What is Health Literacy? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Title V, defines health literacy as the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Refer to the CDC Health Literacy [...]
This week I learned of the passing of Margaret “Peggy” Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP. She was a member of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) since 1997 and served on the National Board from 2003-2010. While I did not know her personally, I attended many of the CMSA [...]
I attended the IAIABC “CompCon 2019” in San Diego this week. One of the sessions was a round-table between the Heads of Delegations from various states in the US, International Representatives from Germany, Canada, Russia and New South Wales and the IAIABC Associate Members (typically vendors who provide a [...]
The IAIABC Disability Management and Return to Work Committee (an all-volunteer committee) formulated a paper titled, “Return To Work: A Foundational Approach To Return To Function” Founded in 1914, the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is a not-for-profit association representing most of the government agencies charged [...]
This week I have been working on CompAlliance’s re-accreditation for Utilization and Case Management, and as a result have been examining in detail our processes, protocols and procedures. It made me think of an article I recently read on LinkedIn by someone who performs file reviews and analysis [...]
I was reading an article today about the scarcity of IV fluids due to the natural disasters we have encountered this past year. Apparently one of the major suppliers of IV fluids manufactures these items in Puerto Rico and due to the recent hurricanes, the ability to manufacture these [...]
I am always honored when an organization asks me to speak on the Opioid Epidemic. I am not a professional speaker by any means. I don’t travel around the country speaking at conference after conference on this topic. I mainly speak at the regional or local level, with a [...]
I usually only write about workers’ compensation topics and for sure, I NEVER get political on our company blog or twitter account. Today however, I am going to venture out of my comfort zone, and most likely I am going to stumble a bit as I try to express what [...]
The workers’ compensation industry gets a lot of bad raps about how we conduct our business. There are “exposés” by organizations talking about the injustices within the workers’ compensation system. I see law firm ads throughout the country stating “they are for the people” and will help you [...]
As you may know, CompAlliance is URAC accredited for Case Management. I recently participated in a Case Management Advisory Group that reviewed the proposed revisions to the Case Management Standards. We met twice weekly from April through May. This was quite an undertaking and I do believe we were able to [...]
I just received my CMSA Today magazine (the magazine of the Case Management Society of America) and noticed the magazine this month was focused on the role Case Management plays in a variety of healthcare situations. It made me think about the role we as case managers play in [...]
