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New partnership to focus on improving chronic care in a correctional setting GALVESTON, Texas — 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™ 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 www.medint.com. For more information on UTMB’s offerings, visit http://www.utmb.edu/chs/#CMC |
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