2023 CMSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPO It’s time to make your plans to join us for the 2023 CMSA Annual Conference & Expo, “Discovering Solutions, Driving Change,” June 27-30, 2023, in Las Vegas. CMSA never disappoints, with a jam-packed schedule offering CEs, opportunities to learn from experts in the field and your case management peers, […]
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CMSA CASE MANAGEMENT BOOT CAMP March 10-12, Nashville, TN Case management is a growing healthcare profession, with a presence in every health delivery setting. Professionals moving to case management positions may or may not have access to adequate orientation and training. They often “learn on the job” and are not exposed to knowledge and skills
BY TIFFANY FERGUSON, LMSW, CMAC, ACM You are likely reading this article because you have already made some level of commitment to engaging in your professional development as a case manager. You have probably paid your membership to CMSA and are somewhat tapped into what is going on in the organization. However, the majority of individuals
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BY GEORGIA REINER, MS, CPHRM A case manager accidentally discovers that a recording of himself giving a patient education is posted on the Facebook page of a patient’s family member. Another case manager receives a notice that she is being sued for disparaging comments she made about a patient without knowing that the patient was
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BY SANDRA ZAWALSKI, MSN Ed, RN, CRRN, CCM, ABDA, MSCC A new level of care has emerged in the healthcare world called Hospital at Home, despite this level being used for several years. Hospital at Home (HaH), is a healthcare model designed to provide acute-level services in a home environment that clients would normally receive
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BY SARAH CHRISTA BUTTS, MSW, AND KAREN E. GOODENOUGH, PhD, MSW, LGSW An interstate licensing compact for social work has been in development for nearly two years (reference 1). The Department of Defense (DOD) spurred creation of the social work compact, motivated by a desire to ease relocation for military spouses who are licensed. The
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