Case Management Advisor articles from March 2006

Case Management Advisor archives from March 2006

With wide variety of organizations to join, which do you choose?
March 1, 2006... With wide variety of organizations to join, which do you choose? Some fear that case managers are losing their voice Case managers have a lot of choices when it comes to what professional organizations to join and which certifications...

Program screens members for postpartum depression.
March 1, 2006... Program screens members for postpartum depression Info, follow-up calls, referrals prevent other problems Members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri's Postpartum Depression Screening Program consistently give the St. Louis-based...

Program helps young asthmatics control disease.
March 1, 2006... Program helps young asthmatics control disease Program combines basketball, disease management In the first six months of Keystone Mercy Health Plan's Healthy Hoops program, which combines basketball and asthma management, the...

Not every injury/illness requires time off.
March 1, 2006... Not every injury/illness requires time off Panel recommends different approach to time off Occupational health professionals are constantly looking for ways to improve return to work (RTW) for injured or ill employees, but there has...

Study: Fewer heart deaths when QI efforts are made.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2006... Study: Fewer heart deaths when QI efforts are made Patients less likely to need readmission Heart failure patients are less likely to die after they go home from the hospital if the hospital has participated in an organized quality...

Self-audit hospice program to identify risk areas.
March 1, 2006... Self-audit hospice program to identify risk areas Expert offers guide to effective compliance It's been more than six years since the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its compliance program guidance for hospices, listing 28...

CE objectives/questions.(continuing education)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... CE objectives After reading this issue, continuing education participants will be able to: *Identify clinical, legal, legislative, regulatory, financial, and social issues relevant to case management. *Explain how those issues...