by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog, Case Management
By Divya Jose, MSN , CCRN, CCM , ACM-RN Case Managers are not just coordinating care; they are often the lifeline that helps patients navigate a complex and frequently confusing healthcare system. We are the ones providing resources to patients when they face a new...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog, Case Management
By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a groundbreaking rule to expand Medicare Part D coverage to include anti-obesity medications (AOMs). This landmark proposal can potentially transform the...
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?...
