Catalog Number : nmn1654
Title : Interdisciplinary Team Relationships: Case Management & Hospitalists
Speaker : Jennifer Null

Webplay Recording Date : 11-12-2009
Webplay Price : $ 225 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

The perfect partnership is not an unrealistic goal, but will take serious rethinking and redefining of the role, the structure and operations of the department, and the desired outcomes of case management efforts within the organization.

Physicians have a focus of assuring appropriate diagnosis and treatment of their patients. Challenges occur when the focus becomes patient flow, regulatory requirements and medical necessity criteria, which are not usually a focus during the physician’s education. There is one group of physicians who are key collaborators with case managers: Hospitalists.

Hospitalists are taking the role of attending physician, allowing specialists to be the consulting physicians. They take responsibility for assuring a timely transition through the hospital, providing timely consultations, taking the lead in coordination of care by all specialists, and assuring medical necessity. Hospitalists should be the best practice physician group in any hospital. Case managers are the liaisons with hospitalists to assure optimal outcomes. The hospitalist has the responsibility for timely transitions with a primary focus on medical necessity.

Because case managers work extensively with the hospitalists, it is imperative that they partner up with this key physician group to overcome barriers of delay and denials. This Webinar will discuss how to build this collaborative relationship and optimize patient outcomes.

The delivery of care in this (hospitalist) model should be very similar to a performance by an orchestra, with the hospitalist physician being the composer, the case manager being the director, and all the other varied and diverse healthcare team members playing their individual instruments.

The hospitalist has written the music and the case manager makes sure that each member plays his or her part in time and in tune.

Target Audience:

• Chief Financial Officers
• Patient Financial Services
• Health Information Management
• Case Management Directors and Managers
• Discharge Planning Directors and Managers
• Patient Care Services Professionals
• Quality Assurance Directors and Managers
• Social Workers and Social Service Directors
• Utilization Management Directors and Managers

Webinar Objectives:

• Know the background of Hospitalist Programs
• Be able to describe interdisciplinary relationships between Case Management and a Hospitalist Program
• Define goals for a collaborative Case Management Program
• Know the value of utilizing Hospitalists in your Case Management Program

A few of the Topics that will be covered:

• Background of Hospitalist programs
  • Hospitalist programs
  • Definition of a Hospitalist
  • Hospitalist Roles
• Interdisciplinary Team Relationships
  • Common goals
  • Defining partnerships
  • Influencing length of stay and payer denials Value of Utilizing Hospitalists
• Benefits of Case Management/Hospitalist:
  • Reduce the length of stay
  • Better documentation
  • Medicare

Attendance Certificate:

Upon attending this course you will receive a 1.8 Nursing CEU's. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.