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As Demand for Case Managers Rises, Educators Meet the Need
Case management positions and hiring are on the rise as healthcare organizations respond to changes brought by the Affordable Care Act.
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Technology is Great, but Use it With Caution
Case managers now have access to technology that makes their jobs easier, but should be careful to preserve patient confidentiality, experts say.
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Respite Care for Homeless After Discharge Cuts Avoidable Days, Readmissions
An $800,000 investment in a respite program that provides a place for homeless patients to recuperate after discharge has saved participating hospitals in Santa Rosa, CA, $17 million in the first three years.
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Home Visits Help Reduce Readmissions for At-risk Medicare Patients
Hallmark Healthcare’s Community-based Care Transitions project created the position for transition facilitators who visit at-risk patients in their homes and achieved significant decreases in readmissions.
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Communication is the Key to Ensuring a Successful Transition
In the hospital setting, the inpatient case managers should communicate amongst themselves, with the patient and family, and the nurse navigator, who, in turn, communicates with patients and everybody involved with them after discharge.
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Develop Criteria for Patients Referred to Complex Case Manager
Don’t base referrals to the complex case manager strictly on the age of the patient or the diagnosis.
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Coordinating Transitions Requires Experience, Knowledge of Resources
The role of transition coordinator may be a new one, but it will take an experienced case manager or social worker to handle it successfully.
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New Role for Case Managers Opens Up with Payment Reform
Somebody has to coordinate the post-discharge care now that hospitals are beginning to bear risk for what happens to patients after discharge, but inpatient case managers are already swamped and don’t have the time to do the job well, experts say.
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CMS is Accepting Applications for Five-year Primary Care Model
CMS has begun enrolling applications for its new nationwide primary care model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+).
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Sample List of Quality Measures Under Health Home Model
The New York State Health Home Program has a five-page list of goal-based quality measures collected to assess the program’s success.