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Special Announcement
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Featured Events
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Member Announcements
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Featured Article
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Articles and Links
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Industry Events
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Special Announcement
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 The Case Management Society of America will be supporting the Case Management Foundation (CMF) at this year’s CMSA Annual Conference in Orlando.
CMF will be holding a silent auction and raffle during the conference with some amazing prizes for the whole family. If you plan to attend, make sure to stop by booth #120 and learn how CMF supports case managers through scholarships, awards, and its new certification grant program launching this summer!
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For the first time, CMSA is offering the opportunity to pre-order 2015 Extended Conference packages, featuring content that will be presented at CMSA’s 25th Annual Conference & Expo this summer in Orlando, FL.
Extended Conference is a cloud-based education solution that delivers content in audio and visual formats, providing you with on-demand access to content required to fulfill your continuing education needs. Take advantage of Extended Conference to gain timely updates from industry thought leaders; also, fulfill the requirements of your employer, professional association, as well as credentialing and licensing boards, all at once!
In addition to the pre-order option for 2015’s offering, Extended Conference 2014 packages are available through July 31, 2015. Public policy, transitions of care, and disease process management and other important updates await you. Pre-order packages and start taking active sessions today! *Discounts offered to CMSA members and conference attendees from the original event.
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Featured Events
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CMSA's Hotel Room Block reservation deadline is May 28, 2015, and we want to make sure you reserve your spot!
In addition to accessing a special CMSA conference discount, make the most out of conference week and ensure that you receive all conference-related benefits and notifications, such as:
-Welcome Information from CMSA upon Check-In
-Daily Conference Room Drop Packets
-Select Conference Meeting Not registered yet? Join us in Orlando this June for the most valuable case management conference in the U.S. Register today!
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Advance your patient engagement using motivational
interviewing skills through the Integrated Case Management training program.
Begin Section 1 online training now, then attend the
Section 2 face-to-face program, which will take place on June 22 - 23, 2015, in
Orlando, FL, right before CMSA's 25th Annual Conference on June 23 - 26!
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Member Announcements
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Launched in 2014, CMSA’s Career & Knowledge
Pathways (CKP) educational program was developed to fill a longstanding gap
in case management education.
The debut CKP course, CMSA Standards of Practice: The
Foundation for Professional Excellence in Coordination of Care Across the
Continuum, was developed by thought leaders and your fellow CMSA colleagues
to contribute to the basic understanding of the standards that govern our
practice.
Based on CMSA’s Standards of Practice for Case Management,
this tool is a contextual learning program that covers each of the standards
and gives you the opportunity to learn at your own pace. Where traditional
educational programs are limited in content, structure, mode of delivery, or
timing, CKP uses multiple delivery methods including video, simulations, and
case studies to encourage a collaborative and flexible learning experience.
CKP is made up of 16 modules, providing 60 hours of continuing
education for nurses, social workers, and case management certification.
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CMSA is pleased to offer an updated version of the CMAG Diabetes
Disease State workbook. Click
here to download this workbook.
The Case Management Adherence Guide (CMAG) provides case managers
of any background with the information and tools necessary to advance
assistance, coaching, and monitoring efforts with the goal of ultimately
improving patient outcomes and care delivery.
Disease-specific chapters provide case managers
with more in-depth information on how to apply the CMAG principles to specific
disease states and patient populations.
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Articles and Links
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time introduced star ratings on Hospital Compare, the agency’s public information website, to make it easier for consumers to choose a hospital and understand the quality of care they deliver. This announcement builds on a larger effort across HHS to build a health care system that delivers better care, spends health care dollars more wisely, and results in healthier people.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Medicare is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! Do you know someone who has benefited from the Medicare Program? We have a great opportunity for them to share their stories and testimonials! Attached are two forms:
1. Share Your Medicare Experience - Where we ask for basic information from the beneficiary as well as their story/testimonial.
2. Release Form - To give us permission to share their story/testimonial on our websites or via social media.
Please share this information with your patrons and ask them to send their stories. Ask them to fill out the attached form and the information release, and send it to crystal.barnes@cms.hhs.gov.
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AHRQ releases new continuing-education video on medication reconciliation supported by clinical pharmacists
A new continuing-education video from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Effective Health Care (EHC) Program will explore how medication reconciliation can help prevent medication errors during transitions in care. Some evidence shows that pharmacist-led processes could prevent medication discrepancies and potential adverse drug events after discharge. The video is available at http://bit.ly/1DAQjgC.
Additional resources are available from AHRQ’s EHC Program. To learn more, access the full Making Health Care Safer II research report (Medication Reconciliation Supported by Clinical Pharmacists is Chapter 25) or read an executive summary of the full Making Health Care Safer II report .
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Industry Events
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CMSA Members: Save $300 on any of the events below when you use promo code CMSA300.
World Congress Patient Engagement Summit
Sept. 17-18, 2015 • Boston, MA
Join us September 2015 as industry experts from hospitals, health systems, health insurance plans, and patient advocacy groups convene to share their experience, innovations, and best practices in patient engagement. Learn more and register at: www.worldcongress.com/events/HL15021/#sthash.YOsE2YvT.dpuf.
Patient Flow and Care Coordination Summit
Sept. 28-29, 2015 • Boston, MA
The 14th Annual Patient Flow Summit gathers experts from hospitals, health systems, and health plans to tackle the challenges of admission efficiency, improving virtual capacity, and effective discharge planning while focusing on the patient safety. The summit will include discussions on innovative bed management technology, streamlined standard operating procedures, and case studies that examine the patient experience. Learn more and register at http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HL15001/#sthash.LP2zQ3QS.dpuf.
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The Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators (AONN+) is holding their Sixth Annual Navigation and Survivorship Conference October 1-4 in Atlanta, Georgia. Don't forget, early bird registration ends on May 31, and the deadline to submit an abstract is June 30, so be sure to visit www.aonnonline.org/conference to register today!
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