Case Management Advisor – May 1, 2016

May 1, 2016

• Case Managers and Decreasing ED Visits

  Embedded care managers helped a major health system in its transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care model.

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• CDC’s new opioid guidelines are welcome change from case management perspective

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for prescribing and managing prescription opioids in hopes of curtailing some of the nation’s more than 14,000 opioid overdose deaths each year.

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• Summary of the CDC’s 12 recommendations

  The CDC issued 12 recommendations related to opioid prescription use. The following is a summary of those recommendations.

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• Bridge model blends social work with case management

  A care transitions model that bridges the gap for patients with social-environmental barriers to better health management has expanded to more than 50 sites across the country.

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• Sounding the alarm about suicide risk

  Given that EDs are among the most likely places for patients at risk for suicide to present, experts say training staff to recognize and manage such patients is critical.

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• Look for weak links to prevent drug diversion

  A drug diversion specialist who frequently consults with healthcare facilities on drug diversion cites common areas of weakness in diversion prevention programs.

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