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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.
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While an increasing number of hospital systems are creating senior-friendly EDs, one new study suggests that many of the tenets of geriatric medicine are also applicable to the care of patients with complex health problems, especially with respect to care transitions.
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