title: A new model for care population management.
abstract: Steps toward building a population management model of care should include: Identifying the population that would be cared for through a population management initiative. Conducting an actuarial analysis for this population, reviewing historical utilization and cost data and projecting changes in utilization. Investing in data infrastructure that supports the exchange of data among providers and with payers. Determining potential exposure to downside risk and organizational capacity to assume this risk. Experimenting with payment models and care delivery approaches Hiring care coordinators to manage care for high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: HFMA, Westchester, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Jeni
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019468:Disease Management; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010358:Patient Participation; D014481:United States