Case In Point Platinum Awards

Partners:

The Case In Point Platinum Awards recognize the most successful and innovative case management programs and individuals working to improve healthcare across the care continuum. Today, all eyes are on the practice of case/care management as a process to improve efficiency and effectiveness in today's healthcare system. This Platinum Awards Program, like no other awards program in the industry, provides the opportunity for organizations and professionals to celebrate their successes in a way that elevates the practice.

From the publisher of Case In Point, Case In Point Weekly, the Case Management Resource Guide, this 3rd annual awards competition will set the standard for programs and the professionals that deliver sustained success across a variety of disciplines and settings in the overarching continuum of care coordination.

This year, we have redesigned the program so to recognize organizations and individuals. We have a range of 38 categories, from best emergency department program to best independent case management program with dozens in between.

The Platinum Awards Program seeks to honor those programs and professionals that best educate and empower patients, improve adherence and wellness, ensure quality care, and contain healthcare costs.

The Case In Point Platinum Awards increase recognition of the practice of case management and its importance to organizations, members of the healthcare team and consumers who depend on the practice to decrease fragmentation, provide safe transitions of care and reduces escalating healthcare cost regardless of the setting. 

 

Who Should Enter

This awards program is open to all stakeholders who provide care coordination services.  We are looking for those hospitals, health systems, managed care organizations, provider organizations and professionals, who have launched, sustained and improved programs making an impact in today’s healthcare arena.

Eligibility Requirements

The awards program is open to any case management professional and organizations that that fits within the categories below. Because healthcare is global, we will accept submissions from organizations worldwide.

You may apply in one or more category as companies and individuals are many times crossed trained. Feel free to choose the category(s) that best matches your program, or provides an opportunity to highlight a professional making a difference.

Submitting a nomination is easy. Just complete the entry form and submit a 750 word description that explains and supports why you or your organization should win the Platinum Award.

Entries are judged on of creativity, innovation, leadership, behavioral change, cost containment and patient education, empowerment and engagement efforts that lead to improvement in efficiency, effectiveness, healthcare and containment of escalating healthcare costs. 

Because it is essential for case/case managers professionals and organizations to demonstrate their roles and the value they bring to the patients and their families, we do allow self-nominations. 

Please note you do not need to be part of any professional organization to submit an entry as the Platinum Awards Program is open to all!
 

Categories

The best case management programs will be selected from the following settings-based case management categories:

Case Management in Acute Settings:

Case Management Provider Program: Entries for best provider-based case management program is one that strives to ensure resources are coordinated and utilized effectively and efficiently.

Discharge Planning Program: An award for inpatient facilities that ensure patient’s transition safely from one setting to another.

Emergency Department: Saluting the emergency department case management program that ensures patients have access to the most appropriate setting to match their health care needs.

Hospital Case Management: This category seeks the best hospital case management program that works collaboratively with patients and the health care team to ensure patients receive safe, quality, evidence-based care in the least restrictive setting.

Long-Term Care: The top program that works with patients in long-term care settings such as skilled care facilities, continuous care retirement centers, and nursing homes.

Observation Services: Recognizing departments that are designed to meet the needs of patients for short stays in lieu of admissions. 

Transition of Care Program: Recognizing organizations that have made inroads to improving transitions of care across the care continuum.

Utilization Management Program: Excellence at ensuring health care resources meet evidence-based requirements and the specific needs of the patient.

Case Management in Managed Care:

Disease Management/Population Health: For the program that manages patients with chronic medical conditions in order to decrease exacerbations and improve quality of life.

Managed Care: Seeking programs where the care provided is evidence-based, safe and delivered in the least restrictive setting.

Nurse Call Center: Honoring the best call center that provides patients an effective and efficient resource to gain information and guidance regarding health and heath care issues.

Transition of Care Program: Recognizing programs that have made inroads to improving the transitions of care.

Utilization Management Program: Excellence at ensuring health care resources meet evidence-based requirements and the specific needs of the patient.

Workers’ Compensation/Disability:

Disability Case Management: Seeking the best disability case management programs for working with patients who are on short- or long-term disability.

Occupational Health Care Management: Honoring the top professionals who keep workers well through prevention programs and medical management programs.

Workers’ Compensation Case Management: For the program at the top of the list that strives to return the injured worker to gainful employment through medical management programs.

Case Management Programs and Initiatives:

Behavioral Health Case Management: Recognizing the best program for coordination and management of care for patients with various behavioral health conditions.

Integrated Case Management: The best case/care management program that integrates medical and behavioral health for a holistic approach to care management.

Medicaid Case Management: Recognizing case management programs that focus on the Medicaid population.

Medicare Advantage Program: Recognizing case management programs that focus on the Medicare population.

Military Case Management: Providing the best in care coordination for active, retired and dependents involved in the U.S. military.

Pediatric Case Management: Working with pediatric patients and their families to ensure care coordination throughout the care continuum.

Rehabilitation Case Management: Top in the field at assisting patients who are undergoing rehabilitation to return to their maximum function.

Social Work: An outstanding social work case management program that coordinates care as well as resource management throughout the care continuum.

Wellness/Prevention: The best employer programs designed for ensuring members understand their specific risks and the prevention strategies to improve health and wellness.

Women/Children Case Management Program:  Honoring women and children case management programs that address the needs and resources of this targeted population.

 
Individual Professional Categories

Recognizing the Professionals behind the Departments. Behind each department is a great leader. The Case In Point Platinum Awards Recognize the Brightest Stars in the following Categories.

