Case management isn’t what it used to be. That much everyone seems to agree on. But is the profession’s recent evolution driving away new recruits, or is it making the field more attractive to those looking for a challenge? That’s less clear.
With new attention on the care continuum, many new roles are being created to both complement the comprehensive needs of patients and ensure that licensed individuals have the opportunity to work at the top of their license.
Case managers in the primary care setting are on the rise, in part due to the role they play in patient engagement as well as the emphasis they place on quality of care in today’s value-based healthcare landscape, according to CMSA Today.
CMS released the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019 final rule April 9 to give states additional flexibility when choosing benefits in essential health benefit benchmark plans offered under health insurance marketplaces.
Much of the population health model is relatively new. Some of the work is based on other models, particularly the public health model. We know how important an efficient case management structure is to the success of the population health model. How does an organization not only change the model of case management but sustain the change and continue to evaluate its success?
Case managers today face significant challenges when working with patients who abuse opioids. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s 2016 figures, some 2 million Americans had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain medicine in 2015, and an additional 591,000 had a heroin use disorder.
