Reduce costs, improve outcomes with community case management.
Community case management is coming of age in a time of increasing government cuts to funding for Medicare patients and home health agencies. A hospital-based community case management program can save real dollars by offering a continuum of care for elderly and chronically ill patients who might otherwise need emergency room visits, readmissions, and visits to physicians' offices. Obstetric and psychiatric patients can benefit, too. And it doesn't need to be a budget-killer. Minimal expenses and volunteer services can keep a community case management program budget-friendly within almost any health care center.
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