Hospital Case Management – August 1, 2012
August 1, 2012
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Focus on overall quality to succeed under value-based purchasing
As reimbursement adjustments under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Value-based Purchasing (VBP) Program start to kick in this October 1, it's more important than ever for case managers to be pay attention to overall quality improvement and not just concentrate on particular patients or conditions, says Danielle Lloyd, MPH, vice president for policy development and analysis for the Premier healthcare alliance, with headquarters in Charlotte, NC. -
Pilot slashes ED visits by Medicaid recipients
A pilot program at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland resulted in significant drops in emergency department visits among Medicaid recipients who were "ultra-users" of emergency care and participated in the one-year study. -
Effectively transferring patients to rehab
To prevent readmissions when patients are transitioning from the acute care hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation center, case managers should make sure the patients are appropriate for acute rehab, that their medical conditions are stable, and that they can tolerate three hours of physical therapy every day. -
Managing HF patients throughout continuum
At St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, a multidisciplinary team collaborates with clinicians throughout the continuum to manage the care of heart failure patients. -
New survey tools for patient safety COPs
For years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) state operations manual has had guidelines for surveyors to assess issues related to patient safety at hospitals. But there is such a wide range in size and scope of hospitals, says Marilyn Dahl, CMS director of the division of acute care services, that the organization decided it would be a good idea to create some sort of prompt for surveyors to use. -
New survey tools for patient safety COPs
For years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) state operations manual has had guidelines for surveyors to assess issues related to patient safety at hospitals. But there is such a wide range in size and scope of hospitals, says Marilyn Dahl, CMS director of the division of acute care services, that the organization decided it would be a good idea to create some sort of prompt for surveyors to use. -
Case Management Insider
As we discussed last month, healthcare reform has changed the landscape of healthcare and of case management. Emerging trends and changes related to reimbursement, readmissions, pay for performance, outcomes and newly contracted reviewer agencies such as the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), have changed familiar payment methods and audits to new and different ones in a short amount of time. -
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