Case Management

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced plans to establish new telemental health resource centers.

What settings are most appropriate for substance abuse treatment and why?

How can social workers and/or case managers assess patients for signs of abuse and/or neglect?

Can we give the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Are physician-to-physician transfers for SNF and rehab facilities required under the proposed changes to the Conditions of Participation for discharge planning?

The right physician advisor can be an ally for case managers, helping to improve communication and cooperation with physicians, bolstering compliance efforts, and helping to avoid delays in care that can keep patients from moving seamlessly through the system.

Each year, some 400,000 patients in the U.S. receive home parenteral and enteral nutrition (HPEN), and that number is expected to grow as the population ages, the malnutrition epidemic becomes greater, and the push to improve nutrition to improve patient outcomes increases, says Noreen Luszcz, MBA, RD, CNSC,the national nutrition program director for Option Care, a home infusion provider for adult and pediatric patients.

What advice would you give on verbiage to use when explaining the patient’s financial responsibility for observation?