{"title":"Simplified, one-on-one asthma education cuts Medicaid utilization up to 71%.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medicaid asthma program slashes utilization, costs: After seeing hospital costs for asthma patients running as high as $500,000 a month, Hartford (CT) Hospital launched its own asthma education program for Medicaid members that's cut ER visits in half and hospital admissions by more than two-thirds. Learn why this person-to-person program works.</p>","PeriodicalId":80144,"journal":{"name":"Public sector contracting report : the monthly guide to Medicare and Medicaid managed care","volume":"4 3","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Public sector contracting report : the monthly guide to Medicare and Medicaid managed care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Medicaid asthma program slashes utilization, costs: After seeing hospital costs for asthma patients running as high as $500,000 a month, Hartford (CT) Hospital launched its own asthma education program for Medicaid members that's cut ER visits in half and hospital admissions by more than two-thirds. Learn why this person-to-person program works.