Healthcare case management insights and resources
ue to tuberculosis being caused by an infectious organism capable of spreading from person to person through the air, public health measures were set into motion. Three strategies have been created for tuberculosis prevention and control in the United States.
As promised, here’s our follow up blog on TCM audits and appeals. Previously in Part I of this series, we noted that every year the Targeted Case Management (TCM) programs and their cost reports are audited in California. The appeals process begins with the informal hearing. If the county does not prevail at this level, it can appeal at the formal level.
So you just found out your agency is going to be audited. Now what, your wondering? First, take a deep breath and relax. If you’re on UnaCasePro, you got this! If not, well...I feel your pain.
Every year the Targeted Case Management (TCM) programs and their cost reports are audited in California. State Department of Health Services (DHCS) auditors communicate with local governmental agencies (LGA) to obtain financial and other documents for their review. Many LGAs have been taken aback by extensive documentation requests and surprised by the audit findings.
How often do you have to deal with a clunky, outdated software while at work? You know, the systems that barely drag along, where the only thing you can do at times is hope that you will be able to finally get some work done today? This is something that happens all the time in various public sectors. Case management systems are often slow, ineffective, and out-of-date.
We have been hard at work making UnaCasePro better by the day. Today, we’d like to introduce you to a new feature we rolled out called, ‘Time Survey.’
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the ongoing quality improvement for tribal, state, local, and territorial public health departments. PHAB is behind the development and supervision of the Public Health Accreditation process.
Case management in hospitals and health care delivery systems represent a large range of services and diverse methods of organizational structure. The concept of case management conveys various meanings to individuals and organizations.
A new feature we rolled out recently to UnaCasePro is called ‘Family Tree’. While not a new concept, we developed it in a way that is easy to use and understand.
Targeted Case Management (TCM) is consists of services that assist eligible beneficiaries in securing medical, social, educational and other health services necessary to appropriate care and treatment. Case management is not directly connected with providing the care and services, but instead is a separate and reimbursable type of service under Medicaid that for specific beneficiaries, identifies the appropriate services, assists in locating those services, identifies providers, and monitors the provision of care.
