title: Coordinated care model for developmentally disabled improves care, saves money.
abstract: Coordinated care model for developmentally disabled dramatically cuts inpatient LOS, costs. Learn how this hospital coordinates care for the developmentally disabled using specially trained nurse practitioners--and is cutting LOS and costs while assuring quality for this often-overlooked group. With the surge in managed Medicaid contracts, this approach should catch on with HMOs and providers.
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017046:Cost Savings; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009515:New Jersey; D010343:Patient Admission; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011787:Quality of Health Care