Jill O'Brien, Morton Hospital's new CMO, says the essence of utilization management is providing the right care for the right patient in the right setting at the right time. The new CMO of Morton ...
Health systems and health insurance plans spend enormous sums of money battling over how to be paid fairly — and these battles have only intensified with the growth of Medicare Advantage plans, which ...
A lawsuit alleges that CVS Health did not properly pay utilization management and review nurses because it classified them as employees exempt from overtime pay, Class Action reported April 14. The ...
Concurrent review is a utilization review process that occurs while a patient is actively receiving treatment, such as during a hospital stay. It evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of ...
CMS began reimbursement for non–face-to-face chronic care management in 2015, and results from Louisiana show that it increases outpatient visits but decreases inpatient and emergency department ...