Colorado access' enhanced care management for high-cost, high-need medicaid members: Preliminary outcomes and lessons learned

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Waxmonsky, Jeanette A ^a,c   Giese, Alexis A ^a,c   McGinnis, Gretchen F ^a   Reynolds, Reid T ^a   Abrahamson, April ^a   McKitterick, Michael L ^a   Coleman, Laura ^a   Thomas, Marshall R ^b,c  

^a Department of Community Mental Health Integration ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Behavioral Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

care management; chronic medical conditions; high cost medical care; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COLORADO; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953320653     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e31820f64be     Document Type: Article

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