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Tampa, FL - June 18, 2004 – Health Integrated, Inc. a leading provider of Advanced Care
Management services, participated in the Case Management Society of America's (CMSA) 14th
Annual Conference and Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference brings together industry
experts from across the nation to discuss trends and new approaches to providing high-quality case
management services. Health Integrated was pleased to participate in this conference that highlights
the crucial role case managers play in achieving improved clinical outcomes.
"We believe that the best way to obtain positive clinical and financial outcomes is through the
integration of programs and services," says Cheri Lattimer, RN, EVP of Clinical Services for Health
Integrated, "Case Management has been an important component of that for years." Sam Toney,
MD, President and Chief Medical Officer at Health Integrated adds "The ability to integrate triage,
utilization management, case management and disease management enhances the nurses ability to
appropriately care for the patient at all levels of care and across all disease states."
Health Integrated held four presentations at the conference and participated in one panel discussion.
The sessions focused on the success of integrating key care management services and included:
- "The Emerging Medical Director Role with Complex Case Management" – This presentation
discussed the different perceptions of case managers, providers and patients and provided a
model of moving towards expanded medical director support. This support includes comorbidity
interventions, reviewing complex cases, dealing with difficult clinicians, grand
rounds for the care management team and pharmacy management.
- "Harnessing the Power of Physician Group Visits in Complex Case Management" – Both the
modern approach to telephonic complex case management and the newly developed physician
group visit have been proven to significantly improve outcomes while lowering costs of care.
The combination of these two approaches holds great promise to achieve synergistic benefits
far beyond that of either approach alone.
- "Can America's Seniors Get the Care They Need?" – In 2000, 13% of the population was
65 or older. By 2030 this is expected to increase to 20%. The fastest growing segment of
the senior population is 85 and older. The presentation included a comprehensive
approach to chronic condition management and depression management. With current
"siloed" approaches being inadequate, it presented a model for bringing disease and case
management together for all medical and behavioral support. This comprehensive
approach incorporates identification, screening, assessment, stratification, interventions,
medication/treatment compliance and ongoing re-assessment. It brings members,
providers and other programs together to treat the whole patient. The program has
demonstrated measurable success, both clinically and financially.
- "Supporting the PCP in the Practice Setting with Depression Disease Management" –
This presentation focused on a cohesive approach to working with depressed patients and
providing the integration and tools to support the primary care physician (PCP)
community. Programs must be able to incorporate PCP consultation and education,
especially with primary care physicians prescribing 50-55% of the antidepressants
prescribed in the U.S. When utilizing this approach, especially when combined with
effective case management and other programs, patients will experience significant
clinical improvement while providing a substantial return on investment for the payer.
- "Issues and Trends of Comprehensive Health Insurance for High-Risk Individuals" –
High risk pools have been established or are being created in 32 states and have average
annual growth of 15 to 20%. The panel discussion included health insurance pool board
members and described the trends and challenges faced by health insurance pools and
included detail on the clinical and financial successes achieved by some of these pools in
utilizing an integrated approach.
Health Integrated, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Tampa, Florida. It is one of the
fastest growing health care management companies in the nation, providing comprehensive,
integrated medical and behavioral support yielding improved patient outcomes. It is URAC
accredited for Health Utilization Management, Case Management and Disease Management.
For more information call 877-267-7577 or visit the website at www.healthintegrated.com.
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