Case Management Articles by Topic: Regulatory Compliance
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 30, November 18, 2009
Change is on the horizon. CMS currently is considering provisions that will promote the efficient...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 30, November 18, 2009
University Health Care Center (UHCC) in Syracuse, NY modeled its program for handling frequent ED...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
Are hospitals required to inform immigration officers when an undocumented alien seeks care?
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Do you ever wonder how the postacute transfer rule will affect the reimbursement for a particular...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
This week’s tip comes from Deborah Hale, CCS, author of Observation Status: A Guide to...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
HCPro, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of MedicareFind.com, a new regulatory database...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
The California Department of Public Health has collected approximately $1.2 million in fines from...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
A recent study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says that hospitals spent over $30...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
The Department of Public Health released a report last week that says more than 300 patients in...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
This week’s tip, an ask the expert, was submitted by Elaine Hall, LPN, a care...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
The article below was written by Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, CMA, and is an excerpt from...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
A study recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine examined Medicare claims data...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
This week’s tip comes from Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN.
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
It is no secret that RACs focused on one-day stays in the demonstration project. So what are you...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on February 6 that the contract protests...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Although many facilities struggle with delivering the Important Message (IM) from Medicare as part...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
A patient can come into your facility and get the best care possible, but if you don't have a...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
This week’s tip comes from Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, CMAC.
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
A new study concludes that a 19-item surgical safety checklist decreased post-surgical...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
CMS announced a temporary delay in the implementation of a competitive bidding program for durable...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
ED overcrowding is a problem almost every hospital faces. Many patients inappropriately come to the...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
No longer just a Joint Commission requirement, core measures have hit everyone’s radar and...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 50, December 17, 2008
Too many patients and not enough capacity in the emergency department has been a longstanding...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 49, December 10, 2008
The United States has difficulty penalizing or closing unsafe hospitals because it lacks a single...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 48, December 3, 2008
Now seniors and caregivers can find the most suitable and cost effective Medicare Part D plan by...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 46, November 12, 2008
On October 1, CMS began withholding additional payments to hospitals for certain identified serious...
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Case Management Weekly, Issue 46, November 12, 2008
This week’s tip, an “Ask the Expert,” was provided by Karla Mariska, RN, a...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
CMS’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program elicits feelings of fear, but Brenda Keeling...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
If your case management program is like most, it focuses mainly on utilization review and discharge...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
The corporate care management staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) knew its...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
When New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) in Wilmington, NC, wanted to decrease LOS...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Today, hospitals are facing many challenges: Shrinking payer sources, increasing charity care...
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Case Management Monthly, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
$23,772: That's the projected average annual loss per hospital starting October 1, when Medicare...