This week’s updates include revisions to the Program Integrity Manual and updated data on hospital charge variation. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
Case managers can play an important role in the financial health of any organization and should take an active part in the revenue cycle, which includes all the administrative and clinical activities that contribute to the accurate and complete capture, management, and collection of patient service revenues from preadmission through discharge, says Stefani Daniels, RN, MSNA, CMAC, ACM, managing partner at Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., in Pompano Beach, Fla.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after someone experiences, sees, or learns about a traumatic event (e.g., combat exposure, child sexual or physical abuse, terrorist attack, sexual/physical assault, serious accident, natural disaster). Most people experience some stress-related reactions after a traumatic event. A person whose reactions do not go away over time and disrupt his or her life may have PTSD.
