TY - JOUR
KW - Case Management
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Dementia
KW - Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration/statistics & numerical data/utilization
KW - Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration
KW - Humans
KW - Leadership
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Nevada
KW - Pilot Projects
KW - Program Development
KW - Program Evaluation
KW - Statistics, Nonparametric
AU - E. Aliberti
AU - C. Basso
AU - E. Schramm
A1 - 
AB - PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To share a successful collaborative approach between the medical and behavioral health departments of a managed care organization that improved both utilization rates and management for health plan members with dementia. PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING: Acute care hospitals FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant reduction in subsequent hospital admits, beddays, and emergency department visits for this population resulting in a substantial financial savings. Patient outcomes, as well as patient and caregiver satisfaction, was improved. IMPLICATIONS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: Prior to the implementation of this pilot, there was a gap in services for health plan members experiencing dangerous behavioral issues associated with their dementia diagnosis. Case management of this population was difficult because of the limited options available in our market area. This innovative program afforded a nontraditional approach to inpatient care that maximized case management possibilities for this population.
BT - Professional case management
C5 - Financing & Sustainability
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1097/NCM.0b013e318206a27b
IS - 2
JF - Professional case management
N2 - PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To share a successful collaborative approach between the medical and behavioral health departments of a managed care organization that improved both utilization rates and management for health plan members with dementia. PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING: Acute care hospitals FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant reduction in subsequent hospital admits, beddays, and emergency department visits for this population resulting in a substantial financial savings. Patient outcomes, as well as patient and caregiver satisfaction, was improved. IMPLICATIONS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: Prior to the implementation of this pilot, there was a gap in services for health plan members experiencing dangerous behavioral issues associated with their dementia diagnosis. Case management of this population was difficult because of the limited options available in our market area. This innovative program afforded a nontraditional approach to inpatient care that maximized case management possibilities for this population.
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 1932-8095; 1932-8087
SP - 62
EP - 70
EP - 
T1 - A collaborative approach for the care management of geropsychiatric services
T2 - Professional case management
TI - A collaborative approach for the care management of geropsychiatric services
U1 - Financing & Sustainability
U2 - 21304352
U3 - 10.1097/NCM.0b013e318206a27b
VL - 16
VO - 1932-8095; 1932-8087
Y1 - 2011
ER -