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 Day on the Hill events.
Browsing: Advocacy
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, community resources, durable medical equipment providers and families. You coordinate with countless insurance plans. You solve problems and create solutions all day long and somehow bring it all together to discharge the patient with a safe plan.
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 have many meanings or implications, especially when they are used together. To help CMSA Today readers make sense of what can be complex issues, let’s think about how accountability applies to case management.
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 the challenge of writing this article because, despite being a mental health professional for over 20 years, I still struggle with not being biased myself.
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 new issue as it has been increasing in numbers since 2016. The pandemic, however, increased the number of instances of workplace violence due in part to two conditions that needed to be maintained for safety in the work environment: isolation and decreased ability to communicate to the healthcare team.
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 to evolve. State case managers are support coordinators in the intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) arena. I/DD are disorders that present at birth, specifically before the age of 18. These…
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 Families (HFMHR) in time for Veterans Day, 2021. The original 6-session NAMI Homefront (HF) program was developed to meet the unique needs of families of service members and veterans with mental health…
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 strained pediatric mental health system, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children’s Hospital Association declared a “national emergency in children’s mental…
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 management leader. The criteria for a nomination are that the professional has contributed to the practice of case management and has inspired others step up become leaders in their area…