The Power of Membership 

The Power of Membership 

By Kathleen Parry, RN, BSN, CCM Why do we join CMSA? The reason case managers join is varied. I am sharing my journey as a member of CMSA. I have been a case manager for 20 years and a member of CMSA for 16 years. My initial membership was an employer membership. I...
Supporting the SUPPORT Act

Supporting the SUPPORT Act

By Matt Dennis Dear Members, It is a pleasure to introduce myself, CMSA’s partner in Washington, D.C. My role is to keep CMSA and its members informed of public policy debates and developments that have an impact on access to health care and specific issues that...
February: American Heart Month

February: American Heart Month

By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM February's designation as Heart Month traces back to a proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. President Johnson, himself a heart attack survivor, officially declared February as American Heart...
New Year, New You

New Year, New You

By Sandra Zawalski, MSN, RN, CRRN, CCM, ABDA, MSCC Here we are, another year has passed and a month into a new one. Did you complete your resolutions for 2023? Did you make new resolutions for 2024? Did you ignore this old-fashioned practice and just decide to...
Case Management Burnout

Case Management Burnout

By Divya Jose, MSN, CCRN, CCM, ACM-RN I started my case management career in 2019 after five years of experience in an Intensive Care Unit. Since then, I have worked as a hospice case manager and an acute care hospital case manager, and I am now at a level-3 County...
We Can All Be Partners

We Can All Be Partners

By Kathleen Moreo, RN, BSN, BHSA, CMGT-BC, CCM, CDMS, FCM Sitting in a recent CMSA educational session, it occurred to me that we are all healthcare vendors, whether we work for a company that offers something for sale to the case management community, or whether we...