Case Management Regulations Overview
BY GARRY CARNEAL, JD, MA
The U.S. medical system is dynamic and always evolving. Understanding the regulatory landscape is essential for case managers to optimize their patient-centered mission.
BY GARRY CARNEAL, JD, MA
The U.S. medical system is dynamic and always evolving. Understanding the regulatory landscape is essential for case managers to optimize their patient-centered mission.
BY REBECCA PEREZ, MSN, RN, CCM
Everyone aspires to provide quality healthcare. The definition of healthcare quality would seem straightforward; however, establishing metrics is not necessarily so straightforward, a point recognized by Avedis Donabedian, a Lebanese physician and founder of the study of healthcare quality over half a century ago.
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, RN, BSN, MSN, NE-BC, CCM, FCM, FAAN
A strong case can be made for the inherent links between law, social factors and health.
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BY SHERRY ALIOTTA, BSN, RN-BC, CCM
The Standards of Practice for Case Management have been updated. The newly revised standards need not be a reference volume or an unrealistic ideal. They represent a philosophy, statement of beliefs, values to guide a program, its context and the role of the individual(s). They can serve as a road map to excellence and serve as a guidepost for case managers seeking environments that support the practice of case management.
BY VALERIE LINZEY, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Primary care practices are faced with many challenges when their patients are admitted or visit an outside facility or hospital. One of the major problems is a breakdown of communication when patients are discharged from the health facility or hospital and need to follow with primary care.
BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM
Are we there yet? As we come to the final installment of my Electronic Road Trip series, I hope you have found some great new resources and revisited familiar ones with new perspective.
BY MARY PAQUETTE, RN, BSN, CCM, AND MELINDA BAXTER, RN, MSN, CCM
Gene therapy is the latest high-cost challenge facing health plans and reinsurers alike. The need to understand issues associated with treatments, medical management, network management and contracting will evolve and persist.
BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM
Digital technologies are electronic tools, systems, devices and resources that generate, store or process data. Social media, online games, multimedia, patient portals and “apps” are just a few examples on how healthcare has leveraged digital technologies.
BY DR. LISA PARKER-WILLIAMS DNP, MBA, RN, CCM, AND KATHLEEN PARRY, BSN, RN, CCM
When one thinks about evidence-based practice (EBP), some of us in the healthcare world question whether it is a “buzz” word or if this is being implemented into practice.