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Who Will Take Care of You?
By Sandra Zawalski, MSN Ed, RN, CRRN, CCM, ABDA, MSCC What happens when the caregiver gets sick, disabled or is out of commission for even a short period of time? Healthcare professionals are well known to ignore their own health to better care for their families,...
The Art and the Science of Case Management: A Skilled Balancing Act!
By Mary Beth Newman, MSN, RN, BC-CMGT, CCM To me, great case management is all about achieving a fine balance between the art of case management (the way we communicate and interact with patients) and the science (the evidence and technology we use to carry out the...
Ouch! Have We Overcorrected on Narcotic Misuse?
By Melanie Prince, MSN, BSN, NE-BC, CCM, FAAN, FCM Do you experience occasional pain? Or pain daily? Sudden pain following an acute injury? Have you had a dental procedure or surgery that resulted in pain for several days or weeks? If you have recently sought medical...
Good News: Case Managers ARE Doing Research! We Just Didn’t Know It
By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM In my favorite musical Hamilton, the lead actor sings “I’m not throwing away my shot.” Don’t throw away YOUR shot! Take this opportunity to share your knowledge and research with the case management community. As case managers,...
The Growing Trend of Patients Appealing Their Discharges
By Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM Maybe there is a greater understanding of patients’ understanding their Medicare appeal rights or maybe there is a growing occurrence of patients feeling like they are leaving too quickly from the hospital without a solid plan in...
Public Policy and Case Management: What’s the Connection?
By Laura Ostrowsky, RN, CCM, MUP and Joan Westgor, MSN, RN, CCM Public policy and case management: What’s the connection? What does it mean to me as a case manager, a professional in healthcare, a citizen? Public policy affects all of us. As citizens in a democracy,...
Shout It From the Mountaintop, Part 2
By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM How do we go from being the best-kept secret in all of healthcare? We do it through outcomes, data and telling the story of the impact of the practice of case management across the care continuum! Otherwise...
Rising to Phoenix Status
By Joyace G. Ussin, MSN, RN, BSBM, CCM Houston Gulf Coast Chapter of CMSA had sustained huge losses in that the established board members retired: chapter membership declined, vendor participation decreased, and with the Covid pandemic looming, events and conferences...
Medicare Advantage and the Two-Midnight Rule – A Call to Action
By Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM, CHRI Government Affairs Committee, American College of Physician Advisors If you are a hospital or post-acute case manager, you have probably spent more time than you wish you had on working with Medicare Advantage plans to obtain...
Strategies to Prevent Post-Acute Placement Delays
By Marie Stinebuck MBA, MSN, ACM Prior authorizations are placing patients at risk and driving up costs in the acute care setting including the additional pressure on hospitals delaying discharges, increased length of stay for patients waiting for placement and adding...
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