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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took additional steps toward value-based purchasing and transparency in health care in the final rule for Medicare payment for outpatient services issued Nov. 1.
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An initiative that includes capacity alerts, "hall beds" used when the hospital is approaching capacity, and having one person responsible for coordinating bed placement has helped Spartanburg (SC) Regional Medical Center improve patient throughput and avoid being on emergency department diversion for more than a year.
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A documentation enhancement project that pairs case managers and coders increased the Medicare case-mix index at North Mississippi Medical Center from 1.48 to 1.92 in six years for the Tupelo, MS, hospital.
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When Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) in Northampton, MA, put the first case manager in its emergency department, some of the staff were skeptical about how well the initiative would work, recalls R.F. Conway, MD, medical director of emergency services and chief of emergency medicine.
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The successful integration of case management and disease management is the latest step in the ongoing evolution of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Care Management Programs, says Jan Van der Mei, RN, the region's continuum case management director.
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When Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare looked at improving patient throughput, one of the issues that surfaced had to do with housekeeping, which historically had deployed its work force in a way that did not serve the facility, says Matthew J. Lambert III, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE, senior vice president, clinical operations.
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Despite their efforts to maintain a perfect image in the press, celebrities have many of the same experiences as your everyday patients. They get sick and injured, and they go to the hospital.
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While weather-related disasters such as hurricanes or tornadoes can present some tough challenges for an ED manager, you generally have at least a few hours to prepare for the possibility of severe weather.
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The California Emergency Medical Services Authority has released an updated version of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), an incident management system to help hospitals improve their emergency planning and response capabilities.
