Hospital Case Management articles from October 2005

Hospital Case Management archives from October 2005

CMS' changes to IPPS will affect your hospital's reimbursements.(Inpatient Prospective Payment System)
October 1, 2005... CMS' changes to IPPS will affect your hospital's reimbursements CMS expands post-acute transfers, ties reimbursement to quality reporting The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made sweeping changes to the Inpatient...

Ensure quality indicators are documented.
October 1, 2005... Ensure quality indicators are documented Hospital reimbursement will hinge on accuracy Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is requiring hospitals to submit data on 10 quality measures to get the full 3.7%...

Clinical pathways can help you track data.
October 1, 2005... Clinical pathways can help you track data Ensure services are provided in a timely manner If you're not using your clinical pathways on a regular basis, you're missing an opportunity to facilitate the collection of quality indicators...

Pathway keeps LOS low for young diabetes patients.
October 1, 2005... Pathway keeps LOS low for young diabetes patients Standardized family education is key Since Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, implemented its diabetes clinical pathway, the hospital's average length of stay for...

Critical Path Network: Hospitals collaborate to reduce surgical infections.
October 1, 2005... Critical Path Network Hospitals collaborate to reduce surgical infections QIO-led program cuts rate 27% in one year Fifty-six hospitals from 50 states as well as U.S. territories, collaborating to improve surgical care,...

Critical Path Network: Early '100,000 Lives' participant sees benefits.
October 1, 2005... Critical Path Network Early '100,000 Lives' participant sees benefits Facility sees dramatic reductions in ventilator use One of the better known ongoing collaborations in the United States is the Cambridge, MA-based Institute for...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Innovative program helps homeless, frees up beds.
October 1, 2005... Discharge Planning Advisor Innovative program helps homeless, frees up beds Collaboration among competing health systems An unusual collaboration among three competing California hospitals is providing much-needed post-discharge...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Sutter Health seeks dialysis solutions.
October 1, 2005... Discharge Planning Advisor Sutter Health seeks dialysis solutions Long stays expensive, risky One of the biggest discharge planning challenges at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA, involves patients who need dialysis after...

Patient Safety Alert supplement.
October 1, 2005... Click here for the October 2005 Patient Safety Alert supplement. SOURCE-Hospital Case Management

CE objectives/questions.(continuing medical education on case management)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... 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; ...