PSN Blog Articles
A HEDIS Love Story
Top HEDIS scores come from Top Nurse Reviewers!
PSN's focus on managed care offers clients an outstanding network of nurses, RNs and LPNs, qualified for medical chart review and data abstraction pr...
Read MoreA PSN Success Story
Client’s Challenge: In May of 2015 a large Health Plan approached PSN with an immediate and critical need to fill 200 utilization review nurse temporary positions throughout the U.S.
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Read MoreA Recipe for Abundance
Thanksgiving began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest- a tradition that has continued for most years since the first colonists in Plymouth Massachusetts shared their first f...
Read MoreAre you the Right Candidate for a Telecommuting Job?
What employers consider when searching to fill a remote opportunity.
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Read MoreCase Management: The GPS for Quality Health Care
It is easy for patients to get lost along the road to recovery. With all of the confusing directions and potholes along the way,
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Read MoreCase Managers Promote: Quality Care Coordination with Research That Matters
Today’s Case Manager role is multidimensional and pivotal for many reasons – the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, discharge planning and transition from episode of care to community to red...
Read MoreCelebrating the Practice of Case Management
Case management is an essential process being used throughout the healthcare system to improve quality and reduce costs.
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Read MoreCollaborative Case Management – with the Patient
Collaborative Case Management is emphasized by accreditation organizations such as URAC and also by national case management standards of the Case Management Association of America.
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Read MoreConcurrent Utilization Review – When is it Done?
The process of utilization review can start at any point along the continuum of needed services.
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Read MoreDelegation Standards - URAC’s August 23rd Webinar Summary
Our last URAC Blog addressed changes to the Delegation Standards. We want to follow up on that with information from the URAC August 23rd Webinar on the Delegation Standards changes. There are so...
Read MoreDialing Down to the Basics of Telemedicine
Navigating beyond the glitz of innovative telemedicine technology requires understanding the essentials of telemedicine programs. The basic technology involved includes the tele-platform, the comm...
Read MoreDo You Have What it Takes to be a UR Nurse?
Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a new opportunity to utilize your clinical nursing skills? Are you interested in healthcare quality and cost issues? Utilization Review (UR), an aspect of ma...
Read MoreDoes your department need a workflow analysis?
As a manager, do you ever wonder why you need to continually remind your staff what it is they are supposed to do?
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Read MoreE-Health, Patient Engagement and Nursing
Since the early 1990’s, “eHealth” has continued to grow in prominence. E-health encompasses a wide variety of consumer or patient accessible information.
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Read MoreHealthcare in the Electronic Age
The term “eHealth” started appearing in 1990’s and grew in prominence with the technological advances of computer age
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Read MoreHealthcare offers the most work-from-home jobs
According to a study by a popular career site, healthcare tops the five job categories with the most work-from-home jobs.
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Read MoreHEDIS 2018 preparation will be here before you know it
According to the NCQA, the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans
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Read MoreHelp with your NCQA Accreditation, Recognition or Certification
PSN is dedicated to providing strong expertise in NCQA – focused consulting. Our NCQA consultants have actual experience as NCQA surveyors…
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Read MoreHuman Resource’s Hottest Trend
Personality / Aptitude Testing: The best way to hire the right candidate…or is it?
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Read MoreIf you can’t measure it you can’t change it!
Quality Management leader Peter Drucker coined the phrase “if you can’t measure it, you can’t change it
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Read MoreInteresting Fact From PSN
Did you know?
2.91 million people are employed by staffing companies every business day.
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Read MoreKey Competencies for Professional Case Managers-How are your Metrics?
By Anne Llewellyn, RN-BS, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN
As we moved to a value-based health care model, organizations and providers are being evaluated and paid relative to the health outcomes of the popul...
Read MoreMaryland Managed Care Staffing and Consulting Company Named to 2016 “Inc. 5000” List
Inc. magazine named Professional Services Network, Inc. (PSN), a nurse-owned Maryland-based managed care staffing and consulting company, to the Inc. 5000 listing of the fastest-growing companie...
