REGISTER HERE Concussions have become a dirty word in work comp because they often result in purgatory. The worker never gets better even after an excessive number of visits. Why does this occur and how do we change it? This presentation will introduce a more precise definition of concussion and an objective way to measure it. Those who attend will have a new appreciation for just how easy this injury is to treat. Learning Objectives: Discuss the common network disruptions after a concussion Examine how a concussion can be measured and treated Analyze recent research on the efficacy of minimum visits on concussion treatment with just a concussion specialist and physical therapist Presenter: Dr. Todd Caze II - Sports neuropsychologist, one of only 30 in the country to do a 2-year fellowship in concussion Fees: Members - FREE Non-members - $10  

REGISTER HERE Learn use of current tools and emerging best practices to elevate your case management “Superpower!” A Case Manager’s practice is filled with challenges, especially when managing complex patients, from admission to readmissions associated with compromised chronic conditions. These challenges are further impacted by the current regulatory landscapes, ethical, systems, and policy challenges. National and local speakers will share their expertise to meet your case management learning needs. They will discuss hospital capacity challenges, take you on a journey through the Medicare Maze in 2025, address effective readmission strategies, discuss meeting the complex discharge needs of patients with chronic respiratory failure and hepatic encephalopathy, and finally, provide the evidence-based practice strategies and ethical issues for overturning Medicare Advantage post-acute denials. All these critical lectures prepare you to meet the new year’s challenges. Learning Objectives: Incorporate the readmission avoidance actionable plans into your clinical practice and within your organization. Discuss effective care coordination principles and the strategies shared to minimize or prevent readmissions in patients with chronic respiratory failure and hepatic encephalopathy, promoting patient satisfaction and quality of care. Describe how to navigate the Medicare changes in 2025 while remaining compliant and protecting patient’s benefits. Apply innovative hospital throughput plan(s) […]

REGISTER HERE! Join us for the January 2025 Rural Special Interest Group networking session! CMSA's Rural SIG Advisory Panel will lead an interactive discussion. Topics will be chosen based on responses to the Rural SIG Survey sent to CMSA membership. Monday, January 27th, 2025 2p Pacific | 3p Mountain | 4p Central | 5p Eastern This is a CMSA Member Only event. If you would like to join CMSA, please visit https://cmsa.org/membership/to learn more! For questions, contact Ashton Roach, aroach@parthenonmgmt.com

REGISTER HERE Join CMSA Chicago for the chance to collect 6 hours of CE credit at their 32nd Annual Conference on April 1, 2025. Early bird registration rates are available until January 31st!    

REGISTER HERE Curious about how to effectively share the critical challenges facing case managers with your elected officials? Wondering what it takes to participate in Capitol Hill Days or how a virtual advocacy session unfolds? Participating in the CMSA Virtual Hill Visits program is an effective way to impact policy on Capitol Hill. Advocating for change that will positively affect your ability to improve your patient/client outcomes is critical but can be intimidating and confusing. During the CMSA Virtual Hill Visits program, participants will meet virtually with Members of Congress and/or their health policy staff from their respective areas around the county to educate them about the importance of Case Managers and the policies that impact you the most. To be effective, it is important to understand the environment, the role of legislator verses health policy staffers, your role in policy development, and how CMSA will support your efforts. Objectives: Explain the importance and potential outcomes of advocating for the professional practice of case management Identify the goals of virtual Capitol Hill visits and the impact that can be made with participation Summarize the key program components and the preparation and support provided Construct the best approach to share policy […]

REGISTER HERE Learn use of current tools and emerging best practices to elevate your case management “Superpower!” A Case Manager’s practice is filled with challenges, especially when managing complex patients, from admission to readmissions associated with compromised chronic conditions. These challenges are further impacted by the current regulatory landscapes, ethical, systems, and policy challenges. National and local speakers will share their expertise to meet your case management learning needs. They will discuss hospital capacity challenges, take you on a journey through the Medicare Maze in 2025, address effective readmission strategies, discuss meeting the complex discharge needs of patients with chronic respiratory failure and hepatic encephalopathy, and finally, provide the evidence-based practice strategies and ethical issues for overturning Medicare Advantage post-acute denials. All these critical lectures prepare you to meet the new year’s challenges. Learning Objectives: Incorporate the readmission avoidance actionable plans into your clinical practice and within your organization. Discuss effective care coordination principles and the strategies shared to minimize or prevent readmissions in patients with chronic respiratory failure and hepatic encephalopathy, promoting patient satisfaction and quality of care. Describe how to navigate the Medicare changes in 2025 while remaining compliant and protecting patient’s benefits. Apply innovative hospital throughput plan(s) […]

