2202       Title: The Nuts & Bolts of Acuity: What Frontline Case Managers Can Build with the Acuity Tool Date: Friday, June 20, 2008 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM Type: CONCURRENT Level: BASIC Track: Evidence-Based Practice Sponsor(s): - Speaker(s): Kathy Dianne Craig; Diane L. Huber Many case managers recognize the concept of acuity in case management (CM). In Acuity and CM: A Healthy Dose of Outcomes, the CM Acuity Tool’s originator, Kathy Craig, defined acuity as client need-severity, CM intervention-intensity, and provider dosage-prescription that generate complexity in a CM case. If you prefer explanations from the experts, “The Nuts and Bolts of Acuity: What Frontline Case Managers Can Build with the Acuity Tool” is for you. This session offers managers from all CM disciplines the chance to grasp acuity by the working handle. These pioneering leaders show you the hammers, levers, and levels needed to build a solid acuity foundation. “Nuts and Bolts of Acuity” is useful to small business entrepreneurs and to large corporation magnates. Come ready to roll up your sleeves and get down to work. You will leave with a toolkit full of ideas about CM acuity. Objectives: Distinguish Case Management (CM) acuity & dosage as individual concepts, and discuss the Professional Case Management (PCM) journal publications and their relevance to the presentation content of Concurrent Session 2202.   Remediate the Acuity Tool as a holistic method to quantify complexity in CM cases & dissect the Acuity Tool’s components as a deterministic workflow process for establishing and measuring changes in CM practice parameters.   Promulgate comprehension of the mechanical intricacies of both CM dosage & acuity concepts through presentation specifics.