Insurance case managers' perception of quality in back pain programs: a focus study group.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:Insurance case managers commonly interact with physiatrists and rehabilitation programs. They influence referrals and patients' decision making. This study was designed to determine which factors affect case managers' perception of back pain program quality. DESIGN:Repeated focus group interview in a neutral facility in an urban Midwestern United States community. Subjects were two groups (n = 12 and 11) of insurance case managers employed by case management firms (large and small), insurers, and self-insured employers. Outcome measures included group and individual responses to a pre-scripted interview and were collected on tape, transcribed, and interpreted by two different persons: the independent expert interviewer and a pain psychologist. RESULTS:There was substantial agreement between the two interpreters. Both groups overwhelmingly chose physiatrists over other specialists. They emphasized timeliness, communication, functionally oriented programs, concrete program goals and time frames, physician knowledge of the legal aspects of disability, and rapid communication of patient noncompliance. CONCLUSIONS:Rehabilitation programs may strive to meet many of these qualities but, in doing so, should be aware that the legal and ethical roles of case managers differ from that of clinicians.

journal_name

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

authors

Haig AJ,Rich DM,Hadwin K,Davis LP,Theissen M

doi

10.1097/00002060-200107000-00011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-07-01 00:00:00

pages

520-5

issue

7

eissn

0894-9115

issn

1537-7385

journal_volume

80

pub_type

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