title: Focus on proactive care management to improve quality, produce savings in Medicaid risk.
abstract: Graduating to Medicaid preventive care management: After nearly 15 years in Medicaid risk contracting, Arizona health system's Medicaid plan discovers that acute care management doesn't cut it anymore, and moves toward proactive preventive care management that's already producing better outcomes and is expected to save millions.
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D019090:Case Management; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017046:Cost Savings; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018743:Perinatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review