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Source: CMSA Today BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMGT-BC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM, FAACM As I pen my final President’s Message for CMSA Today as immediate past president of CMSA, I am filled with immense gratitude and pride in the collective accomplishments of our case management community. Reflecting on this important period in

Source: CMSA Today What better way to advance your practice and elevate your profession than by joining us for the 2025 CMSA 35th Anniversary Annual Conference & Expo, taking place June 24-27 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas! This year marks a momentous milestone for CMSA – our 35th anniversary! Since our founding, we

Source: CMSA Today BY DEBRA COOPER, SUNFLOWER HEALTH PLAN A community health worker (CHW) is someone who works directly with the community to support their health and well-being. Because they are part of the community and deeply connected to it, people trust them. This trust helps CHWs bridge the gap between the community and health or

Source: CMSA Today BY JOYACE G. USSIN, MSN, RN, BSBM, CCM The new year has begun, and with it myriad new resolutions, constitutions and subscriptions with promises to do better, live well and excel! Every year we set goals, make plans and craft visions to perform better than the year before, whether it is in relationships,

Source: CMSA Today BY RON BILLANO ORDONA, DNP, FNP-BC, GS-C, WCC In an article I wrote for Nursing Clinics of America, I highlighted the critical role of effective care transitions for chronic wound patients, emphasizing the need for robust communication between acute, skilled nursing and community-based care settings. By focusing on nurse and nurse practitioner (NP)-led community-based

Source: CMSA Today BY SUSAN Y. SWART, EDD, MS, RN, CAE The Illinois Nurses Foundation is spearheading a transformative initiative to address the critical healthcare disparities that pervade rural areas in Illinois. By launching the Rural Workforce Development Nurse Scholarship and preparing to introduce a separate retention program in early 2025, the foundation aims to create

Source: CMSA Today BY PEGGY A. ROSSI, BSN, MPA As someone who has done or taught discharge planning for many years, one key component that holds true for me today is that when discharge planning assessments are performed, especially on those very complex cases, they must be very comprehensive. It is amazing as I look back,

Source: CMSA Today BY NANCY SKINNER, RN, CCM, CMGT-BC, ACM-RN, CMCN, FCM The term rural often evokes bucolic images of vast areas of farmlands and majestic scenery rather than prompting a clear and specific definition of the word. The United States Census Bureau considers a rural area as “any population, housing or territory that is not

Source: CMSA Today BY GARY WOLFE, RN, CCM, FCM Have you ever given any thought to the idea that where you live may have a direct impact on your health outcomes? Probably not, because I don’t think many people think about their health and where they are living until they have significant health concerns or are

Source: CMSA Today BY JANET COULTER, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM In December 2024, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama who had endured kidney failure for eight years became the recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney at NYU Langone Health. Her journey began with an act of altruism in 1999, when she donated a kidney to her