title: High-risk patients identified before costs explode.
abstract: Some health plan members exhibit subtle signs that they are at high risk of incurring major medical costs months before they actually begin running up big bills. If these ticking time bombs can be identified, they can be brought into care management programs before their costs explode.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020416:Outsourced Services; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States