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05.07.2012		Top 10 Ways Hospitals Can Save Money: Targeting Case Management Functions Readmissions cost a community hospital $3.83 million each year – accounting for up to 9.6 percent of a hospital’s budget – and inappropriate lengths of stay add another $2.63 million in costs – accounting for up to 5.4 percent of a...

04.23.2012		As Costs Fluctuate, Transparency May Hold Key to More Affordable Care If there’s one thing that those inside and outside the healthcare industry can agree on, it’s that medical costs are skyrocketing at an unsustainable rate. What healthcare providers, payers and policy makers disagree on is how to get the U.S...

04.09.2012		Seeking Advanced Practice Nurses To Fill Primary Care Gaps Advanced practice registered nurses are being propelled to the forefront of the U.S. healthcare system with a new initiative under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act designed to strengthen primary care in the United States. The Centers for...

03.12.2012		Health Information Exchanges Still Prove Limited in Data Sharing: Study Current health information exchanges don’t yet meet patients’ needs, and a new study says healthcare organizations need to do more to help patients get the full benefits of electronic data from emerging health information exchange systems. ...

03.02.2012		Creating Solutions for the Huge Costs of 'Dual Eligibles' Individuals that qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid – also known as dual eligibles – have attracted the attention of policymakers in recent years due to the high costs related to their healthcare and the ballooning overall costs of the...

01.23.2012		Wellness Benefits Programs Spur Employee Productivity U.S. employees work harder, are more productive at work and take fewer sick days when participating in wellness benefit programs, a new study finds. According to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index, an online survey conducted in October 2011, 41...

01.13.2012		Revised CoP Guidelines Put Case Managers on Notice About Representatives In newly revised Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) interpretive guidelines, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is putting more pressure on hospitals to involve patients in decisions about their next level of care. ...

01.09.2012		U.S. Readmission Rates Dwarf Foreign Countries, Says JAMA Hospital readmission for patients who experienced heart attacks are more prevalent in the United States than in other developed nations. In analysis of more than 15 countries, the United States had the highest rate of hospital readmissions in patients...

12.16.2011		The New 'Just-in-Time' Consultants: Medical Home Case Managers Whether they work in hospitals or patient-centered medical homes, case managers play an important role in supporting quality care outcomes. But it is the medical-home model that is truly pushing case managers’ networking skills and versatility as they...

12.12.2011		ACO Partnerships Deliver Fewer Hospital Days, Readmissions, Says Study As insurers, providers, hospitals and other institutions throughout the healthcare system work to develop accountable care organizations (ACOs), one health insurer is already seeing fewer hospitalizations among its members as a result of a similar...

11.28.2011		Readmissions Price Tag for Colon Cancer: $300M As preventable readmissions become a growing problem in hospitals across the United States, a new study has found that readmissions after colon surgery are costly – and avoidable. According to a November study by Johns Hopkins University, nearly...

11.07.2011		$34M Targeted to Fight Hospital Infections According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are an estimated 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections each year, resulting in approximately 90,000 deaths. In an effort to curb that mortality rate and decrease the prevalence of hospital-acquired...

10.10.2011		Low-Performing Hospitals Treat Poor, Minorities More Often Minority and low-income patients are disproportionately cared for by the country’s worst hospitals – those that have high costs and poor quality care – according to a new study that appears in the October issue of Health Affairs magazine...

09.26.2011		COPD Leads to High Readmission Rates, Particularly Among Minorities Race, ethnicity and income are all factors that affect hospital readmission rates and readmission costs for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a September statistical brief from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and...

09.19.2011		Q&A: Case Management's Role in Observation: 'Experts in Status Determination' The definition and regulations surrounding observation services, which involve medical care at a hospital, can be downright confusing. With federal audits like RACs looming, they can be costly too. To find out how hospitals can get a handle on...

09.16.2011		Charting Case Management's Role in the Medical Home The patient-centered delivery model known as the medical home is rapidly expanding. Vast demonstration projects are underway, and private groups of providers are implementing the model’s key attributes of coordinated, connected care. What does this mean...

09.09.2011		AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy Discusses the Growth of Patient-Centered Care If there’s one thing health reform has set its sights on, it’s a rather simple idea – namely, that today’s patient should be the center of the diverse orchestrations that make up healthcare delivery. New models like the...

09.02.2011		More Embedded Case Managers Now Work in ERs, Discharge Units Whether they’re called case managers, nurse navigators or care coordinators, one thing seems certain – these health professionals are a growing presence in hospital emergency rooms, primary care practice and long-term care facilities across the...

08.25.2011		Readmissions Signal Poor Care, Right? New Study Suggests Perhaps Not Rates of urgent, unplanned hospital readmissions are increasingly being used to measure the quality of care at many institutions around the country. But a new study suggests that the level of patient readmissions after hospital discharge is not necessarily an...

08.24.2011		Q&A: Assessing the State of Caseloads, as New 'Caseload Calculator' Sets to Debut Is the million dollar question on the verge of being answered? Everyday, case managers around the country grapple with the thorny issue of caseloads. How many can I handle? What is the right size for my department? With research showing that caseloads affect...

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