AUGUST ISSUE NW0805: CONTINUING ED CHRONICLE™ UTILIZATION REVIEW - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW - PART 1 4 CE hours TAKE THIS COURSE NOW !

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Discuss Levels of Care used in Utilization Management.
2. Discuss the difference between Observation vs. Inpatient admitting criteria
3. Discuss 5 principles that will promote efficient health care through Utilization Management.

OUTLINE

Article 1: Levels of Care

Article 2: Analyzing the "Critical" in Critical Care: Is More Less or Is Less More? 

Article 3: Clinical Levels of Care

Article 4: Best Practices: Using Case Vignettes to Train Clinicians and Utilization Reviewers to Make Level-of-Care Decisions

Article 5: Strategies for Claims Denials

Article 6: Utilization Management: Issues, Effects, and Future Prospects

Article 7: Observation vs. Inpatient Admitting Criteria