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Using a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston launched a program to prevent readmissions.
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Nurses are at high risk of stress caused by work-family conflict (WFC) partly because of the physical and emotional demands of their long shifts. One solution could be to permit some worker self-scheduling, an expert says.
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The discharge planning worksheet that surveyors will use to assess hospitals compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation highlights the need for case managers to be more proactive in discharge planning and identifying the right post-acute setting in a timely fashion, says Laura Jacquin, RN, MBA, managing director for Huron Healthcare, a Chicago-based consulting firm.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is increasing its emphasis on discharge planning and has developed a worksheet for surveyors to use to determine if hospitals are in compliance with the Conditions of Participation.
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Nothing changes, nobody cares. That bleak title of a recent journal article tells the story of workplace violence through the eyes of emergency room nurses.
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As documented in the CDCs National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), the population of patients being seen in American EDs continues to get older, except in EDs with a mission to serve children.
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Molina Healthcare offers Native Americans covered by its Medicaid managed care plan a Traditional Medicine Benefit, which gives them a stipend to spend on traditional healing.
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Recognizing that case management programs should be tailored to the special populations being served, health plans are creating specialty programs to meet the needs of their members.
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Pediatric case managers from UPMC for You collaborate with caseworkers to ensure that children in foster care get the care, preventive, and behavioral health services they need.
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Rather than just cutting off the supply of controlled substances, CareSource case managers work with members with substance abuse problems and help them reduce their dependency.