The year 2016 has been an exciting one for CMSA, with much more to come. On September 21 at 12 p.m. CT, join us for a call with CMSA's National President, Mary McLaughlin-Davis, to learn more about what CMSA is doing for you! She'll share updates on current projects and programs, as well as what's in the pipeline. As a member, this is your opportunity to stay in touch with the organization and to ask that burning question! This is a free, informational webinar and will not offer CEs.

 

National Case Management Week is just a few weeks away, and we want to let the world know about case managers! During this week, CMSA and the case management community educates payers, providers, regulators and consumers about the tremendous value case managers bring to the successful delivery of health care.

We have many resources available for you to access now in preparation for your week of celebration and recognition. Click the link below to join our Thunderclap campaign as well as access our history brochure, logos, online shopping cart and proclamation information. If your chapter is planning any CM Week activities, we'd love for you to share them with us here!

To ensure delivery of products by CM Week, please order no later than Sept. 30. Orders after this date will be filled based on availability.

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September 27, 2016 at 12PM CDT/1PM EST One of the ways Pfizer is taking action to help reduce health care disparities is through its Pfizer RxPathways® initiative, which connects eligible patients in need to a comprehensive range of Pfizer programs that can help them get access to their Pfizer medicines. Programs include insurance counseling, copay help, providing Pfizer medicines for free or at a savings, and more. This presentation will offer: • An Update on the Uninsured and Underinsured • How Pfizer Helps: Pfizer RxPathways "deep dive" • Industry-wide resource: The PPA, Needy Meds, and Rx Outreach Presenter: Gary Pelletier, Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer This is a sponsored presentation by Pfizer and does not offer CEs.

 

CMSA's Annual Conference & Expo is headed to Austin, TX, June 26-30, 2017! Registration is coming soon; in the meantime, register for email updates to get the latest conference news.

In addition, our Call for Presentations remains open until September 23. We invite you to become part of the conversation by providing strategies, practical tools and successful initiatives for professional case managers. Learn more and submit your presentation here!

 

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Educational Session: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CDT; Q & A Session: 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. In honor of Case Management Week, CMSA, NTOCC and PRIME are honored to provide this webinar to the community at no charge. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has a considerable impact with high rates of morbidity, hospitalization and mortality. In addition, health care costs and resource utilization for PAH patients and their family caregivers are significant. Vulnerable points in transitions of care for patients include: hospital admission, internal transfers, and discharge to other care settings. This session will focus on the critical issues around transitions of care and an emphasis on the role of the interprofessional team and the need for shared accountability to ensure smooth transitions and reduce hospital readmissions. Objectives: 1) Identify the scope of the problem in PAH including the barriers to effective transitions of care 2) Review considerations in PAH transitions of care 3) Assess medication reconciliation and management for PAH patients 4) Discuss the importance for advanced care planning with the PAH population Presenters: H. Edward Davidson, PharmD, MPH - partner of Insight Therapeutics and is Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine with the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at East Virginia Medical School Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN – Advocacy Officer and Former Executive Director of Case Management Society of America This webinar offers 1.2 RN, 1.0 CCM and 1.0 SW CE credits.

 

 CMSA and the board of directors are pleased to offer CMSA's Standards of Practice for Case Management, 2016 revision, which provides practice guidelines for the case management industry and its diverse stakeholders. The impetus for the 2016’s revision of the Standards is the need to emphasize the professional nature of the practice and role of the case manager.

The 2016 Standards contain information about case management including an updated definition, practice settings, roles and responsibilities, case management process, philosophy and guiding principles, as well as the standards and how they are demonstrated.

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Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training for Health Professionals E-Learning Program

Supported by funding from NACDS FOUNDATION, a new eight-hour e-learning program, Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training for Health Professionals, is now available. This training uses a sense-making approach (Berger BA and Villaume WA, Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Professionals: A Sensible Approach, APhA Press, Washington, D.C., 2013) to motivational interviewing. The program can be completed within a three-month window and is approved for 8 hours of nurse, pharmacist and physician continuing education credit. It is based on the authors' 25 years of experience in teaching motivational interviewing to health care professionals. It costs $225.

CMSA members can receive a 10 percent rebate check by e-mailing their receipt to bbergerconsulting@gmail.com along with their mailing address. Go to: http://nacds.learnercommunity.com/ to register. For more information, contact education@nacds.org. To view an excerpt from the program, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX4XXbikpQM

 

Professional Case Management is a peer-reviewed, contemporary journal that crosses all case management settings. The Journal features best practices, industry benchmarks and hands-on information for both the professional case manager and those newer to the specialty. Additionally, PCM provides continuing education opportunities and cutting-edge research, as reflected in the tagline, Leading Evidence Based Practice Across Transitions of Care.

