At Central DuPage Hospital, a dedicated team of nurses, called patient admission coordinators, manage the admission of all patients.
As a hospital-based case manager, you're in a position to help your hospital avoid possible revenue loss by ensuring that Medicare patients who receive surgery at your facility are scheduled as inpatients if the procedure is on the "inpatient-only" list developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Beginning on July 1, hospitals will be required to give Medicare patients a notice of their right to appeal their discharge within two days of admission, answer any questions, and then obtain the signature of the patient or his or her representative.
The acute palliative care unit at Summa Health System's Akron City Hospital takes a holistic approach to meeting the needs of patients with advanced complex illnesses and their families.
