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Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...
Hospital name City County Hospital beds Year founded Notes Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hospital: Macon: Bibb: 1988: Columbus Specialty Hospital: Columbus: Muscogee: Emory Long Term Acute Care: Decatur: DeKalb: 49: Formerly DeKalb Medical Long Term Acute Care [14] Kindred Hospital Atlanta: Atlanta: Fulton: Landmark Hospital of Athens ...
Milliman, formerly Milliman & Robertson, is an international actuarial and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 1947, by Wendell Milliman and Stuart A. Robertson and operates 59 offices internationally, with over 3,000 employees. [citation needed] Milliman is owned and managed by approximately 350 principals. [1]
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Legally, Atrium Health is The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, [6] a municipal hospital authority established under North Carolina's Hospital Authorities Act (North Carolina General Statutes chapter 131E, part 2). The authority is governed by a self-perpetuating board of commissioners which nominates new commissioners to fill its own ...
Thirteen hospitals in rural Georgia will receive $6 million in grants through a state program that will give them a choice of how to use the money.
Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma. [1]
Though the medical and health services literature has a variety of definitions of readmissions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a stricter set of criteria. CMS defines a hospital readmission as "an admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital. [1 ...