Hospital Case Management – March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011
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CMS proposal to reward hospitals for providing high-quality care
Beginning with discharges on Oct. 1, 2012, your hospital's reimbursement could be affected by its performance on quality measures as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implements the value-based purchasing program mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. -
MD to document meeting regarding home care
A new regulation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have a far-reaching impact on Medicare patients and their providers, including hospital-based case managers, says Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, vice president of regulatory monitoring and clinical leadership at Curaspan Health Group. -
Case managers, SWs cover the ED 24-7
Faced with an influx of patients following Hurricane Katrina, North Oaks Health System in Hammond, LA, placed case managers in the emergency department, an initiative that ultimately led to 24-7 coverage by emergency department case managers. -
Case Management Insider: Reducing readmissions: Case management's critical role
Since case management's entry into the acute care setting in the mid-1980s, most of the significant changes in health care delivery have been associated with changes in health care's reimbursement structure. -
CM redesign positions hospital as an ACO
As part of its transition to becoming an accountable care organization, Cheyenne (WY) Regional Medical Center has redesigned its case management model and implemented a transfer center, a single point of entry for all patients whether they are transfers from smaller hospitals, direct admits from provider offices, or patients admitted by emergency department physicians. -
Ambulatory Care Quarterly: ED leaders reverse poor flow trends
How's this for a turnaround? A few years ago, patient satisfaction levels in the three EDs of the Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance were in the lowest decile in Massachusetts, and now they are consistently in the top quartile. -
Ambulatory Care Quarterly: Culture change starts with leaders
The dramatic improvements achieved in patient flow at Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance could not have been possible without culture change, says Assad Sayah, MD, FACEP, chief of emergency medicine for the system.