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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 […]

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

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

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

BY MOLLYMAEVE LUSK The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is a multistate licensure solution, which allows nurses (RNs and LPN/VNs) to have one license, issued by their primary state of residence, with the privilege to practice in both their primary state of residence as well as other participating NLC states without obtaining additional licensure. Operational for

BY JENNY QUIGLEY-STICKNEY, RN, MSN, MHA, MA, CCM, ACM-RN, CPHM, CMAC CMS 1135 pandemic waivers give healthcare providers throughout the COVID pandemic the ability to relax legal standards for Conditions of Participation and transitions of care. Allowing the healthcare industry flexibility with current CMS Conditions of Participation rules for managing transitions of care has increased