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<p>Somebody has to coordinate the post-discharge care now that hospitals are beginning to bear risk for what happens to patients after discharge, but inpatient case managers are already swamped and don&rsquo;t have the time to do the job well, experts say.</p>

New Role for Case Managers Opens Up with Payment Reform

Inpatient staff can’t handle post-discharge care coordination

Somebody has to coordinate the post-discharge care now that hospitals are beginning to bear risk for what happens to patients after discharge, but inpatient case managers are already swamped and don’t have the time to do the job well, experts say.