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Issue 2, January 11, 2012

• Sneak Peek: How a patient tracking system is improving case management

  Earlier last decade, when patients came into the ED at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE...

Issue 6, February 8, 2012

• Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks

  Many case managers today feel like they're overburdened, but it may not be clear whether they're...

• Mentor Moment: Blanketed approach to seeking continued care for our patients

  As case managers, you may often work directly with leaders of other departments. Check out this...

• News: Hospital to use RNs only in acute-care inpatient setting

  Rochester General Health System will be replacing licensed practical nurses currently working...

• Audio conference: Readmission Reduction Program

  Effective October 1, hospitals with high readmission rates may face a 1%, across-the-board cut in...

Issue 5, February 1, 2012

• Sneak Peek: Planning for homecare can reduce avoidable readmissions

  Case managers want their patients to leave the hospital with a successful transition to home or...

• Mentor Moment: Overweight physicians display bias in obesity care

  Doctors who are overweight or obese are less likely than physicians of normal weight to diagnose...

• News: Hospital takes on septicemia, saves 36 lives

  Around Opelika, AL, a city of about 26,000 and an hour's drive from Montgomery, 36 people are alive...

• Tip: Consider HHA or post-acute level transfers

  Discharge planners have the difficult task of being the messenger with respect to continued stay...

Issue 4, January 25, 2012

• Sneak Peek: Ring in the new year with quality resolutions

  It's January. Time to ring in the new year and make some resolutions for 2012. Case managers have...

• Mentor Moment: Giving every patient the Beyoncé experience

  The gossip mills have gone into overdrive since celebrity power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z...

• News: Spectrum Health targets ED frequent fliers for primary care

  A new program at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI is identifying "frequent fliers" at...

• Audio conference: Observation services: A guide to compliant level of care determinations

  Understanding proper protocol for observation services creates confusion for many case managers...

Issue 3, January 18, 2012

• Sneak Peek: Four areas that break down physician relationships

  Most case managers have had a spat with a physician at one time or another. Maybe a physician...

• Mentor Moment: Top 12 healthcare quality concerns in 2012

  Which quality issues will provoke the most influential changes in healthcare in 2012? Or, which...

• News: Steward Health vs. nurse union fight an ugly harbinger

  The union-management animosity at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA, did not end with last July's...

• Audio conference: Observation services: A guide to compliant level of care determinations

  Understanding proper protocol for observation services creates confusion for many case managers...

Issue 2, January 11, 2012

• Mentor Moment: CMS innovation advisors aim to improve quality of care

  CMS has tapped 73 healthcare professionals for its innovation advisors program. Funded with $6...

• News: OIG to CMS, AHRQ: Help hospitals determine incident reports

  The OIG found that hospital incident reporting systems only capture an estimated 14% of adverse...

• Tip: Understand Medicare options for late-day discharges

  Discharge planners must consider late-day discharges. Many hospitals target a specific discharge...

Issue 1, January 4, 2012

• Sneak Peak: Issuing patient notifications to difficult patients and their families

  Greg, 80, admitted to the hospital with community acquired pneumonia, refuses to sign the Important...

• Mentor Moment: Many providers unprepared for HIPAA audit

  Most healthcare organizations charged with HIPAA compliance are not fully prepared for a privacy...

• News: Hospital develops program to combat nurse compassion fatigue

  Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has launched a successful program aimed at reducing nurse...

• Audio Conference: Condition Code 44: Best Practices for a Compliant Process

  “Condition Code 44: Best Practices for a Compliant Process,” a January 10 HCPro audio...