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It makes sense to the rehab field that the 75% rule for qualification as an inpatient rehabilitation facility should be changed.
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Heres an issue you may not have considered amid all the headaches of Medicares pending $1,590 outpatient therapy cap.
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Case manager interventions can benefit patients who are dealing with chronic conditions, a member of an advisory board working to improve health care says.
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Before you start your outcomes measuring program, you need to decide what youre going to track and how youre going to document your savings.
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Todays case managers need to understand outcomes and track them in order to prove that their interventions have value, says Mary Jane McKendry, RN, CCM, MBA, director of education, training and consulting for McKesson and is president-elect of the Case Management Society of New England in Hampstead, NH.
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When members call a nurse triage line about a health problem, theyre at a teachable moment when they are receptive to taking action about their conditions, Kevin Maher, RN says.
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Patients with traumatic brain injuries are turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies to supplement conventional medical care, but the majority is not discussing it with their physicians, a new study has concluded.
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Medicaid recipients with disabilities who direct their own supportive services were significantly more satisfied and appeared to get better care than those receiving services through home care agencies, according to a demonstration project supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.