CMSA Foundation Ambassador

We are excited to announce that Kathleen Moriarty has volunteered to act as Foundation Ambassador.  Please reach out to Kathleen (She is a BOD Member) with any questions you may have or if you wanted to help.

Kathleen Moriarty RN MSN, CCDS, CCM 

Kathy Moriarty has been a Registered Nurse for over 30 years. She began her career as a staff nurse in medical/surgical & emergency department areas prior to moving into Case Management.  Kathy found passion within nursing in Case Management where she has taken on several leadership roles assisting to promote patient safety, quality of care, and cost effective outcomes.  Kathy is currently the Senior Director of Case Management at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

She holds her Master’s in Nursing from University of Phoenix, Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loyola University, Chicago.  She holds dual certification in Case Management and Clinical Documentation. Kathleen is a member of the Case Management Society of America, Association of Clinical Documentation Specialist, and Sigma Theta Tau. As a certified clinical documentation specialist, Kathy works collaboratively with providers and members of the care team to capture the clinical severity to support level of services rendered to relevant patient populations.  She is passionate about ensuring that the case management team has all the tools needed in order to make appropriate clinical care decisions while caring for patients, families and the transitions of care.  

On a personal note, Kathy enjoys cooking and baking.  During the pandemic, her love for the City of Chicago has allowed her to enjoy ordering from her favorite restaurants to keep them afloat, walking /biking in Cook County Forest Preserve Trails and watching livestream music events 

The CMSA Foundation is a charitable, not for profit organization created to support education, research, and professional development for case management professionals.

Our Vision

The Case Management Society of America Foundation (CMSA Foundation) envisions a better future for the case management industry through a collaborative, inclusive community of healthcare professionals working together to build industry-wide solutions to case management issues.

Our Mission

Our mission is to become the leading philanthropic organization for case managers, supporting education, research and professional development.

Our Goals

Through an actionable plan initiated in 2011, the Foundation is working to achieve the following goals:

• Raising the visibility of case management and enhancing public awareness and esteem for the profession.

• Developing funding opportunities to support projects and programs that advance the practice of case management.

• Providing educational resources related to health care policy and practice issues impacting case management.

• Supporting the development of continuing education on critical case management issue.

• Promoting the application of new technology to support the practice of case management.