Hospital Case Management articles from June 2006

Hospital Case Management archives from June 2006

Discharge planning and the dilemma of dealing with homeless patients.
June 1, 2006... Discharge planning and the dilemma of dealing with homeless patients What do you do when they want to live on the street? The camera got it all on tape: A taxi disappearing from view and then 63-year-old Carol Ann Reyes, clad in a...

Network targets barriers for unfunded patients.
June 1, 2006... Network targets barriers for unfunded patients Strategies include paying for a lower level of care When patients at hospitals in Seton Healthcare Network are ready for discharge and don't have funding for post-discharge services, the...

Approach increases reimbursement, cuts LOS.
June 1, 2006... Approach increases reimbursement, cuts LOS ED social workers help avoid social admissions A multipronged approach has helped the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics find funding for indigent patients, cut the length of stay for...

Hospital funds, donations provide needed care.
June 1, 2006... Hospital funds, donations provide needed care CMs take creative approach to finding resources When indigent patients are ready for discharge but have post-acute needs, the staff at Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, AZ, sometimes dip...

Critial Path Network: Case managers help mentally ill avoid hospitalization, remain in the community.
June 1, 2006... Critical Path Network Case managers help mentally ill avoid hospitalization, remain in the community Program targets both adults and children An intensive case management program at Community Hospital in Chester, PA, helps...

Critial Path Network: Program keeps unfunded patients out of the hospital.
June 1, 2006... Critical Path Network Program keeps unfunded patients out of the hospital Program saves $500,000 a year in two years An outpatient case management program aimed at frequent utilizers of hospital services has paid off for Seton...

Critial Path Network: Hospital uses bright blue to nurture bottom line.
June 1, 2006... Critical Path Network Hospital uses bright blue to nurture bottom line Unscheduled inpatients targeted A procedure for obtaining copays and deductibles from unscheduled inpatients during their hospital stay is the latest in a...

Guest Column: Get a handle on your discharge process.
June 1, 2006... Get a handle on your discharge process Engagement of all relevant disciplines is necessary By Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR Hospital discharge must be viewed as a process rather than an...

Ambulatory Care Quarterly: Will centers make money with the move to APCs?
June 1, 2006... Will centers make money with the move to APCs? Start analyzing now to prepare for change As surgery centers begin to analyze how a new reimbursement system, if passed, would affect their income and bottom line, they are finding that...

CE objectives/questions.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... CE objectives After reading each issue of Hospital Case Management, the nurse will be able to do the following: *identify particular clinical, administrative, or regulatory issues related to the profession of case management; ...