Case Management

A new survey from McKinsey found that 53% of consumers report being adversely affected by one or more of the social determinants of health (SDoH), and having these needs unmet leads to more emergency room visits and hospital stays.

In Maryland, an innovative program called SBIRIT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment) is helping take some of the weight off case managers working with substance use disorder patients by successfully steering those patients into treatment through the use of peer recovery specialists.

Q: Do you have any advice for how a case manager and a social worker can best work together in an emergency department setting?

The ease of practitioners to transfer active professional licenses to others states is a longstanding issue across the industry, and this issue of licensure portability tests the patience and fortitude of case management professionals.

Early discharge programs have become increasingly important as hospital administrators focus on patient flow and throughput as a major strategy for financial stability and patient satisfaction.  

More than 54 million people are impacted by workplace bullying or incivility in the United States, and the high incidence of these distressing behaviors in healthcare poses grave risks to clients and the workforce.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a new app that case managers might want to recommend to their patients to use at those follow-up visits. It can help patients remember to ask important questions about their condition and their care.

Q: Do you have any advice for helping a case management team improve workflows between the inpatient and ambulatory setting?

Courtesy of the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in the military and across sports, this diagnosis has hit the mainstream, and case managers are challenged by a vast range of circumstances and factors they must take into consideration.

Are you double-checking that your patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) meet the three-day inpatient stay requirement? You might want to take a closer look if you aren’t, in light of a February report from the Office of Inspector General that found CMS paid out potentially millions of dollars for beneficiary stays that didn’t qualify under the rule.