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Posted on 04/30/2020 - 1:44 PM by MaryBeth Kurland, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Commission for Case Manager Certification
Case managers are struggling. Preliminary results from over 5,900 CCMs in our recent “Checking in With Our CCMs” survey reveal some of the burdens our case managers carry, and it’s eye-opening.
We’re not that surprised by the results on the…
Posted on 04/29/2020 - 5:04 PM by Ellen Mitchell, MA, RN, CCM
FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT (FFCRA) PART 1
The rapid developments around COVID-19 from both the regulatory and Human Resources perspectives require Disability Management Specialists (DMS) to react quickly with the information needed. The…
Posted on 04/22/2020 - 11:31 AM by Ellen Mitchell, MA, RN, CCM
FIVE WEEKS LATER…
It has been five weeks since the White House announced a series of regulatory waivers designed to help providers and states in responding to the spread of COVID-19 under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act.
Section 1135 waivers are…
Posted on 02/26/2020 - 2:14 PM by Vivian Campagna, MSN, RN-BC, CCM
In May 2019, the World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. This recognition celebrates not only the contributions of nurses and midwives, but all…
Posted on 02/13/2020 - 9:28 AM by Michelle Baker, BS, RN, CRRN, CCM
I’m a person who has always believed you cannot become stagnant, whether it is in your personal life or your career. As we begin a new year—and new decade—the case management profession is anything but stagnant. Like the health care landscape around us,…