All members receive complimentary online access to Professional Case Management, the Official Journal of CMSA, as a benefit of membership. A print subscription to Professional Case Management is now available to all members for an additional $35.00 fee (per year). To add the print version to your subscription, please call Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Member Services at 1-866-489-0443 and reference promotion code MGK296ZZ.

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As you likely know, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) — the world's largest and most influential professional case management organization— works to provide case/care managers, social workers and other healthcare practitioners across the care continuum with resources to be more efficient, effective and competitive. However, did you know that over the past 25 years CMSA has done important industry work such as developing the Standards of Practice for Case Management and working on title protection for case management? If you already know these facts, you are probably already an official member of CMSA's growing and diverse community. If not, we'd love to provide you with additional resources to help you achieve your professional goals.

 

Pat Stricker, RN, MEd Senior Vice President, TCS Healthcare Technologies The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) recently announced the release of its 2016 Extended Conference packages. If you aren’t aware of this program, it is an educational offering that consists of online, on-demand recorded sessions that were presented at this summer’s Annual Conference in Long Beach. It’s a perfect way for case managers who were not able to attend the conference, or for those who attended but were unable to view all the sessions they wanted, to "attend a virtual conference" offering 5, 20, or 35 sessions from the comfort of their own home and obtain continuing education credits (CEs). The packages are offered at a discount for conference attendees and CMSA members. And the courses are available until August 2017, so they can be completed at your own pace. How easy is that? I encourage you to check out the 35 sessions offered from this year’s conference. This made me think about all of the other educational offerings and resource tools that CMSA provides for its members and for organizations who are responsible for providing staff training. It is difficult for case managers to obtain the CEs needed each year for licensure and equally difficult for organizations to find meaningful educational offerings for their case management staff. CMSA helps in this area by providing numerous free educational offerings and resource tools. Other programs are provided for a nominal fee to members and for an additional fee to non-members.

 

With open enrollment for 2017 only a few weeks away, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced $63 million in Navigator grant awards to returning and new organizations. These awards will support local in-person assistance to help consumers navigate, shop, and enroll in the wide variety of Marketplace coverage options. "We are committed to making sure consumers have all the resources they need to find the right plan when open enrollment begins on November 1," said Kevin Counihan, CEO of the Health Insurance Marketplace. "We know in-person assistance is critical to connecting individuals and families with quality, affordable health coverage that best meets their needs." Navigators are trained individuals and organizations who help consumers, small businesses, and employees as they look for health coverage options and financial assistance through the Marketplace. Navigators can meet in person with consumers and help them understand the coverage options available to them as well as help them pick, apply for, and enroll in a plan of their choice. Consumers in Federally-facilitated Marketplaces, including State Partnership Marketplaces, can visit Find Local Help to find assistance in their area. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

 

Additional funding needed to ensure access to evidence-based treatment On August 31, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $53 million in funding to 44 States, four tribes and the District of Columbia to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorders, reduce opioid-related deaths, and strengthen drug misuse prevention efforts. In addition, funding will also support improved data collection and analysis around opioid misuse and overdose as well as better tracking of fatal and nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses. "The epidemic of opioid use disorders involving the non-medical use of prescription opioid pain relievers and the use of heroin has had a devastating impact on individuals, families and communities across our nation," said Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Principal Deputy Administrator Kana Enomoto. "These grants will help address the key elements of the opioid crisis by promoting effective prevention efforts, preventing overdose deaths and helping ensure that people with opioid use disorders are able to receive vital treatment and recovery support services." Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

"Navigating the Future Course of Case Management" November 1, 2016 - East Lansing, MI MSU Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center Provided by the MSU College of Nursing in collaboration with the MSU School of Social Work, the 2016 event features keynote speaker CMSA Advocacy Officer, Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, presenting the keynote, "Why We Get Off Course and What We Must Do." Concurrent session highlights include topics such as: • Managing Chronic Health Conditions in the Elderly • Medication Adherence • Emotional Resilience for the Case Management Professional • Ethical Issues • Opiate Overuse: Care Coordination Strategies The early registration discount fee is available prior to September 16, 2016. For further information, call 800.605.6424 and selection option 3.