Hospital Case Management – July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011
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Who are all those auditors, and what do they want?
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Alphabet soup of auditors creates new world for CMs
It's a new era for hospitals and for case managers as a multitude of auditors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and commercial payers scrutinize patient records looking for errors. -
Case Management Insider: Interdisciplinary meetings play critical role in inpatient setting
It is expected that metrics will be available so that the contributions of case management are quantified, as outlined by Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior vice president, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, in her April 2011 Case Management Insider article "You're only as good as yesterday's discharges Strategies to demonstrate case management's value." -
Case Management Insider: Steps for establishing effective meetings
The devil is in the details when it comes to convening a successful interdisciplinary meeting. -
Case Management Insider: Ensuring permanence, and effective meetings
To maintain stability and effectiveness in meetings, the following steps should be considered.