About ACMA
Mission
To be THE association for Hospital / Health System Case Management professionals
(Updated April 23, 2009)
Goals
- Provide innovative professional development services:
- Mentoring
- Educational Forums
- Resource Information
- Create new opportunities for networking
- Influence the policies, laws and other issues related to the practice of Case Management
Definition of Case Management
The ACMA's official definition of Case Management, as approved by our membership in November of 2002, is as follows:
"Case Management in Hospital/Health Care Systems is a collaborative practice model including patients, nurses, social workers, physicians, other practitioners, caregivers and the community. The Case Management process encompasses communication and facilitates care along a continuum through effective resource coordination. The goals of Case Management include the achievement of optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient's right to self determination."
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
