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Social Determinants of Health
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2024 SDOH Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Requirements and What Lies Ahead in 2025

BY TIFFANY FERGUSON, LMSW, CMAC, ACM-SW
In recent years, the healthcare industry has undergone a paradigm shift in recognizing the role that social determinants of health (SDoH) play in patient outcomes. These non-medical factors—including housing instability, food insecurity and transportation issues—have emerged as critical elements influencing overall health, particularly among vulnerable populations.

Continuum of Care
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Patient Advocates: A Crucial Piece of the Elder Care Puzzle

BY JENNIFER HALLORAN, PhD, BCPA
As case managers, we are all too aware of the myriad problems with our current healthcare system. One of the most intractable issues, particularly for elders, involves “frequent flyers,” patients who are admitted to the ED or hospital on a revolving basis. Despite the implementation of telephone-based follow-ups and other forms of tracking, this problem has not budged.

Readmissions
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How Home Care Impacts Hospital Readmission Rates

BY DANA TAYLOR, LCSW AND SYLVIA TREIN
Beginning in October of 2012, the Social Security Act established standards for the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) in an effort to measure and increase the quality of care at hospitals across the country. The 21st Century Cures Act of 2019 further refined the process, where hospitals with comparable numbers of patients on Medicare and Medicaid could be measured against each other.

Health Technology
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Call to Action to Support Emergency Department Follow-up Care

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.

Care Coordination
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COVID-19: Impacting Hospital Readmission With Focused Care Transition Calls

BY KATHLEEN (KATHY) PARRY, BSN, RN, CCM
The past 2 years have turned the healthcare industry upside down. The COVID-19 epidemic has impacted the industry in ways no one could have imagined. Rapid change in the healthcare environment meant switching from in-person work to remote work where case managers led the way by engaging patients as they transitioned through the delivery system from inpatient through the next level of care.

Continuum of Care
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The Patient Journey Through The Continuum Of Care

BY MARIE STINEBUCK, MBA, MSN, ACM, AND TIFFANY FERGUSON, LMSW, CMAC, ACM Patient satisfaction and the prevention of readmissions are continuously discussed as quality metrics for hospital success. With an increased focus on these and other metrics to continually improve patient care, hospital systems work to improve the patient experience from pre-admission…