Nursing CE Series: Case Management at the End of Life
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Earn 1 nursing contact hour and 2 CCMC credits!
Moving end-of-life patients to the next appropriate level of care poses a huge challenge for case managers. Often, the biggest obstacle is convincing the clinicians involved that hospice care is the best option for the patient, the patient's family, and your facility.
HCPro introduces: Case Management at the End of Life. This online learning course is designed to provide hospital case managers with the tools and information they need to help move an end-of-life patient to the next level of care. Case managers will learn how to apply the case management standards of practice to managing patients facing the end of life. Case Management at the End of Life provides case managers with:
- Clear step-by-step instruction on how to manage an end-of-life patient's case effectively
- Practical strategies to overcome physician and family objections to moving the patient to hospice
- A comprehensive overview of the financial implications of hospice—a topic many physicians and family members want to avoid
Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- Recognize how case management standards of practice apply to end-of-life issues
- Identify strategies to gain physician support for hospice admission
- Identify strategies to gain family support for hospice admission
- Identify financial implications of hospice for the patient, physician and facility
- List eligibility criteria for hospice benefits
- List myths and realities attributed to the hospice level of care
- Discuss components of the new Medicare hospice consultation rule
Intended audience
- Case managers
Table of Contents
The case management process and end-of-life
Introduction
Identify the patient
Evaluate the patient
Identify available resources
Set goals
Establish a plan
Implement the plan
Inpatient/nursing home hospice
Patient case study
Strategies to gain physician support for hospice admission
Physician reimbursement issues
Resource utilization and cost-efficiency issues
Financial implications of hospice
Strategies to gain family support for hospice admission
Home care/respite hospice
Patient case study
Strategies to gain physician support for hospice admission
Strategies to gain family support for hospice admission
The four levels of hospice care
Eligibility issues for hospice
Medicare and hospice
Components of the new Medicare hospice consultation rules
Conclusion
Final exam
Plus, you'll have the opportunity to earn 1 nursing contact hour and 2 CCMC credits!
Faculty
Jackie Birmingham, RN, MS, CMAC, is vice president of professional services, CuraSpan, Inc. She has many years experience in Discharge Planning and has written several books and journal articles—including HCPro's Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance. Jackie has presented programs on Discharge Planning across the United States, at the Institute of Nursing at Oxford, England and at the Quadrennial Congress of Nursing in Madrid.
She was Director of Discharge Planning at Hartford Hospital from 1983-1993. In the early 1990's she was a Civilian National Consultant on Discharge Planning to the US Air Force Surgeon General, and was asked by HCFA to chair the meeting introducing the Interpretive Guidelines for the Social Security Act on Discharge Planning.Jackie was named the 2000 Case Manager of the Year (2000), was Secretary of National Case Management Society of America CMSA (2002-2003). She is past president of The American Association for Continuity of Care. She was a member of the ad hoc committee of American Case Management Association (ACMA) to develop Standards of Practice for hospital and health systems based case managers. She holds a BSN from Niagara University, an MS in Administration from the University of Hartford, and is Certified in Case Management Administration, (CMAC).
Note
This content is adapted from the HCPro audioconference, "Appropriate End-of-Life Care: Case Studies and Cost Efficiencies to Help You Move Patients to the Next Level" aired October 27, 2004.
Accreditation statement
This educational activity for 1 (one) contact hour is provided by HCPro, Inc. HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This program has been pre-approved for 2 clock hours by the Commission for Case Manager Certification. Credit valid through December 31, 2005.
Disclosure statement
Jackie Birmingham has signed a vested interest form declaring no commercial/financial stake in this activity. Benefits of Online Learning at www.hcprofessor.com include:
- Tough questions (and answers) about confusing regulatory standards
- Steps on how to solve pressing nursing needs
- Exam
- Instant test scores
- Case studies
- Test until success: The option of taking the exam as often as you need during password access
- Certificate of completion
- Student course history and documentation of training
- Discussion groups
- Note-taking and bookmark options
- Internet resources on guidelines and regulations
- Reference materials and recommendations on how to progress to the next step in your courses
Computer Requirements
- PC users must use Internet Explorer 4.0 or above
- MAC users must use Netscape Navigator 4.0 or above (the use of Internet Explorer may cause technical difficulties)
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Online learners will get 30-day access to the course materials and will be e-mailed their user name and password within 24 to 48 hours after payment has been received. If you have questions, e-mail Customer Service
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