| Article
Title |
Topic |
Date |
| 4 Steps Toward Solving Our 'Grand National Problem' |
Healthcare Crisis |
July 2006 |
| 12 DM Trends You Should Know About |
Disease
Management |
August 2005 |
|
A Spoonful Of Compliance
Helps Health Costs Go Down |
Healthcare
Costs |
August 2005 |
| Admission Status inpatient, observation or outpatient? |
Observation
Status |
June 2004 |
Are you ready for inspection every day, any time? -- PDF
|
JCAHO |
2007 |
| Bariatric Surgery
Patients Need Care for a Lifetime |
Bariatric
Surgery |
June 2004 |
| Chronic Pain Management |
Chronic Care |
January 2005 |
| Care
Quality and Implementation of the Chronic Care Model -- PDF |
Chronic
Care |
July 2006 |
| CIGNA HealthCare Introduces CareAllies |
Case Management |
December 2005 |
| Case Management Yields 2 to 1 ROI |
Healthcare Costs |
March 2007 |
Clinical Data Standards
in Health Care: Five Case Studies -- PDF |
Disease
Management |
July 2005 |
| Continuing Ed: A Love
/ Hate Relationship |
Continuing
Ed |
September 2002 |
| Cost Effectiveness
of Case Management Programs for the Elderly |
Case
Management |
July 2004 |
| Cost-Effective Strategy for Managing Type 2 diabetes described in Disease
Management |
Cost
Effectiveness |
August 2005 |
| Credentialing:
It May Not Be the Cat's Meow |
Credentialing |
Copyright
© 2002 |
| Cutting Benefits to Poor Assailed |
Healthcare
Costs |
May 2003 |
| Dealing with the Non-compliant Dialysis Patient: 10 steps for achieving compliance -- PDF |
Non
Compliant & Difficult Patients |
April 2003 |
| Defined Care |
Defined Care |
August 2000 |
| Denials
Management: Key Assessment Steps to Prevent and Recover Repetitive Revenue
Leakage -- PDF |
Denials
Management |
November 2005 |
| Diabetes
Disease-Management Programs Improve Quality of Care |
Diabetes |
July 2006 |
| Disease Management saves state health plan money |
Disease
Management/
Healthcare Costs |
April 2005 |
| Doctors Lobbying to Halt Cuts to Medicare Payments |
Medicare |
April 2005 |
| Does the Collaborative
Model Improve Care for Chronic Heart Failure? - PDF |
Chronic Heart Failure |
2005 |
| Efforts in Infancy may prevent Childhood Asthma |
Asthma |
June 2005 |
| Emphasis on improved care and faster access to services shortens hospital
stays |
Improved Care |
October 2005 |
| Evaluating Disease Management Program Effectiveness -- PDF |
Disease
Management |
April 2006 |
| Fall Prevention in Older Adults -- PDF |
Geriatric Care |
February 2004 |
| Five Challenges to Marketing Medicare Part D -- PDF |
Medicare |
August 2005 |
| Guidelines May Not
Apply to Older Patients with Chronic Illnesses |
Geriatric Chronic Illness |
October 2005 |
| Health Care Market
Trends and the Evolution of Hospitalist Use and Roles -- PDF |
Healthcare
Market Trends |
February 2005 |
| Health Care System
Affects Diabetes Self-Management |
Disease
Management |
November 2002 |
| Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic |
Diabetes |
June 2006 |
| Helping Patients Take Charge of Their Chronic Illnesses |
Case Management |
2000 |
| Hospitalists
in Community Hospitals -- PDF |
Hospitals/
Hospitalists |
2006 |
| Incorrect Cost Measurement
Found to Overstate Savings from Disease State Management Programs |
Healthcare
Costs |
June 2005 |
| Insurer Gives Incentives to Customers with Acceptable BMI |
Healthcare Costs |
February 2007 |
| Intensive Case Management Improves Welfare Clients’
Rates of Entry and Retention in Substance Abuse Treatment |
Case
Management |
December 2002 |
| Intensive Intervention with the Non-Compliant Patient |
Non Compliant & Difficult Patients |
October 2002 |
| Internet Use by People with Spinal Cord Injuries |
Spinal
Cord Injuries |
September 2003 |
| IT boosts case management efforts |
Healthcare Technology |
March 2007 |
| JCAHO
announces potential 2008 National Patient Safety Goals |
JCAHO |
December 2006 |
| JCAHO Proposal Would Mandate Bar Code Technology
by 2007 |
JCAHO |
April 2004 |
| Key
Clinical Activites for Quality Asthma Care -- PDF |
Asthma |
Copyright 2007 |
| Medicare Index |
Medicare |
January 2004 |
| Making the Transition to Workers' Comp Case Management |
Workers
Comp CM |
August 2004 |
| Managing
the Obesity Problem: A Case Study with Measurable Results -- PDF |
Obesity |
January 2005 |
| Medicare+Choice launches
new PPO option in 23 states |
Medicare |
September 2002 |
| Medication Misuse
