Author Archive for Calissa Kummer

Guide to CMS Compliance

Guide to CMS Compliance

by Compass Clinical Consulting Accreditation Expert Ruth Elzer featured in Journal of Healthcare Management

What Is a Hospital Near-Death Experience?

What Is a Hospital Near-Death Experience?

Can a hospital have a near-death experience? If so, what would that look like?

Case Management Reduces Length of Stay

Case Management Reduces Length of Stay

At one mid-sized community hospital, technological limitations, communication failures and inadequate training of personnel lead to a system in which cases were handled inefficiently. This resulted in a long stays and low levels of reimbursement. Compass Clinical Consulting worked with this hospital to break down communication silos along the case management chain so team members [...]