title: Cancer center's unique case management program focuses on patients, payers; reduces LOS.
abstract: Case management--when every single one of your managed Medicare patients is high-risk: Here's now the case management program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, controls utilization and improves outcomes using a unique model based on medical, financial, and psychosocial factors.
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017046:Cost Savings; D019091:Critical Pathways; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management