POSTS & TUTORIALS
THE CMSA FOUNDATION – ELEVATING THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH SUPPORT The mission and vision of the CMSA Foundation are to elevate the practice of case management and case managers as they lead in improving health outcomes and quality of life for those we serve. The Foundation provides grants, research and process improvement […]
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BY MELANIE A. PRINCE, RN, BSN, MSN, NE-BC, CCM, FCM, FAAN At the time of this writing, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023) reported the lowest unemployment rate since 1969 at 3.4%. There were 58,000 new jobs added in the healthcare sector. Aware of narratives about the healthcare workforce shortage, exodus of direct
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BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Excerpt from A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management reprinted with permission of publisher Blue Bayou Press. A Practical Guide to Acute Care Case Management is available on Amazon and at BlueBayouPress.com. CHOOSING YOUR ORGANIZATION(S) The practice of case management and the organizations that support the work of
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BY FRANCESCA BRYAN-COUCH, DNP, RN, CHPN; JUNE CALLASAN, MSN, RN, CCM; RUTH D. GRENOBLE, LCSW, CCM; RACHELE MISITI, LCSW-S, CCM CARE COORDINATION AND INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT AND WESTERN STATES NETWORK CONSORTIUM OVERVIEW The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has embarked on an enterprise- wide effort to streamline and standardize care coordination through an endorsed care coordination and integrated case management (CC&ICM)
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BY TAMI WANTOLA, RN, AND SANDRA ZAWALSKI, MSN, RN, CRRN, CCM, ABDA, MSCC Case management has been here for decades, and many of us learned from on-the-job training. We worked cases in workers’ comp, hospice, acute care and many more areas. However, how many of us know about the effects becoming a widow or widower has on
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BY MICHELLE KNAUB, MSN, RN Nursing is a wonderful profession that has brought a sense of joy and fulfillment to so many of us. It is a career that can be accessed by six different levels of nursing degrees, corresponding with six different levels of academic achievement. My mother became a nurse after graduating from a
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