Case management: creativity in the ambulatory environment.
Case managers, serving as advocates for patients, can provide excellent cost-benefit to medical groups and patients alike. The author describes some of the important aspects of case management initiatives and how medical groups, in particular, can approach their implementation.
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Unified Medical Group Association, Seal Beach, CA 90740.
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