Utilization Management and Disease Management

Utilization Management and Disease Management

Introduction

The paper intends to describe the concept of utlization management and case and disease management. The paper focuses on utlization management and its implementation in the health care industry. It then focuses on the case and disease management and its importance in the health sector.

Discussion

Utlization Management

Health care utlization management programs are not a very new concept, but have existed for over 20 years. The earlier efforts were directed towards minimizing the inpatient admission number and eradicating unnecessary hospital days (American College of Medical Quality, 2010). However, almost all health providers use ...