The Case Management Sourcebook

Cherilyn G. Murer, J.D., C.R.A.
Lyndean Lenhoff Brick, J.D.

Co-published with the Healthcare Financial Management Association

280 pages
ISBN: 0-7863-1221-1
$60.00
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"The Case Management Sourcebook" Cherilyn G. Murer, J.D. C.R.A., C.R.A. and Lyndean Lenhoff Brick, J.D. Forward by Mutual of Omaha

"The Case Management Sourcebook" is a comprehensive guide to understanding, developing and implementing healthcare case management. It includes case studies and selected forms and worksheets that illustrate a model of case management. The book discusses:

The importance of case management in the continuum of care
How good outcomes can have an effect on reimbursement
Different models of case management and how each model should be implemented
The legal, cost and expectation-in-care decisions a case management professional must make

Table of Contents
Forward By Mutual of Omaha
Chapter I - The Case For Case Management
Chapter II - Managed Care and the Continuum
Chapter III - Systems of Case Management
- Provider/System Based
- Physician-Directed
- Entrepreneurial
Chapter IV - Learning By Doing: Designing and Implementing a System of Centralized Case Management
Chapter V - The Professional Case Manager: Carving Out a Career Path
Chapter VI - Conflict Resolution: Balancing Legal Duty, Cost and Expectation-in-Care Decisions
Chapter VII - A Case Management Study Model
Chapter VIII- The Future of Case Management
Appendix A - Glossary of Terms
Appendix B - Model Compliance Programs
Resource Guide

Press Release on "The Case Management Sourcebook"

To obtain copies of this publication contact Murer Consultant, Inc. (Debbie Frost ) at (815) 727-3355.