Case Management Advisor articles from November 2003

Case Management Advisor archives from November 2003

Proactive case management pays off for insurer in outcomes, cost savings: program achieves a minimum 4.5-to-1 return on investment.(Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield)
November 1, 2003... The pilot project for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's proactive case management program was so successful that the insurer has expanded it to include 16,000 members who will receive intensive, personalized interventions to help them manage...

Plan fine-tunes its CM via pilot program: staffing changes, comorbidities are focus.(case management, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield)
November 1, 2003... When the leadership team at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield discussed its future medical management strategy in 2001, the team considered that proactive case management would be a major component. At the time, there were little data to...

New program helps breast cancer patients: successful pilot becomes full-time program.(MeritCare Health System, Fargo, North Dakota)
November 1, 2003... A case management program for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients at MeritCare Health System in Fargo, ND, helps women smoothly navigate through the health care maze as they make treatment decisions. The program started out as a pilot...

DM outcomes key to improving nation's health: measuring only return on investment not enough.(disease management)
November 1, 2003... Extensive outcomes studies to document the value of disease management are necessary to convince the health care industry that disease management is a viable solution to gaps in health care and poor outcomes for people with chronic diseases,...

The new frontier: geriatric case management: get ready to serve our aging population.
November 1, 2003... America's aging population and increasingly complex health care system have given rise to a relatively new field--geriatric case management. As the population ages, the need for geriatric case management will become more acute and the...

New tool evaluates living and care options for seniors: web site educates and empowers caregivers.
November 1, 2003... Case managers and others who work with senior citizens have a new tool to help them advise their clients on appropriate care or living decisions. CarePlanner is a web site and on-line tool to help people make decisions about care for the...

CMs are gatekeepers of their own conduct: they are accountable, regardless of area of practice.(Guest Column)(case managers)
November 1, 2003... Case managers today work in a broader range of venues than ever before. Professionals from a variety of backgrounds are finding that they, too, are practicing in the case management field. These two powerful forces of change are...

Increased screening could ID more diabetes cases.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Almost all of the 5.9 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it could be identified if people with just one risk factor are screened for diabetes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston say. (1) ...

CE questions.
November 1, 2003... 21. In the first nine months of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's proactive case management pilot program, what was the difference in total cost of care between the control group and the intervention group? A. 10% B. 15% C. 13%...