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Source: CMSA Today Frailty scores, aging in place, connecting seniors with PACE programs BY LISA SIMMONS-FIELDS, DNP, MSA, RN, CCM, CPHQ, FCM, AND ANNE LEWIS Introduction Our aging population is growing at a much faster rate than in the past. “By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years or

Source: CMSA Today BY JENNIFER GAZDA, LCSW, CMC, CDP Many of us have been personally impacted in some way by suicide over the course of our lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) reports that one person commits suicide every 11 minutes. That is 49,000 individuals in one year. While the importance of

Source: CMSA Today BY SARA DADO, BSW, MSW, LCSW November has always been one of my favorite months of the year. Partially because of fall and Thanksgiving and family time and all the things that come along with preparing for the holiday season. But also because it is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a

Source: CMSA Today BY RONALD R. KEARNS, RN, ESQ. Case managers play a key role in helping patients navigate the complicated maze of the continuum of care from hospital, rehabilitation and then back home. Important legal considerations include having appropriate legal documents such as healthcare proxy, HIPAA authorization and a durable power of attorney; accessing

Source: CMSA Today By TIFFANY FERGUSON, LMSW, CMAC, ACM The Age-Friendly Hospital Rating, introduced as part of the CMS 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (HHS, 2024), highlights an opportunity for case managers to play a pivotal role in enhancing care for older adults. The new structural measure is designed to assess hospitals’

Source: CMSA Today BY PAUL BORJA, RN, DNP, EdD, PhD, PHN, CCM, ACM-RN, CMAC, CMCN, CNML, CMGT-BC, CDONA, FACDONA, FAACM Healthcare decision-making is always optimal when coming from the patient. However, if the patient cannot make those decisions, a surrogate decisionmaker would be the following route to obtain medical decisions for care planning. But what

Source: CMSA Today BY LOREN TALBOT, INELDA’S DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS The death positive movement of the past decade has ushered in a new wave of death awareness and willingness to discuss and plan for end-of-life. Along with that wave has come the accession of end-of-life doulas, also known as death doulas or death

Source: CMSA Today BY CATHERINE DURKIN ROBINSON When most people think of doulas, they think of non-medical professionals helping to facilitate the birth of babies. And they’d be right! But there are other kinds of doulas, too. The term “death doulas,” mostly women caregivers for the dying, who have existed in some capacity since the

Source: CMSA Today BY PEGGY A. ROSSI, BSN, MPA – AUTHOR AND RETIRED RN/PHN, CCM, ACM-RN, CMAC I have long considered case managers as the ICU of a healthcare organization’s revenue cycle. As the “silver tsunami” hits your organization, we may all need to think about what we might have to do to preserve our