REGISTER HERE Are you planning on sitting for the CCM exam in 2025? For April testers - be sure to apply before January 31, 2025! Following your CCMC exam application, join CMSA Detroit and Nancy Skinner, RN, CCM, CMGT-BC, ACM-RN, CMCN, FCM in preparation to take the Certified Case Manager exam! Registration is open now! Continuing Education: 8 hours CCM, NR and SW (5 General/3 Ethics) Fees: CMSA Members - $75 Non-Members - $275 (includes CMSA membership)

REGISTER HERE   This event will be hosted by the Cleveland Chapter of CMSA Online Presentation begins at 5:30pm EST; log in at 5:15pm for vendor presentations and introduction to topic. In-person meeting 5:30pm at HOME INSTEAD in Oakwood Village - 7650 1st Pl Building B, Suite H. Oakwood, OH 44146 RSVP via the webpage: cmsacleveland.com or to our Gmail: cmsa.cleveland@gmail.com by February 10th. Presenter: Mary McLaughlin Davis, DNP, ACNS-BC,NEA-BC, CCM-R Fees: CMSA Members - FREE Non-members - $25 Meeting and Food sponsor - Home Instead Oakwood Village  

REGISTER HERE   Join host chapter CMSA Central Virginia and the Southeast Coalition for this exciting opportunity to network and learn virtually with your CMSA colleagues across the southeastern region! Isn’t failure a bad event? Failure isn’t planned or pretty, but it can be the catalyst for greater achievement. The ability to bounce back and offer quality patient/client/family outcomes is essential for the future of healthcare and case management practice. Including flexibility, motivation, and resilience is valuable in case management practice. Through interactive discussion, this presentation will discuss failure as a valuable element in case management practice and describe failure as a transformative opportunity with strategies that promote case manager professional responsibilities. Objectives: Define failure and how it impacts professional knowledge and growth. Discuss and describe approaches that transform failure into resilience, humility, and motivation. Apply strategies for improving the case manager’s responsibilities such as maintaining knowledge and evidence-based innovations. Presenters: Elaine Bruner, MSN, RN, CMGT-BC Lori Bruce Continuing Education: 1 hour credit for RN, CCM, and SW Fees: Members - FREE Non-members - $10 If you have questions or trouble registering, please email Anne Llewellyn at allewellyn48@gmail.com  

REGISTER HERE! Join us for the February 2025 International Special Interest Group networking session! CMSA's International SIG Advisory Panel will lead an interactive discussion about case management across the international spectrum of healthcare settings. Thursday, February 20th, 2025 9a Pacific | 10a Mountain | 11a Central | 12p Eastern This event is open to members and non-members! If you would like to join CMSA, please visit https://cmsa.org/membership/to learn more! For questions, contact Ashton Roach, aroach@parthenonmgmt.com

REGISTER HERE   Join your Case Management Colleagues for an onsite meeting that will allow you to network, learn and become famliiar with the All Flordia Case Management Network. The All Florida Case Management Network is the State Chapter for the Case Management Society of America, the largest professional organization for case management professionals. This will be our first meeting in the Treasure Coast area and we hope YOU will join us and share this invite with your case management colleauges so we have a good turnout. The event will include networking, dinner and a continuing education program titled: We All Seek Good Outcomes – What is a Good Outcome for the Patient? This program will look at outcomes from a new lens – the lens of “the patient” Doing so will help nurses, social workers and case managers see how new value-based payment models are changing the focus of healthcare to be patient centered and outcomes based. Presenter: Anne Llewellyn, Past President of the Case Management Society of America and the All Florida Case Management Network Continuing Education: 1 hour credit for RN, CCM, and SW Fees: FREE event for case management professionals Questions: Please reach out to Rebecca […]

