Recorded: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 

Part 1: Case Management Across the Continuum: Seamless Processes for Transitioning and Managing Patients

During part one of the “Timely and Effective Transitions” webinar series by case management experts Dr. Toni Cesta and Bev Cunningham, RN, MS, they will discuss linking patients with the continuum.  Public reporting, according to the recent Federal Registers, will focus on costs associated with the patients stay, as well as costs associated with post-acute care.  Additionally, readmissions are being publicly reported.  CMS has warned us that any time data, such as these are posted on the Hospital Compare website for more than a year, it can become a part of value-based purchasing.  Case managers and case management leaders must be sensitive to identifying patients who contribute to high cost and/or high readmission rates.  It is critical that case managers are aware of their next level of care providers so patients are not readmitted from the next level of care.   

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a process to assure collegial relationships with those in the continuum
• Identify strategies to barriers that prohibit a patient’s timely transition across the continuum
• Define the role of the RN case manager and social work case manager in care transition across the continuum
• Develop effective relationships across the continuum to assure seamlessness decreased readmissions

Recorded: Thursday, April 19, 2012 

Part 2: The Social Worker and Nurse Case Manager Team: Strategies for Effective Integration 

This 90-minute webinar which is part two in the “Timely and Effective Transitions” series by case management experts Dr. Toni Cesta and Bev Cunningham, RN, MS will discuss how to redesign your case management department to ensure that the social workers and nurse case managers are working as a true and dynamic team.  In this program, we will discuss the most contemporary roles for the nurse case manager and social worker in models that respond to the changes that have been brought on by healthcare reform and the changing healthcare landscape in general. Through appropriate design, each discipline’s unique talents can be best optimized, also enhancing their own personal job satisfaction.  This program will also discuss methods for identification of patient assignments, rounding, and other practical strategies for successful integration of these two vital roles.  

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the roles of the nurse case manager and social worker in an integrated model
• Review the daily work flow for each discipline, including the identification of high risk patients for referral to the social worker 
• Describe the best ways to optimize the unique skill sets of each discipline to achieve effective outcomes

Recorded: Thursday, April 26, 2012 

Part 3: Interdisciplinary Care Rounds: How to Make them a Hard-Wired Process in Your Hospital

In part three of the “Timely and Effective Transitions” webinar series by case management experts Dr. Toni Cesta and Bev Cunningham, RN, MS, they will focus on the key players in rounds and the agenda for rounds such as RN case managers, social work case managers and case management leaders.  They will also define the strategies for rounds in each area of the hospital and examples of discharge time outs.  All of these important aspects of interdisciplinary rounds roll up to achieve a successful discharge and a satisfied patient, physician and staff member.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify strategic processes for interdisciplinary rounds
• Describe the role of the physician in interdisciplinary rounds
• Explain how to implement discharge time out

Target Audience:

• Case Management Directors and Managers 
• Discharge Planning Directors and Managers 
• Social Workers and Social Service Directors 
• Utilization Management Directors and Managers 
• Case managers
• Social workers
• Discharge planners
• Utilization management specialists
• Hospitalist leaders and liaisons

Level: All levels

Meet Your Experts: 

Toni G. Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is Senior Vice President for Operational Efficiency and Capacity Management at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, Dr. Cesta serves as Health Care Consultant and partner in Case Management Concepts, LLC, a consulting company assisting institutions in designing, implementing and evaluating case management models, new documentation systems, and other strategies for improving care and reducing cost.

Bev Cunningham, RN, MS is a Vice President, Clinical Performance Improvement at Medical City Dallas Hospital.  Her responsibilities include Case Management, Health Information Management, Documentation Integrity, Quality Management, Patient Access and Transplant Financial Services.   Bev is a well-known speaker in the Case Management field and she has presented internationally.  Her area of expertise includes denials management, patient flow and the role of the Case Manager and Social Worker in the Case Management process.  

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 4.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 4.5 Contact Hours.

This program is approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification for 4.5 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.