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Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is requiring hospitals to submit data on 10 quality measures to get the full 3.7% inflation-adjusted payment increase, it is more important than ever for case managers to ensure accurate documentation.
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Fifty-six hospitals from 50 states as well as U.S. territories, collaborating to improve surgical care, significantly cut the rate of surgical infections for more than 35,000 patients in a yearlong, nationwide effort sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and led by Qualis Health, the quality improvement organization (QIO) for Washington, Alaska, and Idaho.
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An unusual collaboration among three competing California hospitals is providing much-needed post-discharge care for homeless people. It is linking those individuals to ongoing medical benefits while freeing up hospital beds for more acute patients.
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One of the biggest discharge planning challenges at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA, involves patients who need dialysis after they come into the hospital, says Kate Tenney, RN, manager of case management.
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Vlachopoulos et al studied 17 healthy non-smoking adults (mean age 29), who were free from vasculopathies such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, or family history of premature vascular disease.
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While most American hospitals and health systems have yet to take the plunge into electronic medication administration (eMAR), Nashville, TN-based HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) soon will complete the implementation of eMAR across its entire network of 190 U.S. hospitals.