REGISTER HERE Join host chapter Hudson Valley CMSA and the Northeastern Regional Coalition for a virtual networking and education event, providing 2 hours of CE credit for CCM (2.0 CE NY SW Pending) Objectives: Identify how these care services work together and why patients and family caregivers are looking for a more impactful healthcare experience Review the elements for collaborative care, collaborative agreements and payment models Discuss the GUIDE model and its focus on supporting dementia patients and their family caregivers to remain at home utilizing these models Presenter: Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, serves as the Executive Director for the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) and President/CEO of Integrity Advocacy & Management Continuing Education: 2.0 CCM with 2.0 CE NY SW Pending Fees: Members - FREE Non-members: $20

REGISTER HERE Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the critical relationship between Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and infective endocarditis (IE), particularly in the context of injection drug use. Discover how to tackle SUD through early intervention, addiction medicine consultations, medication-assisted treatment, and harm reduction strategies. Learn about the transformative power of peer support in reducing stigma and providing practical recovery advice. We’ll also delve into the importance of transitioning to supportive environments that offer structured aftercare, supportive housing, continued medical and counseling support, and community integration. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and make a difference! Objectives: Describe the impact of treating patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and substance use disorder (SUD) on health systems and health plans. Identify an alternative paradigm for treatment of a population at high-risk for repeat surgery and mortality. Explain the benefit of comprehensive treatment for patients with IE and SUD. Continuing Education: 1 hr RN, CCM, and SW Presenter: Mary McLaughlin Davis, DNP, ACNS-BC, CM-R, NEA-BC Fees: Members - FREE Non-members- $40

SUBMIT HERE The CMSA Foundation recognizes those organizations and departments with programs that have demonstrated improved case management processes and advancements in case management that result in improved patient outcomes. This is what case managers do EVERY DAY! Why not share your wins? As case managers, we are constantly faced with challenges and obstacles in our daily work. By sharing our experiences, we can help others learn from our successes and avoid common pitfalls. The CMSA Foundation would love to hear your stories and outcomes. Together, we can help elevate the field of case management and improve patient care for all. Submit your application! There is opportunity for special recognition in the CMSA Foundation library, webinars, articles and blogs, as well as a cash award to support your program. Nominations are open through March 1: Case Management Practice Improvement Award  Case Management Research Award  New this year! Recognize your outcomes for diabetes management programs.

REGISTER HERE! The CMSA Military/VA/DoD Special Interest Group (MVD SIG) provides a dedicated platform for case managers within the military, VA, and Department of Defense sectors, facilitating collaboration and knowledge-sharing on critical topics relevant to this specialized area of case management. Through quarterly networking sessions, participants engage in discussions about sector-specific processes, standards, training methodologies, and practical tips garnered from experienced case managers within the military, VA, and DoD.

REGISTER HERE! Join us for the March 2025 Rural Special Interest Group networking session! CMSA's Rural SIG Advisory Panel will lead an interactive discussion. Topics will be chosen based on responses to the Rural SIG Survey sent to CMSA membership. Monday, March 17th, 2025 2p Pacific | 3p Mountain | 4p Central | 5p Eastern This is a CMSA Member Only event. If you would like to join CMSA, please visit https://cmsa.org/membership/to learn more! For questions, contact Ashton Roach, aroach@parthenonmgmt.com

REGISTER HERE Concussions continue to be a recurring topic of conversation among the media, health professionals, and the general public. In 2013, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine released a position statement that estimated as many as 3.8 million concussions occur within sports annually, with up to 50% of concussion injuries unreported. In this webinar, we will learn new advances in concussions that will help case managers working with injured workers, kids who play sports, and the elderly who are high fall risks. Objectives: Identify patients that may be experiencing a concussion Understand considerations for prevention, treatment and recovery of patients with concussion Be able to determine appropriate “return to” protocols for patients depending on their needs and desired outcomes Presenter: Heather Coffel PT, DPT with CORA Physical Therapy Continuing Education: 1 hour RN, CCM, and SW Fees: Members - FREE Non-members - $25

