Case Management Roles and Models Simplified - Part 1
PRE-RECORDED AUDIO CONFERENCE
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Time: Request for replay on any day
Length: 60 Minutes
Speaker:Toni G. Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Broadcast From :Thursday, October 04, 2012
Broadcast End :Friday, October 05, 2012
Learn the latest tips on enhancing your role as a case manager.
With so many changes brought on by Health care reforms, accountable care organizations, capitations, reductions in readmissions and other modalities, each case management department must reorganize their resources in an manner so that they can respond to these changes effectively.
Get expert insight to tackle these case management issues in this 1-hour teleconference with Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN where she will show you the roles and functions needed in today’s case management department. The roles include coordination and facilitation of care, utilization and resource management, outcomes management, discharge and transitional planning and many others. Toni will clearly explain the roles of the nurse case manager and social worker which are important to understand as that would help in deploying resources adequately and effectively.
Join us for this valuable session where you’ll learn:
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Review the roles of today’s case manager and social worker in the acute care setting.
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Best ways in which to create the case management department of the future.
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Understand the functions that can be applied to each case management role.
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Apply these roles and functions to your own case management department.
Toni G. Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is Senior Vice President – Operational Efficiency and Capacity Management at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. In her position, Dr. Cesta is responsible for case management, social work, discharge planning, utilization management, denial management, bed management, the patient navigator program, the clinical documentation improvement program and systems process improvement. The author of eight books, and a frequently sought after speaker, lecturer and consultant, Dr. Cesta is considered one of the primary thought leaders in the field of case management.
Dr. Cesta writes a monthly column called “Case Management Insider” in the Hospital Case Management journal in which she shares insights and information on current issues and trends in case management.
Additionally, Dr. Cesta serves as Health Care Consultant and partner in Case Management Concepts, LLC, a consulting company which assists institutions in designing, implementing and evaluating case management models, new documentation systems, and other strategies for improving care and reducing cost.
