by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Jan 23, 2025 | Blog, Standards of Practice
By Elizabeth W. Teet, DM, MPA, ABDA, CPM, QIDP In 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the first significant revision of the federal standards for nursing home care since the 1965 creation of both Medicare and Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396r, 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3, 42...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Health and Wellness
By Cha-Loe Davis, LCSW, CCM In November, I met with my manager for my annual review. We began to discuss all my accomplishments over the past year. It was the first time I stopped and reflected on all the great things I had done. As a Co-Coordinator at the VA, I...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Nov 25, 2024 | Blog, Perspectives
By Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, CCM, CCTP, CRP, FCM The First of Many I arrived on the unit for morning rounds no sooner than one of the physicians approached me. “Just a heads up, Ellen. Be careful if you visit room 232.” “If?...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog, Spotlight
By Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM If I had to be honest with the readers of this blog, I never anticipated a career in social work—much less in medical social work or case management. My younger self was ambitiously plotting a path in psychology, largely unaware...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Nov 4, 2024 | Blog, Case Management
By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM Have you received or given an act of kindness recently? Has someone been kind to you, inspiring you to pay it forward? Kindness is being friendly, generous, and considerate without expecting anything in return. The root of the...
