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...
Telehealth: A Case Management Issue

Telehealth: A Case Management Issue

By Laura Ostrowsky, RN, CCM, MUP Telehealth is as old as people having phone conversations about their health with their doctors. It is about accessing care without an in-person visit to a provider. Of course, it has become more formalized and more comprehensive...
It’s Not You, It’s Your Thyroid

It’s Not You, It’s Your Thyroid

By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Every January, Thyroid Disease Awareness Month provides a crucial platform to shed light on a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. The thyroid gland, a small butterfly-shaped organ in the...