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The Commission on Case Manager Certification (CCMC) in Rolling Meadows, IL, is opening nominations to fill four commission seats. Commission candidates are self-nominated. The deadline for submitting nominations is March 15.
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The lack of a final HIPAA security regulation means that your organization doesnt have to provide security for your patient data, right? Wrong, according to a new handbook published by URAC. Your organization already has to protect patient data under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule, the book points out.
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Despite embracing technology in many aspects of their everyday lives, people are conflicted about the impact of information technology on their health care, according to a new survey.
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A case management program for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients at MeritCare Health System in Fargo, ND, helps women smoothly navigate through the health care maze as they make treatment decisions.
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Case managers and others who work with senior citizens have a new tool to help them advise their clients on appropriate care or living decisions.
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Almost all of the 5.9 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it could be identified if people with just one risk factor are screened for diabetes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston say.
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The pilot project for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shields proactive case management program was so successful that the insurer has expanded it to include 16,000 members who will receive intensive, personalized interventions to help them manage their chronic diseases.
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When the leadership team at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield discussed its future medical management strategy in 2001, the team considered that proactive case management would be a major component.
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Extensive outcomes studies to document the value of disease management are necessary to convince the health care industry that disease management is a viable solution to gaps in health care and poor outcomes for people with chronic diseases, asserts Derek Newell, vice president of outcomes measurement and product manager for LifeMasters Supported Self Care, an Irvine, CA-based disease management company.
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Americas aging population and increasingly complex health care system have given rise to a relatively new field geriatric case management.
