The Massachusetts General Care Management Program used nurse case managers to help reduce hospitalizations, ED visits and other costs and improve mortality rates for the sickest 15 percent of Medicare beneficiaries. The case managers serve as liaisons between the patient and the care team, monitor the patient’s health needs and create customized healthcare plans.
In 2009, the program was extended for another three years and added about 750 new patients. It has also been expanded to Brigham & Women’s Hospital and North Shore Medical Center, also part of Partners Healthcare, and now includes about 8,300 patients at all three sites.
Read the Massachusetts General release on Medicare.
Read more coverage of Medicare demonstrations:
– CMS Launches Innovation Center, 3 New Demonstrations
– AMA Proposes Four ACO Payment Systems in Addition to Shared Savings
– University of Michigan Saves $15M Over 4 Years Due to ACO Demonstration Project
At Becker's 4th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, taking place November 2–5 in Chicago, more than 1,500 hospital and health system executives tackle decisions that determine whether organizations thrive or merely survive: protecting margins under cost pressure, choosing where to grow, renegotiating payer relationships, stabilizing the workforce and proving real ROI on technology. This is where leaders work through them together, face-to-face. Apply for complimentary registration now.