Optimizing the Physician Advisor in Case Management: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Measurable Program Results

As of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product.

Foster effective relationships between case management and physicians with a strong physician advisor program.

With increasing federal compliance regulations, there has never been a greater need to have a physician advisor (PA) on staff to provide your case management team with more support to achieve your organizational goals.

Whether you're building a new PA program or want to revitalize an existing one, the HCPro book Optimizing the Physician Advisor in Case Management: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Measurable Program Results delivers the guidance you need to improve the chain of communication across the continuum of care.

Written by Mark Michelman, MD, MBA,Sharon Mass, PhD, LCSW, ACM, and Donna Ukanowicz, MS, RN, ACM, the book combines the perspectives of a physician advisor, nursing case manager, and social work case manager. The book is the industry's first resource that provides:

- Easy-to-follow steps to create or revamp your program
- Tips to recruit and train PAs
- Strategies for defining measurable goals and effective PA responsibilities
- Analysis methods for evaluating need and justifying resources
- Metrics to measure your success
- A CD-ROM loaded with adaptable tools and forms

This book will teach you to define and shape a program that improves utilization management and compliance, and it provides solutions and strategies to help your organization:

- Make correct admission decisions and streamline discharge planning
- Understand observation status and maximize reimbursement
- Prevent denials and effectively reverse decisions
- Improve resource utilization
- Focus on clinical documentation improvement
- Target quality improvement efforts
- Strengthen communication across the continuum of care
- Educate physicians and case managers
- Track, trend, and resolve outlier information

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Case Management and Physician Advisors
Chapter Two: Assessing the Need for Physician Advisors
Chapter Three: The Role of Physician Advisors
Chapter Four: Selecting a Physician Advisor Model
Chapter Five: How Physician Advisors and Case Managers Can Work Together
Chapter Six: Choosing and Hiring the Right Physician Advisor
Chapter Seven: Training and Orientation
Chapter Eight: Revitalizing Existing Programs
Chapter Nine: Outcomes

If you are contemplating a physician advisor for your hospital, ever wondered how a physician advisor would benefit your organization, or need guidance in establishing such a position, then this book is just what you need. Optimizing the Physician Advisor in Case Management: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Measurable Program Results provides wealth of information on the possible roles, duties, and models of a physician advisor. Full of practical tips and advice, Optimizing the Physician Advisor in Case Management: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Measurable Program Results fills a visible void in the case management literature of the potential roles and benefits of dedicated physician involvement.

Gail P. Grant, MD, MPH, MBA