Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, of EFS Supervision Strategies LLC in Burke, Virginia shares four strategies.
A version of this article was first published December 23, 2020, by HCPro's Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to HealthLeaders.
Q: What strategies should case managers employ when guiding patients in end-of-life decisions?
A: Today, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, end-of-life care has never been more relevant, says
Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, of EFS Supervision Strategies LLC in Burke, Virginia. “I’ve long said that the ethical tenets that underlie our practice are constant, even though the real-life circumstances and events impacting them are ever-changing,” she says. “That is especially true in the context of end-of-life care, or as it is becoming known, life-limiting illnesses.”