http://www.dorlandhealth.com Dorland Health Website en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 4:13:12 EDT Employee short-term disability negatively impacts employer and employee alike, incurring costs, stunting productivity and leaving employees in the difficult position of playing “catch up” within the work environment. Many who are on short-term disability are there not because of physical injury... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2782.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT With the sheer amount of information accompanying the release of the first-ever state-based insurance exchanges, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently made available additional funding for the support of its Navigator program. The aim of the program is to help individuals... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2783.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT In the past, when disease was not physically evident at the time of a person’s death, “old age” was an assumed diagnosis. Today, physicians are no longer allowed to list “old age” as a cause of death – instead, they are required to list the immediate causes of death and... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2784.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Patient engagement is on the minds of healthcare leaders today who care about the Affordable Care Act and its driver, healthcare reform. While many healthcare leaders embrace the engagement as a concept, challenges loom large in an industry characterized by opposing financial incentives that have... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2786.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Across America, countless friends, family, co-workers and mothers are shattered by their breast cancer experience. Some, close to me, lost the battle. I felt an urgency to use the powerful tool of the arts to return these women to a sense of complete beings. Using my nonprofit agency, Heroes Unite, which for... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2787.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Welcome to the June 2013 issue of Case In Point. In this issue we focus on the baby boomer generation. In 2011, the first of the baby boomers reached what used to be known as retirement age. And for the next 18 years, boomers will be turning 65 at a rate of about 8,000 a day. As this unique cohort grows... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2789.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT As we age, our potential for needing long-term care services increases with the rising occurrences of co-morbidities amassed by the diminishing nutritional dietary habits of our society. So why do we have Medicare and what exactly does it cover in regards to our long-term care needs? Let’s start by... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2793.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT While job stress can lead to physical ailments like heart disease, a new study shows that a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce the risk of poor health outcomes in the face of workplace worry. English researchers from University College of London scoured the health data of more than... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2794.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The latest FDA drug approvals have direct application to case managers and the patients they monitor. For the treatment of COPD, prostate cancer and more, these drugs are new tools for your mission of coordinating patient care effectively and cost-efficiently. Xofigo Company: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2796.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Prevention is a word we associate with taking action prior to things happening to ensure they don’t occur. We take preventive steps in all aspects of our daily life – we wear seatbelts to prevent injuries while driving, we lock our doors to keep burglars out, and we put sunscreen on to prevent... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case_management/cip_magazine/2800.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT