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 ...

“Many employers and their health plan members assume that a utilization management program’s only goal is to approve or deny medical procedures and save costs for the health plan. In reality, ...

Impact of palliative care clinic (PCC) referrals on pain control in genitourinary (GU) cancer patients: Retrospective analysis at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

Hospitals with more nurses on staff and better nurse-patient communication tend to receive higher scores on patients’ satisfaction with pain management, according to new research. Hospitals with more ...

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 ...

Utilization management policy has many forms, but has become increasingly complex as cancer scientific discovery has blossomed, cancer subtypes have become more numerous, therapeutic opportunities ...

Objective:To determine the effect of intensive patient-centered management (PCM) on service utilization and survival. Study Design: Prospective cohort study of 756 patients in California who had a ...