BY MOLLYMAEVE LUSK
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is a multistate licensure solution, which allows nurses (RNs and LPN/VNs) to have one license, issued by their primary state of residence, with the privilege to practice in both their primary state of residence as well as other participating NLC states without obtaining additional licensure.
BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, RN, MSN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CPHM, CMAC
CMS 1135 pandemic waivers give healthcare providers throughout the COVID pandemic the ability to relax legal standards for Conditions of Participation and transitions of care. Allowing the healthcare industry flexibility with current CMS Conditions of Participation rules for managing transitions of care has increased fluidity and speed of transition for patient care.
BY LYNN S. MULLER, JD, BA-HCM, CCM
When we hear or see the term case, manager, what do we really mean? More importantly, what does it mean to the public whom we serve?
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.