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In today's litigious society, it's important for case managers to understand the laws and regulations that affect their practice and to protect themselves against lawsuits and allegations of fraud and abuse.
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The number of child sexual abuse cases could be dramatically cut by educating adults on how to prevent it from happening, says Nancy Chandler, ACSW, executive director of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy in Atlanta.
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Lack of access to health care can keep people from learning how to self-manage a chronic disease and how to appropriately use medical care to achieve good health.
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By using state-of-the-art technology to ensure that members receive preventive care measures and rewarding staff, physicians, and members when the preventive services are rendered, Health Plan of Michigan has increased its membership dramatically and is ranked No. 10 among the Nation's Best Health Plans by U.S. News & World Report and NCQA.
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After a countywide smoking ban was implemented in Indiana's Monroe County, hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped 70% for non-smokers, but not for smokers, according to a new study.
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A treatment protocol and a communitywide task force are among the initiatives Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital in Fort Worth, TX, has initiated to help adults with sickle cell disease learn to manage their condition and limit their visits to the hospital.
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When MCGHealth was planning a new neuroscience unit at its Augusta, GA, facility, patients and family members were involved every step of the way.
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Including patients and family members in everything from developing a plan of care to making changes in the hospital's physical appearance has paid off at MCGHealth in Augusta, GA.
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When Lee H. Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, redesigned its case management department and assigned case managers by program, patient throughput increased and length of stay dropped.
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In an unprecedented move to publicize the newly revamped Hospital Compare web site, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took out ads in 58 newspapers in major metropolitan areas on May 21, outlining some of the publicly reported hospital data that could be found on the web site.