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With the goal of boosting outcomes for health plan members, BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina has developed a pay-for-performance program open to hospitals and physician groups in the network.
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In todays health care arena, case management duties and job descriptions are changing rapidly, often resulting in feelings of frustration and disconnection among case managers in the managed care industry.
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When a home care patient is from another culture it is a good idea to learn as much as possible about his or her cultural beliefs before the visit, says Jeanne M. Martinez, RN, MPH, CHPN, former quality and education specialist at Northwestern Memorial Home Health Care in Chicago and now a quality specialist with palliative care and home hospice at Northwestern Memorial.
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Education is the backbone of home health care, says Eileen McFadden, BSN, MN, manager of educational services at VNA Home Health Care Services in Spokane, WA. It is through education that the patients goals and outcomes are met.
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Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, WI, had an occupational health and wellness program that had served its 1,500 employees quite well for many years. But the rocketing costs of health care benefits suddenly meant that Community Memorials occ-health program had to do more.
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Passport Health Plans care programs for Medicaid beneficiaries has been able to show a cost savings of $191 million for the state of Kentucky in the eight years its been in operation.
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Philadelphia-based Keystone Mercy Health Plan/AmeriHealth Mercys PerforMED, an intensive case management program for high-cost members receiving publicly funded health care, resulted in an adjusted savings of between $80 and $115 per member per month in the first six months.
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Health plans are coming up with innovative ways to coordinate care for the countrys Medicaid beneficiaries, a population whose challenges include almost as many social issues as medical ones.
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As increasing numbers of older Americans spend their last days in a nursing home, its important for nursing home staff, as well as hospice providers, to identify nursing home patients who might qualify for a hospice placement, an end-of-life care expert says.
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An estranged husband comes into the house while the home health nurse is teaching the patients mother how to do enteral therapy as he begins physically abusing the mother, he looks at the nurse and says, Youre next.