Strategic Case Management: Building Solutions for Today’s Healthcare Environment
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A One Day Workshop
focusing on skills for the Case Manager in today’s
Healthcare environment including...
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Financial Incentives
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Outcomes Management
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Legal Analysis of the Issues Facing Case Managers Today
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JCAHO’s New Accreditation Process
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Shared Visions
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New Pathways
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HIPAA in the Case Management Arena.
HIGHLIGHTING…
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Case Management Process
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Economic and Financial Incentives of Case
Management
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Utilization Management
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Discharge Planning
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Implications of the Electronic Medical
Record
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Integrated Documentation Tools
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Analysis of Variances
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Legal Implications for a Case Management
Practice
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Legal Aspects of Documentation
Instructed By: Olga Cotera, RN, BSN, MHM, JD
Noted Author, National Educator
and Speaker
PURPOSE & CONCEPT…
This one-day workshop is an innovative,
research based program detailing the broad scope of case
management. Case management programs in today’s
healthcare environment must be structured around patient
centered activities. For case managers to succeed in the
current healthcare environment the knowledge of outcomes
management is essential for survival. Many challenges
are facing case managers today, and the need to find
answers to these challenges are essential.
This workshop is taught from the perspective of a case
manager: A legal perspective implicating what to
document, what to look for, and how to make your case
management program work seamlessly for you.
BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES…
At the conclusion of this class, the successful participant
will be able to:
Describe the driving forces in today’s healthcare environment.
Outline all of the components of
a successful case management outcomes program.
Effectively perform a process and
outcomes assessment and analysis.
Describe how to analyze the cost
outcome ratio.
Outline the liabilities case
managers face.
Identify the Prima Facie Elements
in Medical Malpractice.
Identify Case Management Legal
Pitfalls.
WORKSHOP CURRICULUM…
1. THE DRIVING FORCES FOR CASE MANAGEMENT
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Legislative Update. DRG Update
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Quality Initiates
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JCAHO’s New Accreditation Process
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“Shared Visions New Pathways”
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Latest CMC Initiatives and the Case Manager
2. A CASE MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
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A Patient Centered Case
Management System
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Case Screening and
Selection
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Assessment Skills for the
Case Manager
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Coordination, Development
and Evaluation of Treatment and Discharge
Plans
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Clinical Case Management,
Monitoring
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Reassessing, Reevaluating
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Developing Effective
Timelines
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Implementation of the Plan
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Evaluation Tools
3. EVIDENCE BASED CASE
MANAGEMENT
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Integration of Quality, Risk and
Case Management
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Critical Pathways Integration and
Analysis
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Integration of Discharge Planning
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Evaluating Quality Improvement
Indicators
4. ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
IMPLICATIONS OF CASE MANAGEMENT: IS CASE MANAGEMENT
COST EFFECTIVE?
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Identifying Costs of Case
Management
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Determining Service Costs Per
Case
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Analysis of Outcomes Per High
Risk Population
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Automated Outcomes Management
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Information Management Systems
5. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
CASE MANAGER
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Tort Reform
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Case Management & the
Judicial System
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Understanding A Prima Facie
Case in Medical Malpractice
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Preparing for Depositions
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Elements of Negligence and
Critical Pathways
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Professional Liability
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Legal Aspects of
Documentation in Case Management
WORKSHOP FACULTY…
Spend an exciting and insightful day with Olga Cotera, JD,
RN, BSN, MHM. Health
educator, consultant and author (published in the Journal of
Legal Medicine), Ms. Cotera currently practices in the field
of Medical Malpractice.
Ms. Cotera pioneered many early case management concepts and
is currently a leading national authority in development and
implementation of case management/critical pathway models.
Over 4,000 hospitals nationwide have participated in her
programs in nearly 100 cities over the past two decades. Ms.
Cotera brings to her workshops a rich, multidisciplinary
background, encompassing both a hands-on perspective as well
as an evidence based experience. She has been a Director and
Educator in various healthcare settings including critical
care units, maternal child health, quality management,
managed care settings, and home health agencies. Currently
involved in Medical Malpractice Litigation, she received a
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Barry University in
Miami, Florida, Master of Science in Nursing Health
Administration from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida,
and Executive Juris Doctor degree with a specialization in
Health Law from Concord University Law School.
GENERAL INFORMATION...
REGISTRATION:
You may register on-line by choosing one of the dates at the
top of the page or print out the PDF and simply complete the enrollment form and enclose the
appropriate tuition fee (or credit card info). For those
participants requiring hospital authorization, pre-enroll by
phone once approval is received (checks can arrive
after enrollment). Payment must be received prior to
workshop date. Confirmation will be provided upon
enrollment. No tape recorders please.
Seminar Workbook included in price.
Personalized Certificates of Completion (CE validation) will
be provided at the end of the workshop. Registrations made
inside of 10 days of event will receive Certificates in the
mail.
TUITION:
• $139 - Standard
• $129 - 3+ registrations on same enrollment form
(call with groups of 5+ for special reduced pricing)
• $124 - Early Enrollment discount
(Called in or postmarked 21 days
prior to event.)
• $154 - Walk-ins (if space available)
HOURS:
Registration: 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Program Start: 8:00 a.m. Lunch: (On your own) Program Ends: 3:00 p.m. Note: The Sept. 26 program in Boston runs
from 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m with registration at 8:30a.m. - 9:00a.m.
ACCREDITATION:
Case Managers:
The commission for Case Manager Certification has approved
this program for 6 hours under approval #62101034576.
Nurses:
Academy Medical Systems is an approved provider of continuing
nursing education by the Michigan Nurses Association, an
accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
7.2 contact hours will
be rewarded to nursing professionals at the completion of this
workshop. Academy medical Systems is also a provider approved
by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider
#CEP14413, for 7.2 hours. And we are also a provider approved
by the Florida Board of Nursing, provider #50-19, for 7.2
hours.
Social Workers:
Academy Medical has applied for Approved Provider Status for
Category I Credit with the California Board of Behavioral
Sciences. Upon approval, Social Workers in AL, CT, FL, GA,
LA, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TN and VA will receive 6 contact
hours.
Not all accreditations listed due to
limited space. Please call with questions.
GENERAL INFORMATION...
