Innovation/New Models of Care
In this discussion, Larry Phillips, D.C.S.W., Program Manager and Norah Erb R.N. Director of Nursing Practice SSM, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, will describe an innovative approach to integrating physical and behavioral care, via a monitored care unit.
What is it?
The Violence Intervention Program is an intensive hospital-based intervention that provides social assistance to victims of violent injury. Victims receive assessment, counseling and social support from a multidisciplinary team to help make critical changes in their lives. Although…
What is it?
Harborview is testing an innovative approach to gun violence patterned on alcohol and substance abuse interventions. After clinical staff treat patients’ gunshot wounds, social workers interview them and begin to address high-risk behaviors. Following discharge, a case manager is…
AHA comments to CMS regarding Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement ICD-9-CM hip fracture code list.
Late November 16, CMS finalized a new payment model that bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery -- the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.
Merlyn LaPaix, MSN, MBA, LNC, Director, Psychiatric Nursing, Stephen Merz, FACHE, Vice President & Executive Director, Behavioral Health, Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital; and William Sledge, M.D., George D and Esther S Gross Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine,…
Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three examples:
AHA comments to CMS regarding the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model proposed rule.
Model comment letter to CMS on Proposed Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
Late July 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) model.