Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Care Management Plus can help create a medical home.

Care Managers act as a guide, coordinator, and helper to facilitate patients receiving coordinated, sensitive care.

• Evidence-based practice
  • CMP: embeds certain disease protocols
  • Clinic: consensus about approach and maintenance
• Performance Measurement
  • CMP: Tracking database creates reports
  • Clinic: works with payers to change reimbursement
• Collaborative care planning
  • CMP:Care manager works with patient, family, and catalyzes plan
  • Clinic: Refers appropriate patients for intervention.
• Health Information technology
  • CMP: Provides pop. management and flexible reminders
  • Clinic: Creates patient summary
• Planned visits
  • CMP: assessment and structure part of training, protocols
  • Clinic: has technique for less intensive structured visits.
• Quality improvement
  • CMP: team approach part of assessment, CM training
  • Clinic: must commit to measurement and change