Community Case Management
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Federal Council Aims to Cut U.S. Homeless Rate by 25% by 2025
This is part of a long-term plan to end homelessness.
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NIH Funds Research Network on Harm Reduction
Grants will support scientists studying novel tactics to prevent opioid overdose deaths.
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SAMHSA Seeks Opioid Treatment Program Expansion
Under a proposed rule change, the agency wants to tear down more barriers to addiction treatment.
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Clinicians Are Ethically Obligated to Consider Financial Side of Care
Clinicians should include the cost of care in discussions, help patients access charity care or financial counseling, and screen patients for social determinants of health.
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Controversy Erupts Over Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying
Ethical controversy has erupted over Canada’s expansion of eligibility criteria for medical assistance in dying.
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The Role of Critical Access Hospitals
In rural areas, critical access hospitals provide care to patients who otherwise would have to travel much further for adequate care. Serving in a critical access hospital can be a much different experience than a larger hospital system, or even a hospital in an urban or suburban environment. Due to lack of training and support, even the case management process might not be as seamless or efficient as it is in other settings.
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Understanding Bundled Payments
Bundled payments can be confusing for case managers to navigate. The philosophy behind the bundled payment reimbursement model is that in managing the patient carefully across the continuum, transitions will be smoother and the care will improve, all while staying mindful of how the dollars are spent. It is meant to be a meeting of quality of care and cost-effectiveness.
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Best Practices for Maternity Case Management
In many ways, case management in the maternity and labor/delivery units is unlike other areas of the hospital. Often, the mothers and babies are healthy, and simply in need of support through the process. For that reason, it may even seem that case management is unnecessary. However, it is important to maintain a strong case management department that serves in labor and delivery as well as the postpartum units.
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Case Managers Can Better Educate Patients and Families About Opioid Addiction
While the world focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis — the opioid epidemic — continued to unfold, taking hundreds of thousands of lives. Hospital discharge is an opportunity for case managers and other providers to help prevent patients from becoming victims of opioid overdoses.
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ACO’s Comprehensive Patient Navigation Can Reduce Costs, Increase Satisfaction
Surprisingly, accountable care organization enrollees who are given fewer choices but better navigation assistance in making decisions are happier with their healthcare access, researchers found.