by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 23, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Adrienne Trzonkowski, MSM RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CCM As I begin to type my daily end-of-day projected discharge email, something hits me. I am writing the name of a gentleman who has been with us for over a hundred days. He is not going to rehab, he is not...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 16, 2025 | Blog, Spotlight
By Debra Bellitter, RN, MBA, CCM, CPHQ, CMCN, CHCQM-Diplomat *Please note that patient, client, and beneficiary are used interchangeably. Case management has become more critical than ever, but a fundamental question persists: are you truly enabling patients to...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 9, 2025 | Blog, Case Management
By Megan Owen Heaton, LCSW, CCM We’ve all heard the typical consent speech before surgery: “If you don’t proceed, you risk dying sooner; if you do, we extend your life.” But what if the outcome isn’t so clear-cut? What if the truth lies somewhere in the ambiguous and...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 25, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Brenda Sutliff, MSN, RN Fred has been developmentally disabled since birth. He was non-verbal and came to our hospital with a bowel obstruction due to Pica. He lived in a long-term nursing home known to have a less-than-desirable reputation, but it was one of...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog, Case Management
By Angela Mounsey, BSN, RN, CCM, CPHQ One of the most dreaded responsibilities of a case manager is having to issue a letter of non-coverage to a patient or their family. It’s the moment when the care team determines that the patient no longer meets medical necessity...
