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.
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.
Facilities that feel they have a strong inpatient admission screening process but still have a high observation rate may need to look closely at their data.
Even with today's tight budgets, there are ways to brighten the faces of staff members. We asked a variety of experts for their ideas. Here's what they had to say.