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Unit-based Case Management Model Works Best for Organization
Once upon a time, a hospital’s case manager performed all case management responsibilities and utilization review work. Social workers performed a lot of the discharge planning. All worked fairly well, but something was missing: Case managers were limited in their ability to care for patients.
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Q&A With the Nurse Who Wrote the Book on Case Management
Case Management Advisor asked Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, CCM, president of Mullahy & Associates of Huntington, NY, and author of The Case Manager’s Handbook, Sixth Edition, published in June 2016, to discuss case management tools and strategies.
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Study Offers Puzzle Piece to Paying for Integrated Care
Integrating mental health into primary care practice settings needs both research and a payment structure that works.
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AAAHC’s Updated Standards Include ‘Elements of Compliance’
The AAAHC rewrote its standards to include elements of compliance. The 2018 Accreditation Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care contains revised standards that will be implemented in surveys starting March 1, 2018.
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Emergency Preparedness Standards in a World of Endless Disasters
Many ASC directors and staff were concerned about the federal emergency preparedness final rule after the new federal regulations were published in 2016. Then, events this year put disaster preparation into sharper focus.
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Life Safety Compliance Trends, Update, and Look Ahead
The federal Life Safety Code standards for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) will continue to evolve over the next few years. They are moving toward patient safety-centric policies and procedures, and it might not be long before the next big changes arrive.
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‘No One Likes Me’
Some employees are decision-makers who take their job seriously, seem trustworthy, are motivated, don’t mind sharing the load, and are perceived as working hard. Conversely, those who are not as popular or well liked are often viewed as manipulative, gossipers, conniving, rude, quiet, or possess other traits.
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Four Steps to Making ASCs More Efficient
Surgery centers increasingly are under regulatory scrutiny, and their industry is evolving quickly. One of the more predictable changes is the push for greater efficiency and cost-cutting.
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A Few Suggestions for Better Operations
ASC boards focus on the big picture of a surgery center’s staffing, services, and financing. But they also might pay closer attention to some of the operational details that can help or hinder an organization’s efficiency.
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Cutting Higher-hanging Fruit to Improve ASC’s Financials
Minimizing variation is one strategy that can help ASCs improve efficiency and cost.