Advocacy
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Improving Outcomes and Advancing the Practice of Case Management Through Advocacy
BY SUSAN PLOUGH, MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC, CCM Part of the rich history of CMSA is its commitment to grassroots advocacy through…
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Case Managers Collaborate with Patient Advocates to Improve Health Outcomes
BY JANET BEESTING NELSON, BSN, RN, BCPA As a hospital-based case manager, you work extremely hard to coordinate care between physicians,…
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Perspectives On Accountability And Case Management
BY KRISTINE TOPPE, MPH Accountability and case management come up in many conversations about healthcare quality. Both are broad terms that…
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Destigmatizing Mental Health – What Can You Do?
BY TARA N. ADAMS, LCSW, CCM The stigma around mental health is such a difficult topic. I hesitated to take on…
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Workplace Violence Prevention: New 2022 Standards and Legislation
BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, RN, MSN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CPHM, CMAC Workplace violence that occurred during the pandemic is not a…
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The Need: Coordination of I/DD Services in Hospitals
BY DR. MERCEDES WILLIAMS, DBH, MPH/ID, LMSW, CCM Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) initiation in 2010, case management has continued…
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Mental Health Resources for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families Now Available 24/7
BY ANITA HERRON, BA The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) launched Mental Health Resources for Service Members, Veterans and their…
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Suicide Prevention in Teens and Children
BY DR. SUZANNE RYBCZYNSKI AND DR. CARMEN LOPEZ-ARVIZU On October 19, 2021, faced with the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on an already…
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A Conversation With Raine Arndt-Couch, JD, MSW, LCSW/LCSW-C, CCM
BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, MSN, BSN, NE-BC, CCM, FAAN Each month in this column we highlight an up and coming case…
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