The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston / Correctional
Managed Care Division and Medical Development International (MDI) of
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, have formed a new partnership to improve
the management of chronic disease among offenders.
"One of the most critical and costly issues facing correctional
healthcare systems today is the identification, tracking and care of
chronic disease among our inmate population," said Dr. Owen Murray,
assistant vice president and medical director for the correctional
managed care program.
"It´s the 80/20 rule of correctional healthcare: 80 percent of the
costs are incurred in providing care for 20 percent of our patients,"
Dr. Murray said.
"The ability to effectively track and care for this segment of our
population improves the quality of the care we deliver to those with
the most serious conditions, and has the potential to reduce our
health care costs."
Mark Nixon, MDI vice president, said, "After reviewing our
operations and technology systems, UTMB agreed that our ReClaim(TM)
Suite Technology Platform and data-analysis capabilities are powerful
tools for tracking chronic disease.
"With MDI´s unique data-analysis capabilities, we use the same
tools that identify and eliminate billing and coding errors to do much
more than pay providers and invoice customers. This is one example of
how valuable the information we collect during claims processing can
be if utilized in new and creative ways," he said.
Ted Willich, MDI executive vice president, said "It´s really very
simple. Success in this complex correctional healthcare environment
requires two critical components: experienced professionals and
up-to-date information technology systems. UTMB and MDI are the
perfect partners to bring these components together and succeed."
UTMB correctional managed care is one of the national leaders in
delivering high quality correctional healthcare systems to inmate
populations while controlling costs. UTMB provides services to jails,
state prisons, juvenile detention centers and federal prisons and is
known throughout the country for its innovative programs and creative
solutions in utilizing technology to deliver quality care.
MDI remains in the forefront of the healthcare information
technology systems marketplace through a constant focus on innovative
solutions to their customer´s frustrations. MDI´s "Operating Reality
Development Philosophy" enables their technology team to create
solutions after first understanding and experiencing their customer´s
mission.
For more information on MDI´s software and services, visit
medint.com.
For more information on UTMB´s offerings,
http://www.utmb.edu/chs/#CMC
