Diane Nixon was the recipient of the September 2011 STAR AWARD recognizing her volunteers activities with SOV CMSA.
Diane is pictured with Janet Coulter, SOV CMSA President.
Wendy Ferrell-Smith was the recipient of the August 2011 STAR AWARD recognizing her volunteer activities with SOV CMSA.
Total Number of CCM® Certificants Increases to over 30,000!
CCMC Chair Annette C. Watson, RN-BC, CCM, MBA, said: “The board-certified case manager has the knowledge, experience and competence to provide professional services to patients across the health care spectrum, from complex medical conditions to serious injury or ongoing mental health challenges. For the most vulnerable among us, health care can be a confusing maze. The board-certified case manager can be the advocate a patient needs to navigate that system with optimum results, particularly in this evolving environment.” To learn more, read the CCMC issue brief, "Care Coordination: Case managers ‘Connect the Dots’ in New Delivery Models" at Connect the Dots.
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As many of you know, it is sometimes hard to find resources that promote case management to potentially new case managers, or explain how you become a case manager. The Case Management Foundation is starting a campaign to raise money to begin building resources and educational programs that will help educate others about a career in case management.
There are several ways you can support this initiative…
- Encourage case managers and supporters of case management to make a donation to the Foundation to begin building these resources.
- Become a mentor by creating a video about why you are a case manager, how you got involved, and how it has affected your career. These videos will be used to educate, and advocate to others about becoming a case manager and allow them to hear your personal story.
Below is information on the initiative, and you can go to www.supportcmf.org to find out more information about supporting or getting involved in the video promotion.
Case Management Foundation (CMF)The Case Management Foundation is launching its "Careers in Case Management" initiative - a campaign which will support development of case management career resources. All tools developed through this initiative will be posted to the Foundation website at www.SupportCMF.org in hopes of educating future case managers about the skills and opportunities available to them in the industry. In its effort to assist all care management professionals, all resources on the CMF website will be open to everyone.
Watch their video to learn how you can share your case management experiences at:
www.SupportCMF.org
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Log on to www.dlife.com (opens new window)Diabetes Footprints Campaign
UNPRECEDENTED, COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT LAUNCHED TO
TRANSFORM DIABETES CARE IN GREATER CINCINNATI
Cincinnati Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) has launched the Diabetes Footprints Campaign, a groundbreaking initiative to help Greater Cincinnatians with diabetes improve the care they receive from their doctor and better manage their own health. AF4Q is a signature effort of the Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve health outcomes.
The Diabetes Footprints Campaign will educate consumers about the quality indicators, and get educational materials into the hands of 100,000 Greater Cincinnatians with diabetes by the end of 2009. The Campaign will make these standards of care available through their website www.diabetesfootprints.org as well as a toolkit of materials designed to facilitate communication between patients and their doctors. The centerpiece of the Campaign is a "Success with Diabetes" brochure that provides consumers with:
- A checklist to use for a doctor visit (including a list of American Diabetes Association tests that should be part of regular office visits, a simple explanation of each test, what the test result should be, and how often the test is typically needed)
- A self-care checklist for people with type 2 diabetes to use at home
The toolkit will be distributed through the Diabetes Footprints Campaign partners - a coalition of more than 50 local health care and community organizations. Campaign partners include area health plans such as Aetna and health care provider organizations such as the Mercy Health Partners Certified Diabetes Education program. Through vehicles such as TriHealth's Corporate Wellness program, the message will also reach major employers such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble. A full list of partners can be found at www.diabetesfootprints.org.
Additional resources available on the website include: downloadable doctor-visit and self-care checklists, a Certified Diabetes Educators contact list, and a list of physician practices working with AF4Q to improve diabetes care.
AF4Q, a national initiative being implemented in only 14 regions across the country, is an unprecedented community-wide collaboration which is applying groundbreaking approaches to improve health outcomes in Greater Cincinnati, with a particular focus on chronic illness care.
For more information about the Diabetes Footprints Campaign, visit www.diabetesfootprints.org.
CCMC
Commission for Case Manager Certification 15000 Commerce Parkway Suite C Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Phone: 651-789-3744 Fax: 1-800-648-1828 Email: info@999ccmchelp.org (remove the 999 when writing)
Companies apply and pay a fee to CCMC to review their course, conference or seminar in advance. CCMs who take the course simply write their CCM ID on the attendance verification form and submit to CCMC. No additional fees are necessary! Originals are not required, and forms will NOT be returned, so be sure to COPY your continuing education before sending it to CCMC. Contact the provider of the course if you're not sure if it is pre-approved for continuing education.
As long as the content applies to at least one of the domain focus areas found on the Post Approval of Continuing Education form found on the last two pages of your renewal guide, you may submit courses for continuing education that have not been pre-approved (these are courses that do not contain a CCM Approval Number on the certificate of completion). Simply complete the Post Approval of Continuing Education form in your renewal guide and submit it with the certificate of completion and $10.00 processing fee per course. If you've completed four or more courses within a single calendar year (January through December) and submit the verifications at the same time, you only pay a flat $35.00, no matter how many courses are submitted, for each calendar year. Verification forms will not be returned, so make a photocopy before sending.
Taking a college class? If the content falls under one of the domain focus areas, you can receive credit. Simply copy your syllabus or course description and submit it along with the ORIGINAL grade report or official transcript and completed Post Approval of Continuing Education form. There is no fee, and the grade report/transcript WILL be returned to you. You receive 15 clock hours for each semester hour of credit (10 clock hours for each quarter hour).
Complimentary downloads of the Renewal Guide are found on CCMC's website - www.ccmcertification.org, or you can e-mail info@999ccmcertification.org (remove the 999 when writing).
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reworked its Spanish-language website to provide a more functional and more informative platform for health issues of interest to Hispanic communities. Addressing health promotion and disease prevention topics such as asthma, cancer, children's health, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, immunizations and occupational hazards, the site -- www.cdc.gov/spanish -- offers an improved search engine, access to the most-searched items and a facilitative A-to-Z index.
CMSA EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LIBRARY On-line education
CMSA's Educational Resource Library offers programs to case managers and allied health professionals serving the case management industry. These high quality courses are self-paced, self-guided, and available on demand; thus, providing a convenient, cost-effective training alternative.
Every CM program in the Educational Resource Library is customized to three levels, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Moving to a skills based model will allow you to more accurately track your advancement along the professional development continuum. Later phases of the library will get to the core of CMSA's education strategic initiative. With the development of Career Pathways, CMSA will define core competencies for case/care managers and allow members to create personalized, specific growth pathways.
For more information about on-line educational opportunities:
Visit National CMSA Education
