Avoid trauma payment trouble by appropriately managing patient upgrades and downgrades – Trauma System News
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently launched a review of Medicare payments for trauma claims. Angie Chisolm, MBA, BSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN One focus of the OIG review is trauma team activation (TTA) payments to hospitals that are not properly designated or verified trauma centers. While this is a genuine concern for the […]
Supporting Our Employees: The Buddy Program at CCABA
At CCABA, we take pride in our commitment to nurturing a supportive and inclusive work environment. One of the key initiatives that underscores our dedication to this cause is the Buddy Program. Designed to welcome and empower new team members, this program has proven to be an asset in helping newcomers acclimate to their roles […]
Dallas Morning News Series Sheds Light on the Crisis of Traumatic Injury – Coalition for National Trauma Research
A series of articles to be published in the Dallas Morning News beginning today, November 28, 2023, illuminates the public health crisis that trauma surgeons have long lived and decried: the thousands of Americans dying from uncontrolled bleeding, when their deaths are preventable. Investigative reporter Lauren Caruba spent more than two years interviewing trauma surgeons, […]
Dr. Deb: Sometimes When I’m Worried
“Sometimes When I’m Worried” is the newest book from my award-winning Sometimes When series. In it, children learn practical strategies for coping with worry and anxiety. Preorder here. With quiet, sensitive illustrations, the Sometimes When collection by Dr. Deborah Serani helps young children work through big feelings, such as sadness and anger. The stories […]
Expansion of ABA to Various Fields
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior. Since its inception in the late 1960s, ABA therapy has become essential in the early intervention treatment of autism spectrum disorder, and this success has inspired scientists to consider the possibilities of the expansion of ABA to various fields. By […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation – Trauma System News
Peregrine Health Services and Trauma System News are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation — Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and the Montana State Trauma Care Committee. “I am very pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation,” said Mark Feinberg, managing partner […]
Overcoming Struggles with Bipolar Disorder
About Michael: Michael is a self-published author with a focus on Mental Health Awareness and sharing his personal journey with Bipolar Disorder with an unparalleled candor. His memoir, (In)Sane, which is the harrowing account of his sojourn through the mental-healthcare system, recently placed runner-up in the Great Northwest Book Festival, and has been featured in speaking […]
All About That Gestalt – ABA Speech
I believe in a world where we can all collaborate together to help our clients on their communication journeys. We can work together to serve our students and not always see eye to eye, we can still work together! In language Gestalt is a multiword chunk that a speaker hears, stores and uses as a […]
Design For Implementation Conference to Spotlight the Plight of Rural Trauma Systems and Teams – Coalition for National Trauma Research
The demands on rural providers and the unique challenges of rural trauma systems will be the topic of discussion during a panel discussion: “Clinical Guidance Access and Applicability: The Rural Provider’s Experience” at the Design for Implementation Conference, scheduled for February 21-22, 2024. With a passion for frontier trauma, ER/trauma nurse Alyssa Johnson is the […]
New ADAA Member Books: Spring 2024
Compassion-based and Mindful, New Book Aims to Help with Those Freak-Out Moments You don’t often see the words ‘mindful’ and ‘freak-out’ in the same sentence, much less think of them as behaviors that can work together. But ADAA member Eric Goodman, PhD, in his latest book, postulates, rightfully so, that there will always be times […]