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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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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
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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
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Title protection for professional case managers has been discussed for decades, but little has been done. The term case manager is utilized in many industries and is a fixture in the court system. In that circumstance, the term case manager literally means a person who manages the cases and their flow through a division of
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BY GARRY CARNEAL, JD, MA The U.S. medical system is dynamic and always evolving. Understanding the regulatory landscape is essential for case managers to optimize their patient-centered mission. Simply put, a basic knowledge of the laws and regulations applicable to the jurisdiction that case managers work in and the programs they support is important to
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