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Medical social work · LCSW-led
The scaffolding around medical care, built where families actually need it.
Licensed clinical social workers address the emotional and practical burdens that medical care alone cannot reach, advance directives, family coordination, benefits navigation, and the long conversations no clinician has time for.
Confidential
LCSW-led
Licensed clinical social workers, bound by professional ethics and HIPAA.
A diagnosis rarely sits alone. It brings paperwork, meetings, worried adult children, insurance letters, and the quiet weight of decisions that nobody prepared to make. Medical social service is where a family gets a seat at the table with someone whose job is to read the room and the forms at the same time.
Our social workers help coordinate with hospital teams, file and renew benefits, prepare advance directives, and connect families to community resources, from respite programs to meal delivery to transportation. They run family meetings that surface the unspoken and land on a plan.
Coverage and payment options vary by state, plan, eligibility, and authorization. Medical social work may be covered by Medicaid, long-term care insurance, or other payment options depending on the circumstances. We can meet at home, on the phone, or in a hospital room during discharge planning.
What it covers
Where our social workers step in.
- Advance directive preparation
- Family meeting facilitation
- Hospital discharge planning
- Benefits navigation
- Community resource referrals
- Caregiver burnout support
- Grief and bereavement
- Long-term care planning
Coverage options reviewed with care coordinatorEligibility
How we deliver it
Named advocate
Families get one licensed social worker, by name, who knows the case before every call.
Benefits, plainly
Medicaid, VA, and long-term care insurance, we walk families through what applies, without jargon.
Rooms, not just forms
We show up in hospital rooms and at kitchen tables. Presence is often the missing piece.
The numbers behind the name
Reviewed July 2026A service record you can verify and trust.
Founded2000Trusted by hundreds of families since 2000
States served6NY · NJ · PA · GA · MA · AL, local coordinators in each market
AccreditationJoint CommissionGold Seal of Approval® since 2013, a nationally recognized standard for quality and patient safety
Nurse-ledCare PlansEvery plan, reviewed in-house by our nursing team
Accreditation
The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval®, held continuously since 2013.
The Joint Commission is the most widely recognised standard for health-care quality and safety in the United States. Home health agencies that hold the Gold Seal have been surveyed on-site against hundreds of patient-safety, clinical-practice, and infection-control standards, and are re-surveyed every three years.
- On-site surveyed against hundreds of patient-safety standards
- Nurse-led care plans reviewed by our nursing team before they reach a family
- Independently verifiable via The Joint Commission's Quality Check
- First accredited
- 2013Initial on-site Joint Commission survey passed
- Review cadence
- TriennialOn-site resurvey every three years
- Internal rounds
- MonthlyMedication, infection & family experience
Accreditation is the floor we operate above, not the ceiling we aspire to. Between surveys, our nursing leadership runs monthly internal rounds on medication accuracy, infection control, and family-reported experience, the measures families actually feel at the kitchen table.
Axzons · AccreditedGold Seal · 2013
The Joint CommissionNational Quality Approval
VerifiableHow it works
From first call to 24/7 coverage. Eight steps.
The process is short on purpose. A care coordinator walks each family through the steps so first calls, assessments, and caregiver matches stay in one conversation.
- Step 01
First call
A 30-minute conversation with our care coordinators. No forms first, no phone tree.
- Step 02
Referral review
Hospital discharge notes, physician referrals, or case-manager introductions, we take them all.
- Step 03
Needs assessment
Free in-home assessment scheduled based on availability, location, and care needs. A licensed nurse meets the person and the household.
- Step 04
Benefits mapped
Coverage and payment options vary by state, plan, eligibility, and authorization. Families can speak with Axzons intake about care needs, service availability, and next steps.
- Step 05
Caregiver matched
We propose caregivers whose training, language, and temperament fit the household. Families interview, families choose.
- Step 06
Care plan written
A plan, not a schedule. Nurse-reviewed, measurable, and revisited on a real cadence.
- Step 07
Service begins
First shift, with the coordinator on standby. Small issues are addressed during business hours.
- Step 08
24/7 coverage
On-call care coordinator line for the whole family, every night and weekend. One number is always answered.
Questions families ask us
The things we walk through on the first call.
If your question is not here, the fastest way to get an answer is to call; intake is answered by care coordinators, not a scripted agent.
Ask a care coordinatorLicensed medical social workers address the practical and emotional needs medical care alone cannot cover, including counseling, family coordination, advance-care planning, and referrals to community resources and benefits.
A social worker helps families navigate difficult decisions, coordinate among providers, plan ahead, and connect with local programs and support, easing the load on family caregivers.
Yes. Medical social workers assist with advance directives and advance-care planning conversations, and help document and communicate a family's wishes to the care team.
Call (866) 4AXZONS or request a free care assessment. A care coordinator explains how social work support fits your plan and the payment options that may apply.
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