Full Description
This workbook reflects a number of important regulatory changes that have occurred in the past 13 years, as well as the new landscape of healthcare reform. It serves as an important resource for case managers, administrators, physicians and others who play a role in the case management process.
Contents
Authors' Note -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Genesis of Case Management -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Who Is Responsible for Case Management? -- Chapter 2 Financial Incentives -- Chapter 3 The Watershed Years of the American Healthcare Delivery System -- Chapter 4 Key Obstacles in Reducing Length of Stay -- Chapter 5 Opportunities for Effective Use of Post Acute Venues -- Chapter 6 Post Acute Venues and Their Roles in the CChapter 7 Case Management at the Epicenter of an Integrated Health System ontinuum -- Chapter 8 Diagnosis-Related Group Review -- Chapter 9 Meaningful Data -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Examination Questions -- Chapter 12 Class Exercises -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Index.
