Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM
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📕Award-winning Author, DBH & MSW Educator/Advisor/IRB fiend, Journal Editor, Speaker, Fierce Ally, Disruptor: #HealthEquity #DEIB #Ethics #IPE #CaseManagement #BehavioralHealth #PopulationHealth #QualityImprovement #IntegratedCare #SDoH #PublicHealth💪🏻
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Standing with my #Interprofessional colleagues #Nursing, #Counseling #PhysicalTherapy #OccupationalTherapy #SpeechLanguagePathology PLUS!! #CollectiveAction @robincogan.bsky.social @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social @cswe.bsky.social @aptaofficial.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I felt compelled to write a follow-up blog post after a deeper dive into the many other professional advanced degrees under threat by the US DOE of changing classification...we must all take collective action: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
The Relentless School Nurse: Degrees at Risk of Losing Professional Classification – Now What?
This post is a follow-up to The Relentless School Nurse: The Department of Education’s Policy Shift Undermines Nursing as a Profession, drilling deeper into the scope and seriousness of the Departm…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I felt compelled to write a follow-up blog post after a deeper dive into the many other professional advanced degrees under threat by the US DOE of changing classification...we must all take collective action: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
Reposted by Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM
I felt compelled to write a follow up blog post after a deeper dive into the many other professional advanced degrees under threat by the US DOE of changing classification...we must all take collective action: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I felt compelled to write a follow up blog post after a deeper dive into the many other professional advanced degrees under threat by the US DOE of changing classification...we must all take collective action: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
Reposted by Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM
Good morning, This is an all-hands on deck moment....Here are links to my most recent blog posts:
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
The Relentless School Nurse: Degrees at Risk of Losing Professional Classification – Now What?
This post is a follow-up to The Relentless School Nurse: The Department of Education’s Policy Shift Undermines Nursing as a Profession, drilling deeper into the scope and seriousness of the Departm…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Good morning, This is an all-hands on deck moment....Here are links to my most recent blog posts:
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/21/t...
Every impacted PROFESSIONAL DEGREE must join together for #CollectiveAction
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You Have Questions; We Have Answers: Making Sense of the Student Loan Changes from OBBBA’s RISE Committee | Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH MSW LCSW ACSW CCM CCTP CRP FCM
This is absolutely appalling! #Nursing now joins #SocialWork #Counseling #PhysicalTherapy #OccupationalTherapy #SpeechPathology and other #PublicHealth degrees as NO LONGER PROFESSIONAL DEGREES per th...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Every impacted PROFESSIONAL DEGREE must join together for #CollectiveAction
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#DrugPriceNegotiation time. Could this proposed bill do the trick?
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House Democrats introduce bill to expand drug price negotiation to commercial market
Democrats in the House have introduced a new bill that aims to further expand Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices. | Democrats in the House have introduced a new bill that aims to further expa...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#DrugPriceNegotiation time. Could this proposed bill do the trick?
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This MUST STOP 🛑 NOW!
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This MUST STOP 🛑 NOW!
The anti-aging gold rush should focus on quality of life, not just quantity www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/l... via @statnews.com
The anti-aging gold rush should focus on quality of life, not just quantity
“If Moore’s law applies to life expectancy the way it does to electronics, then we’ll have to spend and innovate exponentially more to keep pace,” writes Michael D. Gurven.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Talk about more potential #offlabel use! Can GLP-1 drugs treat Alzheimer’s? Novo Nordisk will soon announce key results www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/n... via @statnews.com
Can GLP-1 drugs treat Alzheimer’s? Novo Nordisk will soon announce key results
Novo Nordisk will soon announce the results of perhaps the most ambitious studies yet of its GLP-1 drug: whether it can help slow Alzheimer's.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Talk about more potential #offlabel use! Can GLP-1 drugs treat Alzheimer’s? Novo Nordisk will soon announce key results www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/n... via @statnews.com
Reposted by Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM
The share of immigrant adults who skipped or postponed health care in the past 12 months rose from 22% in 2023 to 29% in 2025.
Among them, 1 in 5 cite immigration-related concerns.
See more findings in the KFF-@nytimes.com survey: https://on.kff.org/47OUlWR
Among them, 1 in 5 cite immigration-related concerns.
See more findings in the KFF-@nytimes.com survey: https://on.kff.org/47OUlWR
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The share of immigrant adults who skipped or postponed health care in the past 12 months rose from 22% in 2023 to 29% in 2025.
Among them, 1 in 5 cite immigration-related concerns.
See more findings in the KFF-@nytimes.com survey: https://on.kff.org/47OUlWR
Among them, 1 in 5 cite immigration-related concerns.