Read MoreMindfulness and Gratitude- a Holiday Wish
The holidays are soon among us and with it can bring a flurry of emotions (as well as a few “snow” flurries in the forecast as well!) The stress of holiday preparedness, coupled with the joy of be...
Read MoreNational Case Management Week
National Case Management Week, October 8-15, 2017.
October 09, 2017
Case Managers are the guides that help patients navigate in this quickly changing and extremely complicated world of health ca...
Read MoreNational Nurses Week
Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system, yet, many times we wonder if anyone notices. Well last week, Jimmy Kimmel, shared a personal story with millions of viewers
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Read MoreNCQA Accreditation and Certification Surveys - Be Prepared
If you are thinking about NCQA accreditation or reaccreditation, PSN can help.
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Read MoreNCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) General Overview
The NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home is a voluntary recognition program for physician practices that provide a medical “home,” or coordinating point, for their patients. Building on the joint prin...
Read MoreNCQA’s New Module of Population Health Management
Population Health Management (PHM)
Beginning to prepare for an NCQA Accreditation Survey, requires one to see that NCQA now has a module of Population Health Management (PHM). Why is it important ...
Read MoreNeed an Analysis Report for your NCQA accreditation?
By Jean Lockington, MA, RN, PLNC, PCMH CCE
For NCQA accreditation, there is often a requirement to submit a report that includes a quantitative and qualitative analysis. Where does one begin? ...
Read MoreNurses Working Across State Lines: Are you Compliant?
As professionals, Registered Nurses have an obligation to know and follow the licensure requirements set by the state Board of Nursing in the states in which they practice. In the past, this was fai...
Read MoreQuality on Quality
A company has many opportunities to produce a quality service or product. Choices in materials, choices in training procedures, choices in people.
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Read MoreRecipient of 2015 Top Business by DiversityBusiness.com
Professional Services Network, Inc. (PSN), a woman-owned, nurse-owned healthcare staffing, recruiting and consulting company,
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Read MoreResources to Guide your Professional Practice as a Case Manager
As a professional Case manager, you have many resources that can assist you to practice in a safe, ethical and effective manner.
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Read MoreResume writing 101
Even nurses, with their excellent job prospects, can have difficult job searches.
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The Broad Scope of the Utilization Management Nurse
Utilization Management (UM) nursing has generalized standardized job roles and tasks, and the role is complex and varied with many specialties and subspecialties. As a UM Quality Manager, I’ve be...
Read MoreThe Progression of Case Manager and Utilization Review Roles
It has been interesting to observe the role of the nurse case manager and utilization review nurse over the past two decades.
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Read MoreThe Status of the New URAC 4.0 Core Standards
I want to remind you to stay aware of changes related to the new CORE 4.0 standards.
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Read MoreThe Value of Healthcare Accreditation
As a healthcare provider or organization, you may find yourself at some point needing to become accredited. Whether it may be to meet state-mandated regulatory requirements or to satisfy specific cont...
Read MoreThoughts from our PCMH Recognition Consultant
Patient Centered Medical Homes – Why they are important and the benefits of achieving recognition.
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Read MoreTips for Job Seekers
The nurse seeking employment in today’s job market must realize the hiring process is competitive....
Read MoreTips from an Expert NCQA Accreditation Consultant
Professional Services Network, Inc.(PSN) is pleased to present you with tips from a NCQA accreditation consultant. The information is intended to help those seeking accreditation to better understa...
Read MoreURAC Accreditation Consulting
URAC Accreditation Consulting
August 15, 2016
URAC ACCREDITATION CONSULTING
We will guide your preparation for URAC Accreditation!
Professional Services Network provides expert consultatio...
Read MoreWhere to Get Started with NCQA and the PCMH Recognition Process?
Where to Get Started with NCQA and the PCMH Recognition Process?
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Read MoreWhy Nursing Practice based on Evidence is Crucial
No one graduates from a baccalaureate program in nursing today without at least one course and many instructor reminders about the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP). Modern computer progra...
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