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 The Government Affairs Committee would like to introduce a new page to the CMSA website that will provide information and resources that case managers can utilize to keep up to date, informed and educated regarding current issues and trends happening in the world of healthcare.
Case managers are integral members of the care coordination team and viewed as advocates for consumers. As such, they need this information to be better able to educate consumers and respond to issues that effect consumer's access to quality healthcare services.
As the professional organization for case managers, the Case Management Society of America hopes that this page will provide information on issues and help you formulate your opinion as well as know the stance that your professional organization is taking. If you have recommendations to the page, or want to add a link or resource that you have found valuable in your practice from which others can benefit, please feel free to email Danielle Marshall (
), Director of Member Services for review.
Thank you and please feel free to email us with your comments or questions.
As always,
Margaret Leonard, MS, RN, C, FNP, Cm
Chair, Public Policy / Legislative Committee
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Additional Resources
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TAANA
- Illinois Supreme Court rules
only nurses can testify on standard of care for nurses. |
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Advanced Medical Directives
- The term "Advance Directives"
refers to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-
maker in the event that a person should become unable to make medical decisions
on her or his own behalf.
Advance directives generally fall into three categories: living will, power
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AHA's Patient's Bill of Rights
- Replacing the AHA's Patients'
Bill of Rights, this plain language brochure informs patients about what
they should expect during their hospital stay with regard to their rights
and responsibilities. |
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Advance Medical Directive definitions
- Definitions of advance medical
directives |
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ANA in Action
- ANA's Governmental Affairs
webpage |
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Sage Crossroads
- Links to the web sites of policymakers
who will most likely shape the future of aging research. Find out about
their positions on issues that affect research being conducted today in
the laboratory and on research that will be conducted in the future.
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State Health
Facts Online
- This resource contains the
latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including
health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. |
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Seven Steps to
a Healthier America
- HospitalConnect's principles
and building blocks for changing the current health care system. |
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National Call for Health Information Technology
- President's Information Technology
Advisory Committee (PITAC), Health Care Delivery and Information Technology
(HIT) Subcommittee Draft Recommendations. |
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CMS Medicare Modernization
Update
- CMS' Chronic Care Inprovement
Phase I Pilot Program RFP and additional information on Disease Management
in the MMA |
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First Annual
Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit: A Focus on Communities
- a new report from the Institute
of Medicine, synthesizes the strategies and action plans developed by a
diverse array of national and community health care leaders at a summit
on improving the quality of care convened Jan. 6-7 by the Institute of Medicine
of the National Academies. Participants at the first annual Crossing the
Quality Chasm Summit discussed strategies for improving patient care and
offered specific guidance at both the community and national levels for
overcoming the challenges that hamper achieving high-quality care provision
and the patient-centered health care system envisioned in the landmark 2001
IOM report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st
Century. |
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2008 CPT CODES
PUBLIC COMMENT: Please visit http://www.cmsa.org/CPT to submit your comments on the 2008 CPT Codes in place for the Physician Fee Schedule.
Deadline for comments is 12/31/2007.
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Policy Documents
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Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist meets with CMSA Leadership at the 2005 Orlando Conference
Lisa Miller, of the Florida Chief of Staff's Office, opens the 2005 Orlando Conference with a welcome to Florida. She is presented a plaque of appreciation by 2004-05 CMSA President, Sherry Aliotta.
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