REGISTER HERE   Join us for an insightful panel discussion as we explore the history and evolution of social work within case management. Our panelists, each with unique perspectives and extensive experience, will delve into how social work has shaped and transformed case management practices through interdisciplinary approaches and advocacy. The panelists will talk about the diverse career paths available, showcasing the broad impact and versatility of social work in case management. Attendees will leave this session inspired, informed, and ready to contribute to the ongoing advancement of case management. Objectives: Define the contributions of social work to case management, highlighting significant developments and achievement. Examine the evolution of social work methodologies within case management, focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration. Identify the various career pathways within case management, exploring opportunities in healthcare and other sectors. Presenters: Tiffany Ferguson, MSW, ACM, CMAC Ellen Fink-Samnick, DBH, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, CCM, CCTP, CRP, FCM Michele O’Brien, MSW, LCSW, CCM, FCM Continuing Education: 1 hour RN, CCM, and SW Fees: Members - FREE Non-members - $40

REGISTER HERE Join the NYC Chapter of CMSA for an in person education offering on the evening of Thursday, March 27 at Upper East Side Rehab and Nursing Center, NYC, NY. This offering is free to members, $15 for non-members and offers 1.5 CCM and NY State SW credits. Presenter: Dr. Amy Swift, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Silver Hill Hospital Continuing Education: 1.5 hours CCM and NYSED Fees: Members - FREE Non-members - $15

RSVP to cmsacleveland.com by April 1st!   This event will be hosted by the Cleveland Chapter of CMSA Online presentation begins at 5:30pm EST; log in at 5:20pm for vendor presentations and introduction to topic. Meeting and Food sponsor is Option Care located at 6288 Hudson Crossing Parkway, Hudson, Ohio 44236 RSVP via the webpage: cmsacleveland.com or to our Gmail: cmsa.cleveland@gmail.com by April 1st. Continuing Education: Pending - 1 hour CCM Approved - 1 hour RN and SW Presenter: Lynn Hermensky - Provider Relations Manager, Hospice of the Western Reserve Fees: Members - FREE 1st guest - FREE Bring a non-CMSA Colleague for Free (THE $25 DOLLAR ADMIT FEE WILL BE WAIVED) when you RSVP for 2. Join CMSA the night of the event and receive a $25 gift card!

REGISTER HERE   Join the CMSA Northeastern Regional Coalition and host chapter, CMSA Mid-Atlantic, for a presentation on discovering and maintaining a work-life balance that works for you and your patients. Objectives: What is Authentic Work-Life Balance and How to Discover It Navigate the challenges with ease The Results Formula you can Apply to Start Accelerating Your Results to the Parts of Your Life that Matter Most   Presenter: Denise Fuchs, RN, CCM Continuing Education: 1.5 hours RN, CCM, and SW Fees: CMSA Members - FREE Non-members - $20

REGISTER HERE   Join CMSA National and Diamond Partner, Solventum, for this informative webinar on recovering from hard-to-heal wounds. Objectives: Review scientific and clinical evidence-based recommendations for wound healing treatment Learn about innovative therapies and advances leveraging Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Develop strategies for continuous quality improvement during the wound healing trajectory through case-based studies Participate in a question-and-answer session Presenter: Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, ANP/ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates  

REGISTER HERE   Data-driven insights and evidence-based approaches are shaping the future of case management, refining best practices, and improving patient outcomes. This webinar, hosted by the CMSA Foundation, brings together CMSA Foundation award recipients, alongside key contributors, to explore how research and practice advancements are driving meaningful change in the field. Dr. Melanie Prince, a leader in case management, will highlight the critical role of data and evidence in advancing the professional practice of case management. Dr. Colleen Morley, a past Case Management Practice Improvement (CMPI) award recipient, will share her earning the award has influenced her work and professional growth. Shelley O’Brien, the 2023 CMPI award winner, will discuss the immediate impact of her recognition and the importance of sharing findings to benefit the broader healthcare community. Dan Swift from Insulet Corporation, a proud sponsor of the 2025 CMPI for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Management Award, will offer insights into why supporting practice improvement aligns with their mission and the future of case management. Objectives: Describe how evidence-based approaches are shaping case management and enhancing patient care. Recognize the professional impact of receiving the CMPI award and how it fosters leadership and contributions to the field. Identify effective strategies for sharing findings […]