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Looking to the Future: Striving for More Than Just Discharge Planning
By Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM I can remember when the movement of coordinating the progression of care became the hot topic for acute case management; suddenly, we moved from discharge planners to care coordinators with new titles and new models. It was around...
Lifestyle and Health – A Nurturing Relationship
By Sandra Kahn, AP, RN, BSN, Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM), RYT-200 Your lifestyle habits have a great effect on your health and your health responds ultimately to the kind of life you will live. How you take care of your health is the most important decision you can make for...
Case Manage Your Future
By Laura Ostrowsky, RN, CCM, MUP They say that case managers never retire. I don’t think that’s true. Just like any other group of people, some of us stop working and do other things such as traveling and playing bridge, mahjong, golf or tennis. Others explore new...
Back to School Time, Education is on my Mind
By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Fall always reminds me of back-to-school time. A fresh start, new ideas and topics to conquer. I miss school. (LOL) I wanted to focus this blog on another of CMSA’s fabulous education tools for professional...
Spell-Check, Please!
By Nadine M. Carter, MBA, BSN, RN, CDMS, CCM “I know that I am a qualefied candidate and would be an asset to your company!” If you are a candidate looking for your next ideal position, how might the above sentence impact the potential employer’s choice? You have...
The Dog Days of Summer
By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM Ahhhh…the “Dog Days of Summer”! My Grandpa always called the month of August “the Dog Days of Summer.” It’s the time to enjoy the last days at the pool or water park, take that last summer trip with the family and start getting...
What Did We Learn?
By Anne Llewellyn RN, CCM, CRRN, CMGT-BC, FCM The 2022 Case Management Salary and Trends Survey is available to download and read! Released at the 2022 CMSA Annual Conference, the report was the result of a collaboration between CMSA and the Case Management Institute...
Why Is That Patient Still Here
By Marie Stinebuck MBA, MSN, ACM Rounding and Complex Patients As case managers, we have all heard the question, “Why is that patient still here?” The question may have come from the attending physician or maybe from senior leadership, but the question is always...
Shout it from the Mountaintop
By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM During my inaugural remarks at the CMSA National Conference, I referred to an oft-quoted line from Nancy Skinner RN, CCM, RN-CMGT, ACM-RN, CMCN, FCM, 2-time CMSA National President. Nancy says that “case...
COVID-19 Draws Spotlight To SSDI
By Steve Perrigo, J.D. COVID-19 Draws Spotlight To SSDI, Which Unlocks Substantial Benefits Beyond Monthly Income In this post-COVID era, many Americans are all too aware that they could be the victim of a life-threatening illness, injury or disability that could...
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