In wake of health care reform it is more important than ever to ensure that your Community Case Management processes are effective, especially when dealing with uninsured patients and outpatient coordination. These two CM areas continue to be critical challenges for hospitals across the United States.

Presented by Dr. Toni Cesta and Donna Zazworsky, MS, RN, this is your best chance to learn how to use evidence-based models and strategies to manage in home and community-based patient transitions as well as how to use the most contemporary resources and strategies to manage uninsured patients.

Part 1: Case Managing the Uninsured Across the Continuum of Care

Wednesday, Sept 12, 2012 

Dr. Toni Cesta and Donna Zazworsky, MS, RN will discuss how to use the most contemporary resources and strategies to manage the uninsured population across the continuum of care. As health care reform continues to unfold, there will continue to be sub-sets of patients that will still not have access to quality health care benefits.  These patients, however, will still need active case management regardless of their level of care. Learning objectives include:

• List strategies for managing the uninsured regardless of practice setting
• Explain how to access resources to facilitate timely transitions
• Identify best practice strategies that can be applied to your own case management department
• Learn more

Part 2: Community Case Management: Managing Patient Transitions in the Out-Patient Setting

Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012 

During this 90-minute webinar case management experts Dr. Toni Cesta and Donna Zazworsky, MS, RN will discuss how to use evidence-based models and strategies to manage patient transitions across the continuum of care, particularly in home and community-based settings. Learning objectives include:

• Describe strategies for discharge planning to facilitate care transitions and community case management
• Discuss evidence-based care transition and community case models in the outpatient and community
• Identify best practice strategies in discharge redesign that can be applied to your own case management department
• Learn more

Target Audience:

• Case Management Directors and Managers 
• Discharge Planning Directors and Managers 
• Patient Care Services Professionals 
• Quality Assurance Directors and Managers
• Social Workers and Social Service Directors 
• Utilization Management Directors and Managers

Level: All levels

Participation and Accreditation

Accreditation Statement: AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation: This activity has been approved for 3.0 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 3.0 Contact Hours. This program is approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification for 3.0 clock hours.

Sponsor: The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media.

Refund Policy: If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Webinar cancellations received prior to the start time of the webinar are fully refundable. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming webinar for the one you originally registered for.