CMSA'S Pulse eNewsletter

ICM (Integrated Case Management) training is an advanced educational
program designed to provide case managers coming from either medical or
behavioral health backgrounds with the content and skills needed to:

• Perform systematic complexity assessments.


• Develop and carry out comprehensive and coordinated physical and mental health care plans.


• Apply consistent complexity-based anchor points in specially designed ICM clinical documentation software.


• Record ongoing clinical, functional, quality of life, satisfaction, and fiscal outcomes during the management process.

The next scheduled Section 2 will take place in Long Beach, CA on Friday, June 24 & Saturday, June 25.  

This
face-to-face session falls right on the heels of the CMSA 26th Annual
Conference & Expo, also in Long Beach from June 21-23. Come early
and join us for the conference, then finish your week with the final
session of the ICM training. 

Click below to explore your options!

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 in case management to contribute to
the basic understanding of the standards that govern your practice.

However, did you know that over the past 25 years CMSA has done important industry work such as developing the Standards of Practice for Case Management and working on title protection for case management?

If you already know these facts, you are probably already an official member of CMSA's
growing and diverse community. If not, we'd love to provide you with
additional resources to help you achieve your professional goals.

Supported by funding from NACDS FOUNDATION, a new eight-hour e-learning program, Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training for Health Professionals, is now available. This training uses a sense-making approach (Berger BA and Villaume WA, Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Professionals: A Sensible Approach, APhA Press, Washington, D.C., 2013) to motivational interviewing. The program can be completed within a three-month window and is approved for 8 hours of nurse, pharmacist and physician continuing education credit. It is based on the authors' 25 years of experience in teaching motivational interviewing to health care professionals. It costs $225.

 

CMSA members can receive a 10 percent rebate check by e-mailing their receipt to bbergerconsulting@gmail.com along with their mailing address. Go to: http://nacds.learnercommunity.com/ to register. For more information, contact education@nacds.org. To view an excerpt from the program, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX4XXbikpQM

While researching last month’s article on Healthcare
Trends and Predictions for 2016, I was amazed at the
statistics and the overall breadth of "Big Data." For example, the data generated in 2015 was
equal to 120,000 times the total of all previously written words in
history. Or that more
data has been created in the past two years than
in the entire previous history of the human race. I found these statistics totally amazing! So I decided to do more research on this
phenomenon.

On March 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
announced a proposed rule to test new models to improve how Medicare
Part B pays for prescription drugs and supports physicians and other
clinicians in delivering higher quality care. CMS values public input
and comments as part of the rulemaking process, and looks forward to
continuing to work with stakeholders through the rulemaking process to
maximize the value and learning from the proposed tests.

Medicare Part B covers prescription drugs that are administered in a
physician’s office or hospital outpatient department, such as cancer
medications, injectables like antibiotics, or eye care treatments. The
proposed Medicare Part B Model would test new ways to support physicians
and other clinicians as they choose the drug that is right for their
patients.

On May 12th, the winners of this year's 7th Annual Case In Point Platinum Awards will be announced
at a celebratory luncheon. The Awards Ceremony recognizes professionals
and organizations who demonstrate success in the overarching healthcare
continuum. Programs that best educate and empower
patients, improve adherence and wellness, manage quality care and
contain healthcare costs will be honored.

 

Learn more and register at the link below.