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Hospital Employment Declines in June While U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops
Posted on: 7/28/2010
According to a recent report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment at U.S. hospitals declined by 0.05% in June to a seasonally adjusted 4,705,700 people... View Full Posting
One Out of Every Eight ED Visits Related to Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse
Posted on: 7/21/2010
According to a recent report released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in 2007, 12 million emergency department (ED) visits involved a diagnosis related to a mental health... View Full Posting
CMS Releases Article on Vulnerabilities Identified Through the RAC Demo
Posted on: 7/14/2010
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a special edition MLN Matters article designed to provide education regarding vulnerabilities... View Full Posting
Joint Program Developed to Improve Palliative Care for Veterans
Posted on: 7/6/2010
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will partner with the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium to educate its nurse workforce on how to better provide palliative care... View Full Posting
U.S. Health Care Ranks First in Patient-Centered Care, Last in Other Areas
Posted on: 6/30/2010
According to a recent report released by the Commonwealth Fund, the U.S. ranks first among seven countries in regards to effective and patient-centered care and access to specialists... View Full Posting
When Treated for Heart attack, Stroke and pneumonia - Uninsured 50% More Likely to Die in Hospital
Posted on: 6/23/2010
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, when treated in the hospital for heart attack, stroke and pneumonia, uninsured patients are 50% more likely to die... View Full Posting
Wrapping Up Day 1 of ACMA's Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Posted on: 6/16/2010
A number of very positive meetings were held today – ACMA members reported that overall legislators were very receptive to ACMA’s message, and have requested ACMA input as the implemeantion phase begins... View Full Posting
ACMA's Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Posted on: 6/16/2010
In September, the first Advocacy on Capitol Hill event was held and ACMA members from across the country came to Washington, DC to meet with key legislators regarding our association's strategic priorities... View Full Posting
Heart Failure Patients Discharged Faster, Readmissions and Post-Discharge Deaths Increase
Posted on: 6/11/2010
Those hospitalized for heart failure are being discharged faster, but the incidence of deaths following discharge and readmissions has increased... View Full Posting
The United Kingdom Introduces Plan to Penalize Hospitals for Readmissions
Posted on: 6/9/2010
According to a recent BBC News article, a new government plan has been introduced in the United Kingdom, which will assess financial penalties to Hospitals if patients are readmitted as an emergency within 30 days of being discharged... View Full Posting
Announcements
Kevin M. Terrell, DO, MS, Joins ACMA’s Transitions of Care Conference
ACMA is pleased to announce Kevin M. Terrell, DO, MS, as a speaker for the 2010 Transitions of Care Conference. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University. The conference will be held November 10-11, 2010 in Little Rock, AR- click here
2011 NICM/ACMA National Conference
Mark Your Calendar - The 2011 NICM/ACMA National Conference will be held April 7-10, 2011 at the Marriott World Center Resort in Orlando, Florida
National Case Management Week Products & Catalog Now Available
National Case Management Week (NCMW) items are now available for purchase online, and the 2010 NCMW Product Catalog is available to download.
ACMA Standards of Practice and Scope of Services Now Available Online
The ACMA Standards of Practice and Scope of Services is now available on the ACMA website as an available resource for all case managers to reference in their daily practice - click here
Are You an ACMA Member?
Membership gains you access to a number of member-only benefits such as: research data (the only national source of 95% confidence level hospital case management research), quarterly peer-reviewed publication, weekly e-newsletter, conference discounts, online networks for peer information exchange and much more - click here
