Date of Conferral
2018
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Robert McWhirt
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to design a chronic care plan using the chronic care management (CCM) framework to improve health services at lower healthcare costs. The practice-focused question explored whether the operationalization of the CCM model would impact progress toward the management of chronic illness for the target population of Medicare beneficiaries with 2 or more chronic illnesses in an urban acute care agency located in the western United States. The middle-range theory, logic rational plan model, Lewin’s change theory, and the CCM’s coordination care and collaborative care concepts were used to guide the project. Data were collected from nursing databases and government agencies. Nurses were significant to the CCM reform by supporting the elements for proactive care. Nurse practitioners can bill using the CCM codes, and clinical nurses can performed patient sensitive care. The social changes were patients with chronic illnesses realized a better quality of life at lower health costs.
Recommended Citation
Guccione, Sharon, "Chronic Care Management Services at a Clinical Medical Group" (2018). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 7655.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7655
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