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Where will we find the new case managers and what will the new candidate look like? They might not be the seasoned clinician as you would hope for. As we need more and more case managers and social workers, some of us might need to look even more broadly for our candidates.
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The recruitment and retention of good case managers has never been more important than it is today. In the early years of hospital case management, many case managers transitioned into the role from utilization review or discharge planning positions.
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A pilot project providing coaching and follow up for heart failure (HF) patients who are readmitted frequently resulted in a 50% drop in the readmission rate at Indiana University (IU) Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, IN.
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After Summa Health System and Akron, OH, area nursing facilities formed the Care Coordination Network to improve communication throughout the continuum of care, lengths of stay and readmissions for patients transferred to facilities in the network dropped.
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Several million middle class people making up to $64,000 will potentially be eligible for Medicaid in 2014, according to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
For over 20 years, tax law has generally excluded a portion of Social Security benefits from income for federal tax purposes, notes Chris Stenrud, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
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The benefits of e-prescribing to patient care are often touted, but the reality is that physician practices often find some features cumbersome and unreliable, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in Washington, DC.
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Ohio Medicaid managed to keep optional services off the table throughout the recession, despite having a "fundamentally changed" economy in the state, according to Medicaid director John McCarthy.
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"We're entering the Golden Age of Case Management. The Affordable Care Act, the Accountable Care Organization initiatives, and other patient-centered, value-based models of care all recognize the value of case management.
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This is the second of a two-part series on liability risks involving ordering of diagnostic tests in the ED. This month, we report on possible lawsuits for future cancers, strategies if patients threaten to sue because a test wasn't ordered, and liability risks specific to pediatric patients.