Managing catastrophic care by aligning clinical, financial results >By Tom Otway, CPCU.

Healthcare Strategic Management | January 1, 2000 | Copyright

It can happen in just an instant, and suddenly a premature labor and delivery, a severe burn, a multiple trauma or perhaps a spinal cord injury changes a patient and his or her family's lives forever.

More than ever, patients who suffer catastrophic medical events need the medical support and financial backing of their capitated medical group. In today's era of managed care and capitation, this typically means that the provider of health care has signed some sort of agreement with a hospital or other managed care organization to absorb the hospital-side risk for ...

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