AHIMA makes policy recommendations for SDoH.

Coordinating efforts in the electronic medical record (EMR) and across disciplines are keys to tackling the social determinants of health (SDoH) – and specifically, transportation.

There appears to be an overlap of messages concerning the social drivers of health in the EMR.

Some vendors will need education as to what criteria need applying.

The unwinding of Medicaid coverage is something to look for.

The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) issued revised Standards of Practice for Case Management in 2022.

Is it the SNF or is it the payer?

One cannot place liability on the patient without a safe discharge plan in place.

Healthcare has gone through so many changes in the past three years.

As case managers, we have all heard the question, “Why is that patient still here?”

Avoidable days can impact patient care and social determinants of health (SDoH).

Healthcare provided to the most vulnerable populations often constitutes a tiny sliver of overall hospital budgets.

Release of the REH designations for 2023, indicates that CMS will only be covering outpatient, emergency, and observation care services.

Often, the ability to move such a patient from the hospital into an appropriate setting is dependent on the social services in the local jurisdiction.

Quality reporting will be mandatory in 2024, and then under a payment determination in 2026.

CMS has implemented two measures under its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program.

I can remember when the movement of coordinating the progression of care became the hot topic for acute case management...

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Understanding Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration.

Discussion around using Z codes to capture SDoH data