Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice

Prepare for a new career as a case manager or just upgrade your skills to a whole new level with the newly updated Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice, 4th Edition.

Ideal for case management certification (CCMC) exam preparation, this is a thorough review of the case manager s many roles and skills, from acute to post-acute care. Whether you are a nurse transitioning to case management or already active in it, this is your road map to coordinating successful patient care, from hospital to home.

Build a strong case management career foundation, with expert, evidence-based direction:
 

• NEW chapter on case manager orientation programs that offers orientation checklists, competency assessment, and learning profiles, with available online tools
• NEW topics on current practice issues and developments, including the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and value-based care
• NEW content on experiential, problem-based learning learning practices, training programs, case management team professional development
• Offers in-depth, evidence-based guidance on:
  • The case manager s roles, functions, and tasks
  • Key concepts quality management and outcomes evaluation, legal and ethical considerations, case management process, utilization management, transitions of care
  • The role of the nurse case manager versus social worker role
  • Strategies that ensure effectiveness of case management models
  • Coordinating care, protecting privacy and confidentiality, health insurance benefit analysis, practice standards
  • The Case Management Code of Professional Conduct, accreditation agencies and standards, specialty board certifications
  • Management of resources and reimbursement concepts
  • Case management in various settings acute care, emergency department, admissions, perioperative services, disease management, insurance case management, palliative care, end-of-life care, hospice, home health care, physician groups, public health/community-based care, rehabilitation
• Ideal preparation for the CCMC exam offers a large portion of CCMC exam content and for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Case Management study
• A must-have desk reference that offers plentiful case studies considered to be the bible of case management