I recently read an article by Chris Moranda in The Rehabilitation Professional on getting managers to buy-in to the concept of return to work and its benefits.  He states the best measure of the effectiveness of any case management program is job placement which is accomplished through various tools such as…

up-to-date assessments of job descriptions and analysis with essential functions
ergonomic evaluations
reasonable accommodation assessments including identifying adaptive equipment.

Most importantly is the understanding and support of managers.  Though managers and supervisors may be highly trained there remains a great need for awareness …

The American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP) annual conference is coming together and we are so excited to announce one of our preconference presenters.  Shelene Giles of FIG Services, Inc. will present Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) Education. This Course is taught from a medical perspective. The course includes:

An overview of Medicare/Medicaid
Understanding of the Medicare Set-Aside process
How to request, organize and review medical records that are pertinent to the MSA process
Effective communication with health care providers
Determining future medical care to be included in the MSA report
Identifying Medicare’s coverage and the …

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Eye injury cases can be challenging to litigate. As a legal nurse consultant, you can be stumped by the complexity of the eye structures and the mysterious language in the medical records. Dr. Joseph Citron MD JD is uniquely qualified to help you understand the medical and legal consequences of vision loss. He is a practicing ophthalmologist and attorney who straddles both worlds. In a one hour interactive webinar on May 19, Dr. Citron will …

Working as a case manager in the area of workers compensation, I heard the term life care planner, but didn’t really understand the term.  Later, while working as a legal nurse consultant, I began to hear the term more frequently.  Finally an attorney client mentioned that he needed a new life care planner and my ears finally perked up.  If my client needed it, perhaps I needed to find out just exactly what this was all about.
I am proud to say that I have been providing nurse life care planning …