Higher Risk than Car Crash - An article for your patients |
Medication |
February 2003 |
Meeting Patient Flow Demands with Creative Case Management
|
Case Management |
Sep 18, 2007 |
| New Medicare handbook includes significant mistake |
Medicare |
October 2005 |
| New Quality Compass® Data Provide Latest Indicators of Quality, Service For 250 Health Plans Serving Nearly 50 Million Americans |
Quality |
July 2007 |
| Nursing Interventions
Classifications, Labels & Definitions -- PDF |
Nursing
Interventions |
November 2004 |
| Nursing Interventions Classifications, Overview |
Nursing Interventions |
November 2004 |
| Nursing Outcomes
Classifications, Labels & Definitions -- PDF |
Nursing
Outcomes |
November 2003 |
| Nursing Outcomes Classifications, Overview |
Nursing Outcomes |
November 2003 |
| Obesity Surgery on
the Rise |
Obesity |
March 2007 |
| Overtreated -- Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer |
Medication |
2007 |
| Patient Discharge
Planning -- PDF |
Discharge
Criteria |
June 2005 |
Patients
Discharged From Hospitals to Home Health on Fridays
Are More Likely to be Rehospitalized |
Discharge |
November 2006 |
| Physicians
and Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice |
Patients'
Rights |
January 2007 |
| "Predictive Modeling"
Becomes Tool for Insurers |
Predictive
Modeling |
January 2003 |
| Predictive Risk Modeling
in the healthcare Industry -- PDF |
Predictive
Modeling |
April 2004 |
| Preventing Patient Falls in Preoperative Settings |
Elderly
- Fall Prevention |
February 2005 |
| Prospective Payment
System for Long Term Care |
Healthcare Costs |
February 2004 |
Reducing
Payment Denials and Length of Stay -- PDF
|
Denials |
November 2003 |
| Reframing
the National Health Care Discussion -- PDF |
Healthcare |
January 2004 |
| Report: Correlation between missing data, medical errors |
Medical
Errors |
February 2005 |
| Research
Designs For Evaluating Healthcare Program Outcomes -- PDF |
Outcomes |
April 2006 |
| SAMPLE - Patient Discharge Planning Procedure |
Discharge
Planning |
January 2005 |
| Seven Steps for a Healthier America |
Miscellaneous |
June 2004 |
| Should you have your own Malpractice Insurance? |
Insurance |
May 2005 |
| Standards for Certified Social Work Managers |
Social
Work |
June 2004 |
| Technology: For Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday |
Disability |
September 2004 |
| Telehealth Advancing Nursing Practice |
Telehealth |
March 2003 |
| Telemedicine project cuts stays in hospital by half |
Telehealth |
September 2005 |
| Termination of Services |
Miscellaneous |
Copyright © 2003 |
| The 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, “Improvement”
and Modernization Act Provides Increased Revenue Opportunities |
Medicare |
January 2004 |
| The Effectiveness of Case Management in an Acute Care Setting |
Case
Management |
August 2004 |
| The Effects of Multi-Tier Prescription Plans: Look
Before You Leap |
Health Insurance |
September 2004 |
| The Private Sector: Is the collapse of employment-based
health insurance inevitable? |
Health
Insurance |
November 2003 |
| The
Top 10 Healthcare Innovations for 2006 |
Healthcare
Innovations |
August 2006 |
| The UNINSURED: Wall Street Journal Examines Hospital
Collection Practices |
Health
Insurance |
March 2003 |
Unprecedented Alliance of Health Care Leaders Announces Historic Agreement
to Help Reduce the Numbers of America's Uninsured
|
Health Insurance |
January 2007 |
| Underutilization
of Services |
Miscellaneous |
2006 |
| Uninsured Americans Raise Medicare Expenditures |
Medicare |
July, 2007 |
| Update on Litigation under the HIPAA Privacy Rule |
HIPAA |
2006 |
| URAC
Health Web Site Accreditation Tames Internet's Wild, Wild West -- PDF |
Health
Web Sites |
2005 |
| US Health system Ranks Last Compared to Other Countries: Studies |
US Healthcare Review |
May 2007 |
| U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES ON WHETHER PATIENTS WILL
BE ALLOWED TO SUE |
Patients
- Misc |
September 2004 |
| US weighs in: Obesity now a disease |
Obesity |
July 2004 |
| Weekly Case Management Conference |
Case
Management |
April 2004 |
| What Will It Take for Disease Management to Demonstrate a Return on Investment? New Perspectives on an Old Theme - Or in PDF Version |
Disease Management |
April 2006 |
| Which Medical Conditions Account For The Rise In
Health Care Spending? |
Healthcare
Costs |
September 2004 |
