Case Management Advisor – November 1, 2006
November 1, 2006
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Motivate your patients to follow their treatment plan
There's no doubt that chronically ill patients who have the best outcomes are those who adhere to their treatment plan and receive care that follows evidence-based clinical guidelines. -
Helping members manage disease lowers cost trends
A comprehensive program that helps members manage the five most common chronic diseases has lowered medical cost trends by 1.5% to 2% for all members in Independence Blue Cross's Medicare, HMO, and PPO plans, according to a recent cost-savings analysis. -
Program combines face-to-face, telephone consults
A comprehensive program that includes face-to-face assessments and telephonic health coaching is helping Medicare beneficiaries in Tennessee with diabetes or congestive heart failure learn to manage their health. -
Mentally ill patients with HIV suffer worse outcomes
Research shows that people with severe mental illness are at greater risk of becoming infected with HIV, their care is more costly when they are infected, and their health outcomes are worse than populations without mental illness. -
VA experts offer advice for EOL combat veterans
Record numbers of veterans will die this year, and veteran deaths will remain high for the next decade, experts say. Community hospices provide care to many of these veterans at the end of their lives, sometimes without hospice staff knowing their patients were in the service. Experts say hospice professionals often do not realize how their patients' military service or war-time experiences might color the way they face their own deaths. -
2006 Salary Survey Results: Nursing shortage contributes to challenges in hiring CMs
With the nursing shortage becoming more acute and hospitals offering such perks as sign-on bonuses to attract bedside nurses, case management directors in all arenas are feeling the pinch.