e-CareManagement February 17, 2020
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine reported on the results of a “hotspotting” program created by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (Camden Coalition). Hotspotting targets interventions at all or a subset of healthcare superutilizers – the 5% of patients that account for 50% of annual healthcare spending.
The results of the study were disappointing. While utilization (hospital readmissions) declined for the hotspotting group, the declines were almost identical in the control group. At least three headlines implied that the conclusion of the study was that hotspotting care management approaches have been proven not to work:
“’Hot spotting’ doesn’t work. So what does?” Politico Pulse
“Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints.”...
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