Initiative cuts ED visits, hospital admissions.
When Sutter Health Central in Sacramento, CA, got involved in managed care and global capitation several years ago, it made sense to identify the patients likely to use the system a lot and do interventions to prevent them from getting to that point, says Jan Van der Mei, RN, continuum case management director.
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