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New research in the July/August issue of Annals of Family Medicine suggests that time-strapped primary care physicians can, indeed, deliver preventive services recommended by the U.S.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Disease management is a very important element of case. Helping prevent disease and spread of disease is key to good medical practice. #deseasemanagement
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Ever been to the doctor and felt like you were being told what to do and not really apart of the solution? Ever walked out of the doctors office knowing you weren't going to take the advice...
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Care management is always has better outcomes when the patient is engaged in the story of their recovery. #caremanagementcertification
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learn what the Medicare Shared Savings Program is and how it will impact the cost of healthcare
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Knowledge of medicare and its various programs are important for care manager to understand and to know. This is an important article for the field of case management. #careerincasemanagement
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This article looks at the basic knowledge one should have of health care coverage and the need sometimes of assistance from a case manager
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Here is some good tips on health care insurance. When in doubt, certified case managers can also help you through the maze of health insurance #advicefromcasemanagers
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Can your company boast a program that leads to positive feedback from your members, plus saves money and improves quality to boot? Aetna can. Its case management program involves trained nurse case...
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The role of a case manager is seen more and more as the foundation and cornerstone of medical management and health care organziation. #medicalmanagement
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Healthcare Marketing is Changing. Find out what the strongest emerging trends will be in 2013.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Case managers will be become more involved with these marketing trends as the future progresses. It may be well advised to become acquainted with them now #casemanagementeducation
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As the meaningful use of EHR continues to generate more structured data from patient interactions, the portable nature of care continues to be a challenge.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
A good article on how the case manager and his or her people skills are still essential elements. Human interaction, no matter the technological advancements, will also be key in case management. #casemanagementonlineprogram
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Patient Tracker, a mobile app for Android Tab and iPad. This app helps to medical professional’s doctors and nurses to collect patient medical information. The…
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Technology for Case Managers continues to grow and help case managers better manage their patients and various records #casemanagementonlinetraining
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Patient-centered case management is more than a phrase that is gaining popularity across health and human services. It is a philosophy whose time has come.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
This article is good for understanding the importance of the patient in all case management #casemanagementprogram
American Institute Health Care Professionals's curator insight,
June 7, 2013 10:48 AM
The role of the case manager is being redefined as patient care continues to evolve. With more patient centered care, the case managers role will be based upon good outcomes. #casemanagementprogram
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Uninsured patients are more likely to progress to kidney failure and die from it than those who are covered by public or private insurance, researchers reported.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
A sad stat and something that needs to be rectified within the health field. Case Managers deal wtih the uninsured, how can they help? #onlinecasemanagementcourses
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Denied claims are one of the largest areas of lost revenue for health care organizations. They are also one of the simplest things to quantify, address and correct.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
A good article for case managers on reducing claim denials. A case manager can work for the patient in this cases. #becomingacasemanager
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5 Ways Case Managers Contribute to a Hospital's Bottom Line
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Case Managers can help improve any hosptial with their know how and professional abilities to reduce readmission and better outcome management. This article lists five important things Case Managers do for the hostpial and patient #casemanagers
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Epidemics are always a chance in an ever evoling world of viruses. This threat is understood and feared. Disease management attempts to analyze how an epidemic would spread and how it could be controlled. This article talks about the epidic of the early Twentieth Century and how we might today face that. #diseasemanagement
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Hospital readmissions are a major contributor the ever-rising cost of healthcare. As of October 2012, penalties have begun to be assessed to hospitals with readmission rates higher than average.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Readmissions and good Case Management equal lower rates. Case Managers who can keep readmission down will be a great asset to not only their patients but also the hosptial administrationa.. #coursesincasemanagement
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Earlier all the data of a patient like pathology, allergy, medication, etc. was recorded in files, but now- a- days there is a new way of maintaining patient records- ‘Electronic Medical Records’!
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Electronic record keeping is the wave of the future. Certified care managers will need to keep up with the new technology. #coursesincaremanagement
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The idea of being entirely paperless has never been fully embraced. Most healthcare professions will never be completely paper-free. See what you can do.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
A huge question is when should one's office go paperless. Certified case managers know the answer best because they deal with a variety of files and paper. #roleofacasemanager
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June 17, 2014 10:13 AM
Discover the advantages of electronic health records and the transition to HIPAA compliance.
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Effective July 1, 2013, Medicare is opening a mail order program that will affect diabetics who are currently beneficiaries of Medicare.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
A new and innovative program that all case managers should be aware of is the governments program to start a new diabets mail order program. Nurses certified in case management should take time and review this article. #coursesinnursemanagement
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How Do Medicaid, Medicare and Private Insurance Reimburse for Telehealth? | BHM Healthcare Solutions
Telehealth is rapidly increasing in popularity. The major challenge is the varying methods of reimbursement, if they exist at all.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
With new technologies in health management, comes new ways to manage them. Telehealth is an innovate way to visit the doctor without leaving your home. #healthcaremanagement
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Bill Crounse, MD, the Senior Director of Worldwide Heath for Microsoft said this recently: We can do amazing things for patients these days. We can replace organs. We can prolong life. We can spend...
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The role of a case manager will play pivotal roles in the future as health care spending becomes a serious issue. If you are interested in case management, then please review the program #casemanagementprogram
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July 1, 2013 2:45 PM
Paying more for health insurance means less money to spend on other things. Some media sources are already reporting that less people are going to their doctor and thus the burden of increased long term care increases. Is it that health care for profit is really broken as shareholders are put ahead of patients?
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While EHR adoption will lessen the role of paper records and documents in clinical settings, it will not eliminate them altogether, explains CIO John Kenagy.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How does electronical technology affect good paperworking in case management? This article still feels the need for paperwork and good old fashion skill sets #casemanager
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Many are considering whether the decline in healthcare spending is mostly attributed to the economy or new healthcare reform.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Many feel the economy has affected spedning in healthcare. People are allowing nagging injuries or health issues to continue. This is not good. If you are interested in case management education, please review the program #onlinecasemanagementcourses
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There has been a dramatic increase in the use of smartphones and tablets in healthcare, from both a provider and patient standpoint.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Case Managers and their dealings with payment options will drastically change in the future as mobile billing services take over the industry's future #onlineeducationincasemanagement
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The answer is an obvious “yes”. But most medical practices tiptoe around the out of network issue.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Case Management and insurance issues are always interwoven. If you are interested in learning more about case management, then please review the program #casemanagementonlinecourses
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Two out of three Americans do not take medications as prescribed. Poor adherence to prescribed medication leads to higher healthcare costs, unnecessary utilization
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Case Management strategies can maybe help mointor this issue. If you are interested in becoming a case manager, then please review the site #caremanagementonlineeducation
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This video on case management discusses the important role of a case manager and how to become certified. It also discusses the certification program of the American Academy of Case Management. If you are interested in learning more about case management, then please review the program and see if it matches your educational and professional needs.
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