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When selected Medicare beneficiaries being treated at University of Michigan Health System facilities are discharged from the hospital medical unit or treated and released from the emergency department, case managers at the University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice Medical Management Center call them to make sure they have follow-up appointments and that they understand their treatment plan.
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A new set of performance measures to increase patient enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation programs and set standards of excellence for program operation were released in 2007.
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Do you want to know how a health-promoting environment affects your company's bottom line? One new weapon in your arsenal is the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT).
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Nearly 5% of employees have high levels of psychological distress associated with a high likelihood of a mental disorder, reports a recent study.1
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A comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program is highly beneficial for people who have experienced a cardiac event, such as a heart attack or bypass surgery, says Murray Low, EdD, FAACVPR, FACSM, president-elect of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
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Although research shows that cardiac rehabilitation programs, also known as secondary prevention programs, help improve the health and life expectancy of people with heart conditions, the referral rate is low.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to move at a rapid pace toward value-based purchasing, proposing expansion in hospital quality reporting requirements and increasing the number of hospital-acquired conditions for which Medicare won't reimburse.
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Case managers should be involved in their hospitals' efforts to ensure compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations that require documentation of conditions that are present on admission and deny payment for certain conditions acquired during the hospital stay, experts say.
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When a patient discharged on a Friday is back in the hospital the following Monday, there can be many reasons.
