Hospital Case Management articles from November 2007

Hospital Case Management archives from November 2007

Notify patients of financial responsibility if they don't meet Medicare criteria.
November 1, 2007... Notify patients of financial responsibility if they don't meet Medicare criteria HINNs should be used when patients no longer qualify for acute care Changes in the notifications that hospitals must give Medicare patients about their...

Avoid misinterpreting HIPAA regulations.
November 1, 2007... Avoid misinterpreting HIPAA regulations Don't deny access to people who are entitled to it While her husband was sleeping, after a medical procedure, Elizabeth Hogue, Esq., picked up his chart, which was lying on a table in his...

Guest Column: Coordinating Important Message notifications.(Column)
November 1, 2007... Coordinating Important Message notifications Rules require immediate response By Vivian Campagna, MSN, RN,C, CCM Commissioner, Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) New York City On Monday, July 2, 2007, a...

Tips for handling Medicare discharge appeals.
November 1, 2007... Tips for handling Medicare discharge appeals New rules and guidelines for Medicare Discharge Plan Appeals — known officially as the "Important Message from Medicare about Your Rights" (IM) — require hospitals to respond to...

Critcal Path Network: Six Sigma project slashes LOS for SNF discharges.(Report)
November 1, 2007... Critical Path Network Six Sigma project slashes LOS for SNF discharges Initiative targets ambulation, early assessment, discharge planning The length of stay for patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities from St....

Critcal Path Network: Educating ED staff assures admission criteria.(Weatherford Regional Medical Center )(Company overview)
November 1, 2007... Critical Path Network Educating ED staff assures admission criteria On-call CMs assist with community resources By educating emergency department supervisors on admissions criteria and community resources, Weatherford Regional...

Access Management Quarterly: Employee education big part in initiative's success.
November 1, 2007... Employee education big part in initiative's success Important Message part of all staff meetings Putting the "know" before the "why" for patient access employees was the focus at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, WA, during implementation...

Access Management Quarterly: Who should you charge with charge capture?
November 1, 2007... Who should you charge with charge capture? Consultant: Push job back to clinicians When it comes to the crucial arena of charge capture — making sure that providers are paid at the appropriate level for all services rendered...

Access Management Quarterly: New CMS 'error' rule has access implications.
November 1, 2007... New CMS 'error' rule has access implications 'We can affect patient outcomes' A recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will no longer pay for care required because of hospital error has...

Access Management Quarterly: Cell phones to the rescue when weather woes hit.
November 1, 2007... Cell phones to the rescue when weather woes hit Emergency, on-call staff affected Cell phones replaced land-based pagers at Richland Hospital in Richland Center, WI, when the area was hit by severe storms and flooding in late August....

2007 Salary Survey Results: Case managers facing increased caseloads, paperwork documentation with less direct patient care responsibilities.(Report)
November 1, 2007... 2007 Salary Survey Results Case managers facing increased caseloads, paperwork documentation with less direct patient care responsibilities Decrease in job satisfaction, increase in caseload Today's case managers report that they...

CE objectives/questions.
November 1, 2007... 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; ...