What does…
Legislative Update (January 2022)
No Surprises Act = New billing disclosure requirements take effect in 2022 Beginning January 1, 2022, health care providers, including MFTs, will be required by law to give uninsured and self-pay patients a good faith estimate of costs for services that they offer, when scheduling care or when the patient requests an estimate. At this…
NAMFT Elections
We will be holding our annual elections for leadership within the organization in November of 2021. There are several open positions: President-Elect (2-year term) President-elect attends bi-monthly board meetings; shadows the president as s/he learns duties of the president Board meets every two months via Zoom, 9:30am-12noon; discuss, provide input/ideas/tasks into the business of NAMFT-recruiting…
NAMFT Fall 2021 Conference
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2021 Conference! In Part 1, Dr. Briana Nelson Goff will provide background on individual and systemic components of trauma and PTSD, systemic treatment issues, and current clinical and empirically-based theories of trauma in systems. In Part 2, there will explore common experiences of professionals working with traumatized systems,…
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