Case Management

The Commission for Case Manager Certification and the National Association of Social Workers entered an agreement to offer more social workers a chance at earning the Certified Case Manager® credential.

A large number of readmissions are caused by substance abuse, mental illness, and homelessness, according to a recent study published in JAMA Surgery.

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced plans to establish new telemental health resource centers.

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Are physician-to-physician transfers for SNF and rehab facilities required under the proposed changes to the Conditions of Participation for discharge planning?

Each year, some 400,000 patients in the U.S. receive home parenteral and enteral nutrition (HPEN), and that number is expected to grow as the population ages, the malnutrition epidemic becomes greater, and the push to improve nutrition to improve patient outcomes increases, says Noreen Luszcz, MBA, RD, CNSC,the national nutrition program director for Option Care, a home infusion provider for adult and pediatric patients.

The right physician advisor can be an ally for case managers, helping to improve communication and cooperation with physicians, bolstering compliance efforts, and helping to avoid delays in care that can keep patients from moving seamlessly through the system.

A county public health director in New York state recently presented a plan for an opioid task force that would employ a case manager dedicated solely to locating inpatient rehabilitation beds and follow-up counseling for addicts.

America’s Essential Hospitals (formerly known as the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems) is starting an initiative to better understand and improve population health programs.