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Case Management Weekly is a free e-mail newsletter that offers news, resources, and Q&As to help case managers from all settings find ways to enhance quality and reduce legal and compliance risks.

August 27, 2008 (Volume 5, Issue 35)

CMW News: Caring for uninsured costs U.S. $56 billion, study finds
Uninsured Americans will leave an unpaid tab of $56 billion for healthcare this year, according to a recent study done by George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and the Urban Institute think tank in Washington, DC.

CMW News: Some patients stop taking medications due to drug coverage gap
Elderly patients with chronic conditions face a tough choice after their total Medicare drug spending has exceeded $2,400. They must either pay for their medications out of pocket or stop taking them.

CMW Tip of the Week: Learn to save time by delegating tasks
Many of us struggle with the demands on our time, particularly when we feel like a great deal of our schedule is spent doing things that don’t require nursing or social knowledge and skill. Delegation is never easy. In fact, the first few times we delegate to another individual, it seems like it takes more time than if we had just done the task ourselves. Nurses, generally speaking, have difficulty delegating for a host of reasons. I think delegation is something many of us heard about during our education, but few of us have been taught to do effectively.

CMW Sneak Peek: Recruiting and retaining quality case managers
If there are two things top corporations understand and execute better than anyone, it is the recruitment and retention of quality employees. Nursing case managers are important patient care leaders, facilitators, and coordinators in your organization’s culture. They affect quality of care, patient satisfaction, and overall morale. When case managers do not stay at a facility, the cost of orientation and training becomes exaggerated, ultimately affecting revenue flow, discharge planning throughput, identification of patient flow barriers, and clinical documentation improvement initiatives.

Other recently-published articles from Case Management Weekly:

CMW News: AMA investigates repatriation of hospital patients

CMW News: CMS prepares to launch electronic record pilot program

CMW Tip of the week: Understand the difference between a Medicare appeal and a Medicare reopening

CMW Sneak Peek: Focus on advocacy and quality

CMW News: Survey reports physician concerns regarding never events

CMW News: Hospitals see decline in paying patients, rise in non-paying

CMW Tip of the Week: Properly document discharge plans

CMW Sneak Peek: Manage your fear of the RAC

CMW News: Palliative care programs save hospitals money

CMW News: Health insurance companies urge physicians to prescribe generic drugs

CMW Tip of the Week: Hospitalists complement case management objectives

CMW Sneak Peek: Are case managers real nurses?

CMW News: Moving patients to hallway beds safer than ED boarding

CMW News: Free data available for healthcare use

CMW Tip of the Week: HIM can help you de-code data

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