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Don’t think the Recovery Auditors will disappear
Hospitals may eventually receive some relief from the burdens of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Auditor (RA) program (previously called the Recovery Audit Contractor [RAC]) program but dont think the RAs are going away. -
Safe lifting becomes standard practice
Safe patient handling should be standard practice, not best practice. That is the message behind new, draft standards issued by the American Nurses Association (ANA). -
Want more staff? It’s all about the data
Do your homework before making request -
Productivity tool measures CM success
Its used for evaluations, to justify more staff -
$2.6M more revenue captured with audits
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Case Management Insider
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services New Interpretive Guidelines for the Conditions of Participation for Discharge Planning Part 1 -
Are you tired, overworked? You must be a case manager
Make the case for fewer tasks, more staff -
Peer interviews, mentors = happy case managers
Hospital system increases staff satisfaction. -
Tailor ED discharge plan to the individual
One size just wont fit all -
Engage family members in crucial conversations