See more findings in the KFF-@nytimes.com survey: https://on.kff.org/47OUlWR
OMG TOP 50! #EthicsMatter The Ethical Case Manager: Tools and Tactics on #Amazon a.co/d/fFxUUTU #NursingTestPrep
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
OMG TOP 50! #EthicsMatter The Ethical Case Manager: Tools and Tactics on #Amazon a.co/d/fFxUUTU #NursingTestPrep
Reposted by Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM
I’m can’t believe it! The Ethical Case Manager:Tools & Tactics 📕 is in the TOP 💯 for Nursing test prep and nursing references! 🙏😘 The only text to inform the ethical, legal, & regulatory intel of #CaseManagers available on #Amazon a.co/d/gXgUbMe
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m can’t believe it! The Ethical Case Manager:Tools & Tactics 📕 is in the TOP 💯 for Nursing test prep and nursing references! 🙏😘 The only text to inform the ethical, legal, & regulatory intel of #CaseManagers available on #Amazon a.co/d/gXgUbMe
Hmmm...Blessing or curse?
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c... via @statnews.com
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c... via @statnews.com
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again
For a fourth time, the government avoids making permanent policy on telehealth prescriptions of controlled medications for addiction and ADHD.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hmmm...Blessing or curse?
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c... via @statnews.com
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c... via @statnews.com
We are beyond the tipping point for #RuralHealthcare Are there any hospitals left? What of those with #L&D? @ncrsmh.bsky.social @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social www.healthcaredive.com/news/rural-h...
More rural hospitals shutter labor and delivery units in 2025: report
Only 41% of rural hospitals in the U.S. deliver babies, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. In some states, fewer than one-third of these facilities offer la...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We are beyond the tipping point for #RuralHealthcare Are there any hospitals left? What of those with #L&D? @ncrsmh.bsky.social @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social www.healthcaredive.com/news/rural-h...
I’m can’t believe it! The Ethical Case Manager:Tools & Tactics 📕 is in the TOP 💯 for Nursing test prep and nursing references! 🙏😘 The only text to inform the ethical, legal, & regulatory intel of #CaseManagers available on #Amazon a.co/d/gXgUbMe
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m can’t believe it! The Ethical Case Manager:Tools & Tactics 📕 is in the TOP 💯 for Nursing test prep and nursing references! 🙏😘 The only text to inform the ethical, legal, & regulatory intel of #CaseManagers available on #Amazon a.co/d/gXgUbMe
"Approval to discuss some race and gender topics in the classroom?? Students entering healthcare must continue to learn about distinct patient needs to address #Trauma #PopulationHealth #ConcordantCare #Stigma #PatientCoDesign #Antioppressivepractice @academic-chatter.bsky.social
New Texas A&M policy requires professors to get approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Approval to discuss some race and gender topics in the classroom?? Students entering healthcare must continue to learn about distinct patient needs to address #Trauma #PopulationHealth #ConcordantCare #Stigma #PatientCoDesign #Antioppressivepractice @academic-chatter.bsky.social
How much damage did the federal shutdown do to telehealth? www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/f... via @statnews.com
How much damage did the federal shutdown do to telehealth?
In this edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: Impact of shutdown on telehealth, insurance coverage of health AI, and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Catch this #IntegratedCare
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Telehealth and Online CBT-Based Treatments for High-Impact Chronic Pain url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Telehealth and Online CBT-Based Treatments for High-Impact Chronic Pain url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Telehealth and Online CBT-Based Treatments for High-Impact Chronic Pain
To the Editor Dr DeBar and colleagues’ recent randomized clinical trial evaluated telehealth and online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for chronic pain management.1 Their findings ar...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Catch this #IntegratedCare
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Telehealth and Online CBT-Based Treatments for High-Impact Chronic Pain url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Telehealth and Online CBT-Based Treatments for High-Impact Chronic Pain url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026 www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026
In the process, CMS throws shade on AMA system for price-setting, alleges 'conflicts of interest'
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November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Medicare Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule for 2026 www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
1:8 persons relies on SNAP, students are included! Medical Students Need to Eat Too www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Medical Students Need to Eat Too
How SNAP cuts threaten future physicians
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November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
1:8 persons relies on SNAP, students are included! Medical Students Need to Eat Too www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Yup!
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yup!
What do they say about #Hindsight2020? www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Recalled HHS staff to process rural health funds
HHS is delegating some recalled furloughed staffers to process applications for a piece of a $50 billion fund Congress created this summer to transform rural health care.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What do they say about #Hindsight2020? www.politico.com/newsletters/...
We continue to work around the words to advance healthcare research and patient safety. Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... via @statnews.com
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
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October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We continue to work around the words to advance healthcare research and patient safety. Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... via @statnews.com
Instead of health #TransYouth we'll see a continued increase in #YouthSuicide www.npr.org/sections/sho.... @jbsinger.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social @mbg1956.bsky.social
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Instead of health #TransYouth we'll see a continued increase in #YouthSuicide www.npr.org/sections/sho.... @jbsinger.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social @mbg1956.bsky.social
What a 'Private Equity Government' Means for Public Health www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | What a 'Private Equity Government' Means for Public Health
A steadfast commitment to downsizing often comes at a cost
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October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What a 'Private Equity Government' Means for Public Health www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...