title: It takes data to justify ED case management.
abstract: When it comes to justifying staff in the emergency department, case management directors need to provide financial data, not anecdotal information to the hospital's finance department. Experts recommend the following: Track your facility's avoidable admissions and patients admitted in the wrong status and calculate how much reimbursement the hospital lost. Collect information on people treated for non-emergent conditions who didn't pay and what the hospital lost. Add up the number of frequent utilizers who use the emergency department to manage their chronic conditions and how many could have benefitted from a referral to community services.
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000592:standards; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce