title: Coordinating the care of the chronically ill in a world of managed care.
abstract: The systems required to provide coordinated health care to the chronically ill within a managed care contract are complex. As an integrated health care delivery system assuming shared financial risk of enrollees in a Medicare + Choice contract, many care processes need to be created to meet the needs of the clients and administrators. Nursing case management and physician partnering are integral to the creation of the care model. The fiscal data demonstrated, for clients in this model, that there was an overall decrease in the inpatient length of stay, hospital days per thousand, and 30-day readmission rates.
authors.affiliation: Care Management & Quality Improvement, Aurora Health Care, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schifalacqua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hook
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Hearn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin