Domain 1 - Care Delivery and Reimbursement Methods (Part 1) Flashcards
What are the 5 domains?
- Care Delivery and Reimbursement Methods
- Psychological Concepts and Support Systems
- Quality, Outcomes Evaluation and Measurement
- Rehabilitation Concepts and Strategies
- Ethical, Legal and Practice Standards
What are the three main objectives of Triple Aim?
Improve the experience of care
Improve the health of populations
Reduce the per capita cost of care
What is automony?
A person’s ability to act on his or her own values and interests. The ability and right of a person to self-determine their actions, values, and goals, without undue influence or coercion from others.
What is beneficence?
The ethical principle of doing good or acting in the best interest of the patient.
Example: providing comfort to a dying patient or assisting with tasks a patient cannot perform independently.
What is nonmaleficence?
The avoidance or minimization of harm.
Example: holding a medication due to adverse reactions or taking steps to ensure a safe work environment.
What is veracity?
Conformity with truth or fact.
Example: if a patient was starting chemotherapy and asked about the side effects, a nurse practicing veracity would be honest about the side effects they could expect with chemotherapy.
What is justice?
In healthcare, justice refers explicitly to the philosophical concept of “distributive justice.” This principle asserts that all persons (patients) will be treated fairly and equitably.
What is the first duty of a case manager to a client?
To act as the clients advocate
What does HUDDLE stand for an what are they used for?
Health Care, Utilizing, Deliberate, Discussion, Link, Events
A strategy for the improvement of communication to facilitate better outcomes.
What are the 9 steps in the case management process?
- Screening
- Assessing
- Stratifying Risk
- Planning
- Implementing (Care Coordination)
- Following-Up
- Transitioning (Transitional Care)
- Communicating Post Transition
- Evaluating
What are the 8 steps in Screening in the case management process?
- Predictive Modeling or Risk Stratification
- Initial Contact
- Triage/Check eligibility
- Assume care
- Educate or redirect
- Client consent
- Make intake decisions
- Assign case
What are some triage indicators during the Screening phase of the case management process?
Age
Frequent ED visits or acute care admissions
Acuity
Complexity of illness or injury
Behavioral health history
Multiple care providers
Polypharmacy
Prior non-adherence
Eligibility
Social Determinants of Health
What is predictive modeling?
A process used to predict future events or outcomes by analyzing patterns. Predictive modeling typically involves using a software application to create a model of future behavior that forecasts probabilities and trends. The model contains predictors likely to influence future behavior or utilization of healthcare resources such as the client’s gender, age, number of chronic illnesses, access to healthcare services, and other identified factors.
What are the social determinants of health?
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Economic stability
Education
Health and Health Care
Neighborhood and Built Environment
Social and Community Context
What are the 5 steps in the Assessing phase of the case management process?
- Assign case
- Engage client - introduce self as case manager, describe your role
- Gather relevant data - psychological, demographics, background, needs, safety, judgement
- Analyze data
- Identify problems - list of problems (actual and potential)
What is the difference between adherence and compliance?
Adherence is an active process in which a patient takes responsibility for their overall well-being.
Compliance is a passive behavior in which a patient is following a list of recommendations from the doctor.
What are the 7 steps in Stratifying Risk in the case management process?
- Define population and desired outcome of Risk Stratification
- Identify tool - predictive modeling
- Input data
- Run/Analyze data
- Validate data
- Determine client’s risk score - low, moderate, or high
- Get report to determine Risk Level Category
Input information into Case Management Plan of Care
What can risk stratification/classification be used for?
Allows the case manager to identify and focus on the client’s greatest needs and how best to create a plan and intervene to meet those needs.
What are the 8 steps in the Planning step of the case management process?
- Identify problems
- Gather input data from stakeholder and interdisciplinary team
- Prioritize problems
- Identify interventions and counter-measures - select services
- Select interventions
- Obtain approval or authorization of plan or services if applicable
- Inform involved parties
- Document case management plan of care
What are SMART goals?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-based