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In preparation for the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and to improve patient flow, Durham Regional Hospital redesigned its case management department and moved to a triad model of patient care.
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By redesigning its case management program and beefing up technology, Saint Thomas Health Services reduced the average length of stay systemwide by 0.20 days and saved more than $6 million in just two years.
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In an effort to ensure that the patients most vulnerable for readmission stay safe at home after discharge, Lutheran Medical Center is developing a pilot program with a local home care agency to provide at least one home care visit for the majority of congestive heart failure patients going home with no services.
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If you haven't started analyzing your hospital's readmission rates and the role case managers can play in reducing readmissions, it's time to start so your hospital can avoid penalties from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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If you assume that your workforce has better than average health statistics due to programs for nutrition, fitness, and smoking cessation, you may be sadly mistaken. On the other hand, you may have far fewer obese employees than the national average.
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As part of the ongoing education to prepare for Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) program, Cynthia Lawson, RN-BC, MBA, CPHQ, director of case management at North Hills (TX) Hospital is teaching her case management staff to think innovatively when reviewing charts.
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Pick up any newspaper or magazine or turn on the news and you're likely to hear somebody talking about this country's obesity epidemic.
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By law, how far can you go in screening employees or altering leave policies during pandemic?
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Bon Secours St. Francis Health System received nearly $2 million in denials and successfully appealed the vast majority of them during the few months the Greenville, SC, hospital was part of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) demonstration project, says James T. Jones, PhD, RN, administrative director, case management and patient documentation for the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System.
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People with chronic conditions who received telephonic disease management coaching based on their level of health activation had fewer visits to the hospital and emergency department than people coached in the usual way, a study has shown.