Ensure proper payment from interrupted stays

July 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

An interrupted stay occurs when a patient is discharged from a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) for treatment and services that are not available in the LTAC and after a specific number of days away from the LTAC, is readmitted to the same LTAC for further medical treatment.

Credentials can make the difference in salary

July 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

We received more than 700 responses from case management professionals from all over the country. This article focuses on how case management professionals' credentials, experience, and education  affect salary.

Customized physician order streamlines the face-to-face requirement but doesn't guarantee physician cooperation

July 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

From the Important Message from Medicare to the discharge instructions, case managers juggle a myriad of forms throughout a patient stay. CMS added another form to the list when it implemented the face-to-face encounter requirement for home health referrals.