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...
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...
Supporting Our Food Insecure Community

Supporting Our Food Insecure Community

By Michelle Brusio, MSN, RN, CCM To address food insecurity in our community, our Care Transformation Team delivered twenty-five Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) seasonal fruit and vegetable boxes this past summer/fall to patients in need. The boxes were...
What about Spot?

What about Spot?

By Marianne DiMola I had a painful phone call yesterday. Some of you may not know that I was a home care director earlier in my career. I serve as a Board Trustee for a dog and cat rescue group and have since 2007 (EASEL). A hospice case manager called and was near...