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CONVERGING PATHWAYS - A JOURNEY TOWARDS QUALITY CASE MANAGEMENT
Health2 Resources, June 27, 2005
Development of case management as a profession surged in the latter part of the last century, due in large part to the birth in 1990 of two quality-focused organizations- URAC and the Case Management Society of America (CMSA). While CMSA focused its efforts on the standards of practice for the individual case manager, URAC focused its efforts on standards of practice for organizations that were providing case management services. Read more about how Case Management has become an integral part of the health care delivery system. BY: Health2 Resources Washington, D.C. www.urac.org (PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)
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