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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Head Start Is a Model for Supporting Child and Family Mental Health
Amid a pronounced youth mental health crisis in the United States, Head Start stands out as a crucial model for addressing the needs of vulnerable young children.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Medicare routes $16 billion to insurers to offset high drug costs
The federal government has sent a record $16 billion to health insurers that sell Medicare drug plans, a flashing red sign that prescription drug spending is blowing up far beyond expectations.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The overdiagnosis debate in mental health misses the point www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/m... via @statnews.com
The overdiagnosis debate in mental health misses the point
“Focusing on who ‘counts’ as mentally ill will ultimately send us down the wrong path,” Miranda Wolpert, director of mental health at Wellcome, writes.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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My latest blog is a #CallToArms for all healthcare #Professions devalued by the Department of Education Proposal..#CollectiveAction #WeAreProfessionals @robincogan.bsky.social @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @aptaofficial.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest blog is a #CallToArms for all healthcare #Professions devalued by the Department of Education Proposal..#CollectiveAction #WeAreProfessionals @robincogan.bsky.social @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @aptaofficial.bsky.social
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'Freebirth' Movement Is Dangerous to Moms but Reflects Real Concerns, Ob/Gyns Say www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...
'Freebirth' Movement Is Dangerous to Moms but Reflects Real Concerns, Ob/Gyns Say
Recent investigation sparks conversation about freebirth, autonomy, and distrust in medicine
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December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'Freebirth' Movement Is Dangerous to Moms but Reflects Real Concerns, Ob/Gyns Say www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now? www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a... via @statnews.com
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
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December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now? www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a... via @statnews.com
Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It.
A healthy society needs more than just 'quick fixes'
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December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
U.S. Cancer Registries to Classify Only 'Males' or 'Females' Due to Trump Policies www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...
U.S. Cancer Registries to Classify Only 'Males' or 'Females' Due to Trump Policies
Change will make it harder to understand cancer diagnoses and trends in transgender people
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
U.S. Cancer Registries to Classify Only 'Males' or 'Females' Due to Trump Policies www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...
CMS to end historic kidney disease payment experiment two years early www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/c... via @statnews.com
CMS to end historic kidney disease payment experiment two years early
CMS to end historic dialysis payment experiment two years early after the trial failed to show improvements
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December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
CMS to end historic kidney disease payment experiment two years early www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/c... via @statnews.com
Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It.
A healthy society needs more than just 'quick fixes'
www.medpagetoday.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Polypharmacy Is a Real Issue. Dismantling Public Health Won't Fix It. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
My latest blog article is devoted to #WorldAIDSday2025 cmsa.org/world-aids-d...
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World AIDS Day 2025: One Step Forward Six Steps Back | CMSA
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December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My latest blog article is devoted to #WorldAIDSday2025 cmsa.org/world-aids-d...
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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
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...
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...
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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
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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
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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...