HCFA demo sites offer a smorgasbord of managed care innovation.
Diverse approaches to DM and CM are ready for HCFA's scrutiny. In selecting sites for its ambitious demonstration project on coordinated care, HCFA searched far and wide for disease management and case management programs that could produce positive clinical and financial results, targeting chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries. See how two of these sites aim to prove that their vastly different approaches will thrive under a mixture of managed care and fee-for-service.
D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D019090:Case Management; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D017046:Cost Savings; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review