Case Management Advisor – September 1, 2017
September 1, 2017
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Case Management’s Role in Curbing Opioid Epidemic Increases
Opioid addiction resulted in more than 33,000 U.S. overdose deaths in 2015, making drug overdose the No. 1 cause of accidental death in the nation. The overdose death rate has quadrupled since the 1990s, as have sales of prescription painkillers, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
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Pain Management in Workers’ Comp Has Evolved to a Holistic Approach
Psychosocial aspects of chronic pain are much better understood today than a generation ago. What healthcare organizations now know is that each person’s pain after an injury or surgery is different.
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Opioid Overutilization Management Program Paves Way for Success
Healthcare organizations could learn a great deal about developing an opioid management program by following some of the best practices created as a result of the federal Medicare mandate for health plan sponsors.
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Look to Social Determinants of Health When Building Post-acute Ties in ACOs
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) that involve case management in the entire care continuum often build post-acute care relationships to help their teams find solutions to patients’ social determinants of health issues.
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Initiating Medication-assisted Treatment for Patients Presenting With Opioid Withdrawal
With a new report showing dramatic surges in both ED visits and hospital admissions because of problems related to opioid misuse, it’s clear that current approaches to the problem are not sufficient.
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Changes to Readmissions Rule Will Help, But No Panacea
A significant number of hospitals are set to benefit from changes in how CMS calculates penalties under the value-based Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), but the proposed rule won’t solve all their problems related to readmissions, says Bill Bithoney, MD, formerly CEO, CCO, and CMO at Sisters of Providence Health System in Springfield, MA, and now a managing director at BDO International consulting in New York City.