Case/Care Manager – Leadership: Recognizing the case manager who excels at providing guidance and leadership.

Case/Care Manager – Patient Outreach: Honoring the case manager who delivers extraordinary care to at-risk or other populations.

Disability Manager: Saluting those involved in the management of patients injured or disabled on duty or with an injury or chronic condition.

Disease Manager: Recognizing clinical professionals with expertise in various disease states who educate and empower patients with chronic conditions to gain control of their lives.

Geriatric Care Manager: Seeking top specialists who work with the elderly and their families to address health and life challenges.

Hospice/Palliative Care Case Manager: Recognizing professionals who work with patients and families to ensure dignity through the continuum of life.

Independent Practice: Honoring professionals with an entrepreneur spirit who branch out on their own or start small business in the area of case/care management.

Medical Directors:  Honoring physicians who provide guidance, support and direction to those who coordinate care and act as liaisons to the treating physicians in both the payer and provider sectors.

Life Care Planner: Honoring professionals who use their clinical expertise to determine lifetime needs of those who are faced with catastrophic/chronic conditions.

Social Worker: Recognizing social workers who excel at assisting patients and families by educating, empowering and counseling them to cope with issues impacting their lives.

Workers’ Compensation Case Manager: Recognizing professionals who work with the injured worker to reach his/her maximum potential and return to gainful employment.

How to Enter

Download the entry form. Professionals and Organizations can self-nominate in one or more of the listed categories. Nominations need to be submitted with the following information and postmarked by December 14, 2011:

Please include the following information:

1. Name of organization or professional being nominated.
2. The submitter’s (contact person) name, daytime phone number and email address.
3. A brief description of your program and a synopsis of the most compelling reasons why you or your program deserves to win in the category of your choice (no more than 750 words).

Please provide examples of how you or your program demonstrated stellar achievements over the past year in the areas of creativity, innovation, leadership, behavioral change, cost containment and patient education, empowerment and engagement.

Please include, where possible, measurable data and supporting materials, such as outcomes, statistical evidence, press notices and other documents that evince your "best-of" status. 

• Within your program, are you communicating with the patient, family and others to gain a comprehensive assessment?
• Does your program include a plan of care that includes short- and long-term goals and incorporates the patient/family needs?
• Does your facility transition the patient as needed and provide information that enables the patient and/or the next case manager to understand the plan of care and the unique opportunities or challenges that have been discovered?
• How are you advocating for the patient and members of the health care team to ensure the plan of care is meeting the needs of the patient and that progress is being made? If barriers are identified, is the plan of care re-evaluated?
• Are care coordination activities and short- and long-term goals documented and are you actively monitoring the plan of care as the needs of the patient change?
• What patient engagement efforts have you implemented that have improved health, decreased exacerbations and readmissions?
• Share documented cost-savings and outcomes that demonstrate the value you and your organization bring to patients, families and the industry as a whole.
   

To mail correspondence or check payment, please mail to the following address:

Hope Kabik
Dorland Health
Case In Point Platinum Awards
4 Choke Cherry Road
Second Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

301-354-1769

Deadlines/Entry Fees

Early Deadline: December 14, 2011 (postmarked)
Late Deadline: December 21, 2011 (postmarked)

The price of each primary entry is $290. The price of additional entries (same program or professional but different categories) is $145. A late entry surcharge of $150 will be applied per entry submitted after December 14. Payment in full must accompany the entry. Entry fees are not refundable.

Award winners and honorable mentions will be notified by January 31, 2012 and honored during the awards ceremony in May 2012 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

To mail correspondence or check payment, please mail to the following address:

Hope Kabik
Dorland Health
Case In Point Platinum Awards
4 Choke Cherry Road
Second Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

301-354-1769

FAQs

How are the entries judged?
Entries are judged by a panel of case management professionals who have a wide variety of experience that match the award categories. Also serving as judges are the staff of Case in Point Magazine and Case in Point Weekly. We evaluate your entry based on the proven track record and success of your program.

Who is eligible to win an award?
All case management professionals, departments and organizations that perform case/care management are eligible to enter and win an applicable award.

Where and when will the awards ceremony take place?
The award winners are chosen from the finalists and awarded at the Awards Luncheon. The Awards Luncheon will be held in the Washington, DC area, spring, 2012.

What happens if I or my organization is not an award winner?
All finalist will be recognized. First keep in mind, there can be more than one award winner in each category, based on the judge’s recommendations. Those finalist not chosen as Award Winners will receive an honorable mention award. All are recognized at the Awards Ceremony, in  Case In Point Magazine and on the Platinum Award Website.

How can I or our program increase the chances of winning an award??
Provide the requested information with a thorough essay on why you or your organization deserves to win and include supporting materials like outcomes data to demonstrate your successes.

When will we be notified about the status of our entry?
The person submitting the nomination will be notified by email if you are named a finalist. Finalists will be notified by January 31, 2012.

Are the awards affiliated with any professional organizations?
The Case In Point Platinum Awards is an independent competition and your submission will not be shared with any outside parties.

What if I want to submit to more than one category?
Please do. We encourage you to submit to all categories to which you or your organization best demonstrate success.

What are the entry fees?
The price of each primary entry (unique program) is $290. The price of additional entries (same program, different categories) is $145. A late entry surcharge of $150 will be applied per entry submitted after December 14, 2011. Payment in full must accompany the entry. Entry fees are not refundable.

For more information regarding entry details, please contact Hope Kabik at 301-354-1769.