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Social Determinants of Health
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…
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Continuum of Care
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…
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Readmissions
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…
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Health Technology
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…
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Care Coordination
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…
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Regulatory issues
The Regulations and Finances Behind Readmissions
BY RONALD HIRSCH, MD, FACP, CHCQM, CHRI Readmissions are on every hospital’s radar. Hospitals spend significant resources to address what some…
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Stroke Care
Hospital Case Managers Are Effective in Decreasing Time From Stroke to Inpatient Acute Physical Rehabilitation
BY MARY McLAUGHLIN DAVIS, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CCM, AND STEPHANIE DOIBO, MS, BSN, RN, CCM Stroke is one of the leading causes…
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Continuum of Care
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…
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Social Determinants of Health
Health Confidence & Simulation: A Novel Approach to Patient Education to Improve Patient Engagement & Reduce Readmissions
CMSA FOUNDATION — 2020 CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT BY COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN Early in…
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Social Determinants of Health
Wrestling the Social Determinants of Health: Case Management’s Ongoing Opportunities
BY ELLEN FINK-SAMNICK, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CMHIMP, CRP, DBH-C The social determinants of health (SDoH) are embedded in the…
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