In an effort to promote the development of the case management profession, the Case Management Society of America and the Commission for Case Manager Certification recently entered a collaborative agreement surrounding certification and membership.
There is little doubt that food plays a crucial role in health, but eating habits are often treated as a lifestyle, not a medical issue. That recently changed in Pennsylvania when a group of hospitals banded together to pilot a new program, The Healthy Food Access Pilot, which strives to help at-risk patients eat well in an effort to improve health outcomes.
As reimbursement models evolve, healthcare organizations should consider the role community-based organizations can play in collaborative care teams when treating vulnerable populations, according to CMSA Today.
Leah Jacoby, a veteran neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse, recently interviewed for a case management position that she hoped would help her make the jump from the clinical world to care coordination and patient advocacy.
