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A truck driver for a large freight company was hundreds of miles from home when he began having chest pains.
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Nurse triage services offered by health plans can improve members access to care, reduce unnecessary or avoidable emergency department (ED) and physician office visits, improve members satisfaction, and proactively identify members in need of case management or disease management services.
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Case managers at Presbyterian Health Plan in Albuquerque, NM, conduct monthly cost-benefit analyses to help demonstrate the benefits of their interventions.
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When Presbyterian Health Plan merged its commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid managed care products, the case managers decided to take the merger a step further.
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Physicians commonly use a wide array of medications to treat bronchiolitis, a common lower-respiratory tract disease among infants and toddlers, but there is no compelling evidence to support these treatments, according to a new evidence report sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Anxiety often is poorly managed in patients recovering from a heart attack, new research reports.1
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While there is no effective treatment for allergic rhinitis, common allergies that cost $1.2 to $4.5 billion a year in direct medical costs, some patients can take steps to relieve symptoms, according to an evidence report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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As the Commission for Case Management Certification (CCMC) celebrates its 10th anniversary this month, leaders in the case management field believe that the demand for case management will continue to grow as the health care system becomes more chaotic and complicated than ever.
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Colleen Meicke, RN, CCM, a CIGNA case manager based in Tucson, AZ, takes a proactive approach to caring for her patients, looking at what their needs are likely to be down the road.
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A combination of short- and long-term case management coupled with an intensive disease management program has paid off for CIGNA Healthcare.