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Keep an Eye Out for Noncompliance Red Flags
Case management directors can train staff to log their hours, maintain accurate documentation, and follow all payer rules and requirements to maintain compliance with laws and regulations.
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Basic Compliance Training Should Focus on Payer Service Standards
Case management departments can prevent False Claims Act violations by training case managers to follow the rules set by their program funders and payers, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Case Study Illustrates How Care Team Works
A healthcare organization’s care team model provides complex patients with holistic care, helping them stay out of the hospital and ED.
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Care Managers Who Are Social Workers Make Magic Happen for Complex Patients
A prevention-focused care management program successfully reduced hospital admissions and ED visits among a vulnerable population.
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Mental Health Crises and Suicide Rates on the Rise
The United States is experiencing a suicide and mental health crisis that national data show is worsening.
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Early Extubation to Noninvasive Ventilation Does Not Reduce Time to Liberation From All Mechanical Ventilation
In this multicenter, randomized, open-label trial of patients who failed a spontaneous breathing trial, those who were extubated to noninvasive ventilation did not have a shorter time to liberation from any form of mechanical ventilation compared to those who were randomized to protocolized standard weaning.
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Thiamine for Septic Shock: Is There a Benefit?
Based on a retrospective review, septic shock patients who were administered thiamine within 24 hours of admission showed improved lactate clearance and reduced 28-day mortality.
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Liberal Oxygen Therapy in the ICU: Time to Change Practice?
Over the last decade, more clinical studies have shown adverse effects of hyperoxia in different patient populations and its association with increased mortality. In a meta-analysis, investigators synthesized data from 25 randomized, controlled trials comparing a liberal oxygen approach to a conservative approach. They included thousands of patients with sepsis, critical illness, stroke, trauma, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, and emergency surgery. The authors found that liberal oxygen therapy was associated with increased in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, and mortality at longest follow-up. Read on to learn more details about specific subgroups relevant to ICU practice and to see a review of the current data on oxygen therapy in these patients.
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Researchers Continue Seeking AFM Trigger
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Healthy Nevada Project Delivers Genetic Results to State Residents
The Healthy Nevada Project is moving forward with its population health and personalized medicine initiatives, delivering genetic results to thousands of state residents.