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Post-discharge interventions reduce readmissions by 20%
At-risk patients who receive post-discharge phone calls from RN transitional care specialists at Ochsner Health System’s Care Coordination Center have 20% fewer readmissions than patients with similar conditions who don’t have the intervention.
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Case managers, financial staff work together closely
At Medical City Dallas Hospital, the case management team works closely with the financial team to ensure that patients get the care they need and that the hospital is reimbursed for the stay, says Pat Wilson, RN, BSN, MBA, assistant vice president for case management and transplant services.
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Being a Good Steward of Your Patients’ Benefits
Today’s case managers have to be aware of the financial piece in every aspect of the patient stay.
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CMs should understand financial side as well as clinical side of healthcare, experts recommend
In today’s healthcare environment with its focus on high-quality, cost-effective care, it’s more important than ever for case managers to understand the financial side of healthcare.
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Nurse: Hospital lied, tricked her for PR benefit
One of the more shocking allegations in the lawsuit nurse Nina Pham filed recently against Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas involves what she says was a deceitful attempt to help bolster the hospital’s public image during a frenzy of media coverage about Ebola.
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Survey of impact from first year of ACA enrollment
The number of Americans reporting they did not receive needed healthcare because of its cost dropped for the first time since 2003, from 80 million in 2012 to 66 million, according to the just-released 2014 Biennial Health Insurance Survey from The Commonwealth Fund in New York City. -
Report on hospital discharge planning tools
Hospital discharge planning tools should incorporate the judgment of clinicians and be administratively feasible, according to findings in a new report released by the American Hospital Association (AHA). -
NQF, TJC announce quality winners
The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum announced the three winners of the 2014 John M. Eisenberg award for patient safety and quality.
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CCI launches new care integration center
The Center for Care Innovation in San Francisco has launched a new Web-based resource dedicated to care integration. -
CMS now publicly reporting hospital flu vaccination rates
Public reporting is raising the stakes for flu vaccination. For the first time, potential patients can compare health care worker influenza immunization rates as part of the online hospital quality data provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.